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May 24, 2000 | Law.com

Brain Drain

Every year at "second tier" law schools around the country, in a competitive quest for marketability, students in the top portion of each class contemplate transferring. The exodus is only possible because elite law schools are willing to lure away the cream of their competitors' crop of first-year students. Law.com columnist Chris Clayton decries the resulting brain drain.
5 minute read
May 15, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

SEC's New Role: Grammar Police

Plain English is in and legalese is out at the SEC, where Chairman Christopher Cox has been emphasizing that disclosure documents must be understandable to the average investor, as outlined in a Feb. 8 proposed rule. Serious consequences await corporations whose filings don't meet the readability test. A SEC spokesperson says such documents will draw a comment letter from agency staff and won't be approved until reviewers' concerns are satisfied. The SEC Web site now includes a "Plain English Handbook."
6 minute read
May 23, 2000 | Law.com

Judge Devises New System For Valuing Professional Licenses

Concerned about trying to place a value on a medical license at the outset of a doctor's career, an acting New York State Supreme Court justice fashioned a new approach to value professional licenses in divorce cases. Justice Marylin G. Diamond wrote, the "courts must resort to an award based on reality," which means a calculation in each of the next 15 years based on a sliding percentage of the doctor's income.
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October 28, 2009 | National Law Journal

PTO announces ombudsman pilot program

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is giving the intellectual property bar another valentine with a new "Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program" that offers patent applicants and attorneys a channel for inquiring about stalled patents.
2 minute read
August 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ciavarella Tells Court He's Broke

Former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella has filed an application asking the court to declare him indigent.
1 minute read
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January 12, 2004 | Law.com

This Week's Winners and Losers

The title says it all.
2 minute read
February 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

Shrinkage at Day Casebeer shows IP litigators no longer immune to recession

Even a tiny law firm whose bread is buttered by relatively recession-proof patent litigation has had to lay off lawyers. As of last summer, Day Casebeer, the Silicon Valley firm of high-end IP boutique fame and Qualcomm discovery fiasco infamy, was 38 lawyers strong. Today, the firm has 27 lawyers. So what's the deal with cutting lawyers when most every layoff has been blamed on a slowdown in corporate work? The guy who makes the sun rise at the firm explained that there were two causes for the cuts.
3 minute read
September 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

People v. Lovelle

Inquiry of Driver Ruled Based on Reasonable Suspicion; Arrest Lawful, Suppression Denied
2 minute read
June 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Judge refuses to dismiss teacher's sodomy charges

Cobb County Chief Judge Ken O. Nix has denied a motion to dismiss sodomy charges against former Harrison High School orchestra teacher Steven Parkman for having sex with one of his students.Even though Parkman's relationship was with a girl old enough to consent, prosecutors pursued sodomy charges based on the acts having occurred in public places.
2 minute read
July 19, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mother May Recover Child Support for Funeral Costs

A non-custodial parent may be held responsible for a portion of funeral expenses incurred on behalf of a deceased child under a standing child support order, an Erie County judge has ruled in a case of first impression.
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