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Financial Probe of Europe's Weathiest Woman Could Focus on 2 Law Firms A battle between an elderly heiress to the l'Oreal cosmetics fortune and her estranged daughter for control of the mother's finances has exploded into a series of investigations concerning possible money laundering and tax evasion and questionable political contributions. But rather than b ... more »
ABA Journal | 11 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Defense Lawyers & Others Sue Feds Over Border Searches of Laptops, Other Electronic Devices A coalition of civil rights groups and criminal defense attorneys has sued the Department of Homeland Security over its alleged border searches and seizures, without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing, of the laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic devices of some 6,600 people. About half ... more »
ABA Journal | 13 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Why New Lawyers Should Consider Rural Practice New lawyers having trouble with their job search may want to consider practice in rural America, where they are more likely to see the inside of a courtroom and less likely to be saddled with a big mortgage payment. Eric Cooperstein, a Minneapolis legal ethics lawyer, began thinking about those bene ... more »
ABA Journal | 15 hours, 49 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Proskauer Partner Offers Solution to 1952 Leases with Ice Delivery Riders Proskauer Rose partner Ronald Sernau has been busy negotiating a new New York lease for the law firm and developing software to standardize commercial leases. Sernau couldn't divulge the cost of the lease on 13 floors of a new glass building across from the Port Authority Terminal. But he tells ... more »
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Associates and Southern Cities Had Higher Increases in Billing Rates, Study Finds Billing rates charged to large companies have increased at a faster pace for associates than for partners, according to a billing-rate study being released today. Associate billing rates increased by 16.6 percent between 2007 and 2009, while partner rates rose 8.6 percent, according to a press relea ... more »
ABA Journal | 17 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Supreme Court Law Clerks Reflect Polarized Court, Ivy League Preferences Once derided for hiring “third tier trash” as law clerks, Justice Clarence Thomas confined his hires this year to clerks from law schools ranked in the top 15 by U.S. News & World Report. Still, Thomas still thinks outside the box created by his colleagues, the New York Times reports. ... more »
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Indiana Supreme Court Warns It Will Get Tough on Pro Hac Vice Paperwork The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a private reprimand to a lawyer and a warning to others in an ethics case concerning a neglected application for pro hac vice status. The court found that an Indiana lawyer, who wasn't identified, partnered with a Kentucky lawyer in a personal injury case, b ... more »
ABA Journal | 23 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Legal Sector Adds 1,000 Jobs The legal sector added 1,000 jobs law month, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the second month of job gains in the legal field, the American Lawyer reports. The government originally reported that the legal sector lost 800 jobs in July, but a readjustment n ... more »
ABA Journal | 23 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

6-Month Suspension Urged for Lawyer Who Claimed to Channel Client's Dead Wife A hearing officer in Arizona has recommended a six-month suspension for a lawyer accused of claiming that she was possessed by the spirit of a client's dead wife, then lying about in an unrelated disciplinary matter. The lawyer, Charna Johnson, testified in the subsequent disciplinary hearing o ... more »
ABA Journal | 23 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

Ex-Partners Sue Law Firm Managers for Surprise Closing of Their Office Five former partners of a law firm based in Buffalo, N.Y., have sued the CEO and board of directors for closing their office in Florida, claiming the managers acted without an advance vote of the partnership. The suit by former Hodgson Russ partners in Boca Raton claims their rights under the partne ... more »
ABA Journal | 23 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

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