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July 27, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law Schools Brace for Challenging Recruiting Season

The dog days of summer haven't hit yet, but already there's a chill in the air on law school campuses.
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June 23, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Joyce's Insurance Fraud Trial to be Held in Pittsburgh

A federal district judge has granted former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce a change of venue from Erie to Pittsburgh in his trial on charges he filed fraudulent insurance claims after a 2001 fender bender.
5 minute read
April 25, 2005 | Law.com

O'Connor Dismisses International Law Controversy as 'Much Ado About Nothing'

At a public forum Thursday over the Supreme Court's use of international law, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said "of course" the Court looks at foreign law if there is no controlling U.S. precedent or the states' view is unsettled. Antonin Scalia disagreed, saying, "I don't know what a South Africa court will tell you about American law." The comments come amid a growing divide on the Court over the citation of international opinion to support decisions interpreting the Constitution.
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May 26, 2009 | The Recorder

Penn. Firm Shakes Up Pay Model

At Post & Schell, associates' compensation is based on their practice area.
7 minute read
April 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Mid-Sized Firms Show Caution in Boosting Billing Rates

New York City firms raised their attorney billing rates on average by 12 percent in the last few years, the second highest change in rates among lawyers in various U.S. cities, according to a new report, which also shows that a lawyer's billing rate is determined more by law firm size and location than by status, experience or practice area.
7 minute read
June 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

COURT DECISIONS

FCC's expletives policy is arbitrary, capricious—and other decision summaries from The National Law Journal.
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November 29, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Firms work on selling online poker assets to French

At least three law firms are working on a proposed $80 million deal to sell troubled online gambling operator Full Tilt Poker, whose assets were seized by the Justice Department, to a French investment group.
4 minute read
March 09, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Medical Malpractice Defense

John L.A. Lyddane, a senior partner at Martin Clearwater & Bell, and Ellen B. Fishman, a partner at the firm, write that when the ultimate sanction of striking a party's pleadings is employed, the action is not determined on its merits; consequently, there is a natural reluctance to employ the extreme option, when there are lesser options that may be more appropriately applied to a given case.
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January 17, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

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August 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Tax Shelter Defense Seeks New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Identity

Counsel for former Jenkens & Gilchrist partners Paul Daugerdas and Donna Guerin and their co-defendants have charged that a juror at their trial for a massive illegal tax shelter scheme hid the fact that she had practiced law, had been suspended from practice for alcohol dependency and professional misconduct, that the Appellate Division had refused to reinstate her because of mental illness and that there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
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