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Federal judges have two key pieces of advice for attorneys: Get rid of the flagrant displays of emotion in the courtroom and feel free to use more technology if you've mastered it -- but make sure you understand how to operate the tools and don't replace preparation with high-tech.
Summer means vacation, which means different things to different lawyers. To some, it offers the chance to get away from it all. To others, it brings the challenge of communicating with folks back at the firm. Alan Cohen suggests some technology that lets you stay connected while helping you get away from the office.
Isaac Lidsky, the Supreme Court's first blind law clerk, will soon be taking on the reading-intensive job that entails digesting hundreds of petitions and writing memos and rough drafts of decisions. "I'm not out to set records, and I've been very fortunate in my life," he says. "For many others with vision impairment, it's a different story."
A lawyer who has represented several police unions was arrested Friday on charges of groping two female lawyers. According to the complaint by the Manhattan district attorney's office, Richard A. Dienst is facing counts of forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse and second-degree harassment. The top count of forcible touching is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.
An Arkansas woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Playtex Products of making plastic baby bottles with a dangerous chemical linked to serious health problems. The latest challenge to industries' use of bisphenol A, the suit seeks nationwide class action status.
A California plaintiffs lawyer is facing $25,000 in sanctions for making allegedly false statements in a fee fight over a FedEx bias suit. A special master found the lawyer submitted billing records formulated after the fact and deliberately failed to produce requested documents.
Less than two weeks after the state's high court upheld marriage rights for same-sex couples, California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard all but announced another win for the gay community Wednesday when she asked lawyer Jennifer Pizer, who represented a San Diego County lesbian who had been denied intrauterine insemination, whether she would be satisfied with a narrowly tailored ruling in her client's favor, or whether she was hoping for a ruling that touched on a variety of issues.
The start of the copyright infringement trial pitting Mattel, home of Barbie, against the maker of the Bratz doll line could have been mistaken for "bring your daughter to court day." Once the family introductions were over, opposing lawyers sketched out very different story lines.
Denver-based Holland & Hart has merged with Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard to form a 415-attorney law firm, with 63 attorneys in Nevada. Hale Lane has a general business practice, while Holland & Hart focuses on litigation, corporate law and natural resources.
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