Law Practice

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• Duty Calls

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 616
  For the first time since becoming a law professor, I’ve been called for jury duty. For trial attorneys out there, I’m curious: would you rather have a law professor on a jury or a practicing litigator? Dave blogged last year about his day of jury service in Philadelphia’s First District, but his panel never ...
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• Universal Legal Care

  
  The Legal Satyricon — Authority: 528
  Norm Pattis makes a pretty strong argument for a universal public defender system. Posted in law practice
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• For 2nd Time in a Week, BlackBerry Blinks; RIM Suggests Software Upgrade

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  For the second time in a week, BlackBerry smart phone aficionados today had to contend with an interruption of service reported by users but not confirmed by Ottawa-based Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the device. The glitches today and Tuesday apparently precluded customers from sending and receiving e-mails ...
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• Weil Gotshal Shows Associates the Money: Seniority Raises + Bonuses of Up to $50K

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  Known for its lucrative corporate bankruptcy practice, Weil Gotshal & Manges is showing associates the money after a year of unprecedented layoffs, pay freezes and even pay cuts at a number of well-known law firms. Associates with "overall strong" ratings by the firm will receive bonuses of between $7,500 and ...
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• Latest Twist in Rothstein Case: Firm Loaned $35M to Lawyers & Others

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  With $1.4 billion in liabilities and $42 million in assets, according to court filings, the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm obviously isnt doing well in the wake of an alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme by former attorney Scott Rothstein. And of that $42 million, $23.9 million represents loans and debts ...
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• 15 Lawyers Say So Long to Dickstein, Hello to Kasowitz Benson in Same Building

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  There may be some tense elevator encounters among attorneys at one Manhattan office building after the announcement of a planned defection of 15 lawyers from Dickstein Shapiro to Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman. Thats because the New York City contingents of the two law firms both work in the same building, at ...
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• How Lawyers at One Small Firm Said Good-Bye to the Billable Hour

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  A five-lawyer San Francisco intellectual property law firm has largely abandoned the billable hour. Instead Smithline Jha charges a monthly subscription fee that is based on a client’s estimated annual spending, divided by 12, the Recorder reports. That translates to monthly fees from each client that range from ...
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• As K&L Gates Lifts Salary Freeze, Blog Explains Lingo of Pay Thaws

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  Could the New Year bring good tidings for associates whose salaries have been frozen? At least one law firm, K&L Gates, is planning to lift its pay freeze in 2010, according to reports in Above the Law, which broke the news, and the Washington Business Journal. Partner Michael Missal told the Washington Business ...
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• 2009 Recap of Virtual Law Practice

  
  Virtual Law Practice — Authority: 103
    This year has brought the legal profession closer to the acceptance of virtual law practice as a method of delivering legal services through the use of technology.  Virtual law practices are improving access to and affordability of legal services to the general public.  For legal professionals, practicing law ...
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• Sudden Defection of Senior IP Partner Sparks Storm at Sonnenschein

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  After a senior intellectual property partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal announced yesterday that he is leaving the firm immediately to join McDermott Will & Emery, fireworks reportedly erupted. A war of words ensued between the departing lawyer, Palo Alto, Calif., office co-managing partner Yar ...
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• Winner – 2009 The Marty Schwimmer Best Practice-Specific Blog

  
  The Invent Blog — Authority: 103
  I was shocked to find out this morning that this blog won (along with Patrick Lamb’s In Search of Perfect Client Service blog) one of Dennis Kennedy’s 2009 Law-related Blogging Awards (”The Blawggies”), namely “The Marty Schwimmer Best Practice-Specific Blog.” As Dennis describes it : I named this ...
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• A Judge’s Advice to New Lawyers: Don’t Be a Jerk

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  Lawyers don’t need to be jerks, they shouldn’t tell lawyer jokes, and they need to quickly inform clients when bad things happen. And they should consider keeping a diary to remember the war stories. That’s the advice of Texas Judge Randy Wilson, who wrote a letter to his two children who are about to become ...
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• Ex-Pro Bono Chief for Kaye Scholer Suspended for Failing to Pay Taxes

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  The former head of pro bono at Kaye Scholer has been suspended from practice for a year for failing to pay millions of dollars in state and federal taxes for at least nine years. A disciplinary committee had originally recommended a six-month suspension for former Kaye Scholer partner John J.P. Howley, but New ...
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• How To Get Your Staff To Do What YOU Want Them To Do

  
  How To Manage a Small Law Firm — Authority: 116
  How To Get Your Staff To Do What YOU Want Them To Do
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• Ex-Fried Frank Associate Says Female Partner Harassed Her

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  A former litigation associate of nearly a decade is poised to file a federal discrimination suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, contending that the firm denied her a promotion to partnership because she is a lesbian and did not intervene to prevent higher-ups from harassing her. Julie Kamps, who is ...
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• Lucky No. 7?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  Release of a new version of windows is always big news, and the arrival of Windows 7 on the heels of the perceived failure of Windows Vista makes it especially noteworthy. It’s a good sign that comments from the large and lengthy beta test period and the early reviews have been quite positive for Windows 7. ...
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• E-Degree

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  E-discovery is a rapidly developing field involving attorneys, paralegals, technical support staff, litigation support professionals, consultants, vendors, software developers and the judiciary. But are these participants knowledgeable enough about e-discovery to be considered competent?
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• Should a Case Go Webwide?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  Shortly after oral arguments before the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a marketer for the defense attorney launched a website dedicated to the wrongful-conviction appeal that included everything from court filings to information about the lawyer.
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• Why Can’t We Be Friends?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  For some lawyers, joining Facebook is a no-brainer. not so for solo Michelle Rozovics. “It was a huge, huge decision,” says Rozovics, whose office is in the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake.
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• Among Decade’s 25 Key Legal Trends: Lawyer Pay, Terror Law, Social Sites

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 678
  In a sweeping review of the top 25 topics and trends of the decade that have impacted the legal profession, the National Law Journal puts the war on terror and its test of the limits of the law at the top of the list. In second place is the roller-coaster ride for associates, concerning not only pay but the ...
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