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The American Lawyer's Summer Hiring Survey shows that large law firms extended 33 percent fewer job offers to their summer associates last year than the year before -- a drop partially explained by the fact that summer classes were down across the board.
The American Lawyer's Summer Hiring Survey shows that large law firms extended 33 percent fewer job offers to their summer associates last year than the year before -- a drop partially explained by the fact that summer classes were down across the board.
The Supreme Court's newest justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, say they have decided to remain in the so-called "cert pool," leaving Justice Samuel Alito Jr. as the only justice whose law clerks screen incoming cases for just one member of the Court.
As the debt-ceiling debate raged on Thursday, a public interest group was suggesting Congress might want to look at corporate tax havens to ease the nation's budget woes. The Greenlining Institute says U.S. Fortune 100 companies "avoided $60 billion in taxes by shuttling profits offshore."
A governor's battle to prevent the U.S. government from gaining custody of a state inmate facing charges that could call for the death penalty made its way to the 1st Circuit on Thursday, as the appeals court heard arguments over what is thought to be a novel issue.
Irving Picard had a roller-coaster day on Thursday, announcing a $1 billion settlement with one of Bernard Madoff's biggest feeder funds, only to see a federal judge deal him a huge setback in his multibillion-dollar cases against HSBC Bank and UniCredit SpA.
A former GC who created sham companies, hired an actor who pretended to do due diligence on a sale, and slipped $10 million in cashier's checks past customs has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in a scheme that bilked investors of some $100 million.
Cory Pavicich, the academic technology consultant in both the School of Education and the College of Engineering at the University of Colorado, recently wrote a hilarious "Dear John" letter to Facebook about why he is moving to Google+. Pavicich is not the first -- and won't be the last -- as marketing consultant Larry Bodine writes, he too could not resist following suit.Visit Law Technology News
London-based Ashurst has rolled out a new flexible work scheme for equity partners, intended to make it easier for them to work part time without hindering their progress through the lockstep compensation system. One of the motivating factors for the new policy is a desire to retain more women partners.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views
Snigdha Prakash, the author of a new book about a 2007 Vioxx trial, had a unique perspective, as she was embedded on plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier's legal team. Lanier admits "All the Justice Money Can Buy: Corporate Greed on Trial" isn't always flattering to him, but says it's a good primer on trial work.Visit Small Firms
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