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The Legal Intelligencer

How to Volunteer While Managing Your Time as a Young Lawyer

With 2018 almost over, it's the time of year for holiday parties, seeing family and friends, and re-evaluating professional goals.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Nassar Report Details Failings of Former GC/CEO of US Olympic Committee

Scott Blackmun, former general counsel of the U.S. Olympic Committee and CEO during the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal, is cited for failure to take appropriate actions.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Bid to Block American Museum of Natural History Expansion

A Manhattan judge has denied an effort by a group of Upper West Side residents opposing the American Museum of Natural History's $383 million expansion project, which is planned to take up a portion of the neighboring Theodore Roosevelt Park.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

After 25 Years, NYC's Midtown Community Court Still Takes 'Problem-Solving' Approach to Low-Level Crime

The Midtown Community Court often deals with offenses like drinking alcohol or urinating in public or turnstile jumping—so-called “quality of life” offenses that can involve people in precarious situations who could be in need of more than punishment.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$84M Settlement Approved in American Osteopathic Association Antitrust Class Action

The approval rejected an objection raised by attorneys general from five states, who argued it went against U.S. Supreme Court's guidance.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Young Plaintiffs Firm Butler Tobin Gives $100K to Charities That Maximize Bang for Buck

Jeb Butler and Darren Tobin said ethicist Peter Singer's TED Talk on "effective altruism" inspired them to choose charities combating malaria, parasites and poverty in the developing world to do the most good for the most people.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

The Public Interest Calendar of Events includes toy drives, wine tasting fundraisers and awards ceremonies.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Where Children Don't Belong: Adult Jail

In the course of more than four years of working directly with youth facing charges in the adult justice system, we have visited teenagers in Philadelphia's adult jails dozens of times. No matter how many visits we make, the inhumanity of the practice of holding youth as adults is striking, and painful to experience. It is wrong, and it should end.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New US Chamber of Commerce GC Seeks Higher Profile for Litigation Center

In an exclusive interview with Corporate Counsel, John Wood recently talked about his new job, his priorities and his goals. The new general counsel knows Washington, D.C., and its politics well. He most recently was a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in the capital.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

After Hours: Florida Justice Institute 40th Anniversary Celebration

The Florida Justice Institute held its 40th anniversary celebration at the Miami Tower in Downtown Miami.
1 minute read

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