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• What In-House Counsel Want: Relationship Building and Quick Answers

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 440
  Sometimes legal costs aren’t the most important thing to in-house counsel selecting their outside lawyers. In-house lawyers also want law firms that are willing to take the initiative to build the relationship, according to a National Law Journal report on a recent panel discussion in Boston. The panel at the Legal ...
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• Haynes & Boone Cut First Year Salaries

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 140
  First year associates at Haynes & Boone will be starting after Thanksgiving, but at a reduced rate.  The firm emailed its incoming associates and informed them that the salary for first years has been cut to $145k.  The firm says that it has not decided on a pay structure for 2010 yet so this may be a temporary ...
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• NY AG Took Money from Law Firms Representing Targets of His Office

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 440
  Law firms representing clients targeted by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo donated tens of thousands of dollars to his campaign fund, a published report says. Contributors included Boies Schiller & Flexner, which gave $35,000 to Cuomo’s campaign this year, Bloomberg reports. The firm represents Hank ...
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• Forever in Flat Fees?

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  The latest flat-fee arrangement to hit our radar screen comes courtesy of the Recorder and involves Levi Strauss and Orrick.
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• Defendant Argues Law Firm’s YouTube Video Amounted to Defamation

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 440
  A company accused in a class action lawsuit of selling a dietary supplement that doesn’t live up to its memory claims has turned the tables on the paintiffs’ firm, claiming its lawyers gave interviews and posted a YouTube video with defamatory statements. On Friday, the class action defendant, Brain Research Labs, ...
  6 hours ago

• For NY Firms, a Q3 to Forget

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  According to a Wachovia survey, New York law firms experienced a 9 percent drop in revenue through the third quarter and nearly a 5 percent drop in net income.
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• Levi’s Is Paying Orrick a Flat Fee to Handle All But Its IP Work

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 440
  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is earning a flat fee to handle all of the legal work worldwide for Levi Strauss & Co., with just one exception. Levi’s is paying Orrick an annual fee in monthly increments for all but its brand protection work, the Recorder reports. Townsend and Townsend and Crew is handling ...
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• Basic Tips In Filing For Bankruptcy

  
  Daily Bulls — Authority: 450
  We all know people who claim to be legal experts but have no formal training. If such a person has told you that you should run up your credit cards before you file for bankruptcy because all your debt will be discharged anyway, please disregard their advice. If the Bankruptcy Court senses that you are acting in bad ...
  2 days ago

• The Jones Day Lawyers Looking to Take Down SOX

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  The LB looks at a Business Week story profiling two Jones Day lawyers challenging the constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley.
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• Hard Times at Seyfarth Shaw

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 140
  Seyfarth Shaw has told half of its deferred associates that they will not be starting in January as planned.  Instead, they are being redeferred to October 2010, and will receive a stipend of $2000 dollars per month starting in January.  If that wasn’t enough bad news, Seyfarth is also cutting the salaries of ...
  3 days ago

• Two More Firms Match Cravath on Bonuses

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 140
  Was everyone waiting to see what Skadden would do?  Now that Skadden has fallen in line , it looks as though everyone else Is going to play ball too.  Today, Willkie Farr and Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett  both announced their bonus schedules and they’re a match for Cravath.  New associates will get ...
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• Elmira Motorcycle Crash Demonstrates Danger Turning Vehicles Pose to Bikers

  
  New York Accident Lawyer | New York Malpractice Attorney | NY Injury Lawyer — Authority: 119
  As a personal injury attorney who handles a LOT of motorcycle crashes, I feel confident in saying that one of the greatest dangers to bikers is turning vehicles.  As every biker well knows, people in cars just don’t see bikers; they turn in front of them and cut them off not because they are malicious, but bikers ...
  3 days ago

• Davis Polk ‘Rock Star’ To Lead DOJ’s Fraud Section

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  A partner at Davis Polk was tapped to lead the Justice Departments fraud section, which is prosecuting or investigating many of todays biggest fraud cases, from R. Allen Stanford to American International Group.
  3 days ago

• Defiant to the End, Stewart Reports to Jail

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  On Thursday evening, controversial lawyer Lynne Stewart surrendered to authorities in lower Manhattan to begin serving her 28-month sentence for assisting terrorism.
  3 days ago

• Social Media for Attorneys-Digital Branding Creates Clients

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 437
  Rene Perras, legal web marketing Vice President of  law firm marketing firm discusses why the success and failure of legal marketers is tied to interaction in the digital experience on legal websites and social media like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Many legal marketers have been hesitant to embrace social media ...
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• DirectLaw Launches Montreuil & Associates- Its Fourth Virtual Law Firm in Georgia

  
  eLawyering Blog — Authority: 110
  DirectLaw is pleased to announce the opening of a new virtual law practice by Montreuil & Associates in Macon, Georgia.   The firm will provide services in the areas of business, family and divorce, estate planning, landlord/tenant, and name changes over the Internet throughout the state of Georgia. The firm ...
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• A Scott Rothstein Sampler Platter

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 726
  Scott Rothstein has agreed to voluntarily surrender his law license to Florida bar authorities. Meanwhile, lawyers continue to flee from Rothsteins former law firm.
  3 days ago

• Pre-Paid Legal Services says FTC may sue

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., a network of independent law firms, said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission may sue the company over allegedly misleading representations made by its identity theft prevention program.
  4 days ago

• Three Major Misconceptions About Bankruptcy

  
  Reed's Bankruptcy Blog — Authority: 142
  Let’s clear the air about something, bankruptcy IS NOT a “gut wrenching” experience that destroys your life and leaves you awake at night. I’ve heard this ridiculous notion bandied about by the very people who have benefited from bankruptcy in their life.  They file bankruptcy, reap the benefits, then turn ...
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• Skadden Bonuses Match Cravath and Cleary

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 140
  If you’re an associate at Skadden Arps , the good news is not only do you still have a job, you’re getting a bonus for surviving the year.  The not so good news is that it’s the same as associates from Cravath and Cleary .  There had been some hope that Skadden would buck the trend, much as they did last ...
  4 days ago

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