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• Double Whammy for Some at Seyfarth: Deferred Start Plus Pay Cut, Too

  
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  In a double whammy for some incoming associates who expected to start work at Seyfarth Shaw in January, the law firm has deferred half of the incoming class until October—and cut first-year pay for all first-year associates. Seyfarth is deferring eight of the 16 new associates previously expected to begin working in ...
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• A Rothstein October Surprise: Hundreds of Missing Millions; Suit Blames Bank

  
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  Hundreds of millions of dollars disappeared last month from the accounts of South Florida law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, a receiver said today in a bankruptcy proceeding. Bloomberg covered the revelation by the dissolving law firms receiver, retired Miami Judge Herbert Stettin. “Huge amounts of money were ...
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• Fieger Firm Agrees to Pay $131K to Resolve FEC Contributions Probe

  
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  The law firm of Michigan trial lawyer Geoffrey Fieger will pay $131,000 to resolve a probe by the Federal Election Commission, an amount that pales in comparison to the potential fine if commissioners had found a knowing violation of finance laws. The payment will resolve an FEC probe into contributions made to the ...
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• Law Departments Cut Costs by Squeezing Law Firms, Freezing Staff Pay

  
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  Companies are trying to cut their legal budgets, and it’s affecting in-house lawyers whose salaries are frozen and outside law firms asked to reduce rates and offer alternatives to hourly rates. Alternative fees have been touted as the up-and-coming way to reduce outside legal costs. But law departments are trying ...
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• Struggling South Florida Divorce Lawyers Offer Discounts, Accept Credit Cards

  
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  Business is off by as much as 35 percent for some South Florida divorce lawyers, spurring discounted rates and creative payment plans. The economy is forcing many lower-income couples to put off divorce, lawyers tell the Miami Herald. Sometimes a couple can’t afford to live independently, or one spouse relies on the ...
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• Unemployed NY Lawyers Could Benefit from London Firm’s Outsourcing

  
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  Eight of London’s top law firms are considering outsourcing some of their legal work, and another eight already send some legal work outside. But the news isn’t all bad for lawyers. Allen & Overy’s contract with Integreon for document review sends some of its work to India—and some to New York, the Lawyer ...
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• Skadden Jumps on the Bonus Bandwagon

  
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  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced its associate bonuses, and they match the lower amounts being paid at two other law firms.Associate bonuses at Skadden will range from $7,500 to $30,000, according to the Wall Street Journal Law Blog and the American Lawyer. Last year, Skadden paid bonuses that ...
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• Law Firm Price Wars Break Out as Some Try ‘Loss Leader’ Bids for Work

  
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  Price wars have broken out among large law firms. Desperate to bring in new business, some firms are offering “loss leader” bids that may turn out to be unsustainable, according to managers of 15 large law firms responding to a survey summarized at the Legal Business Development blog. Legal business consultant Jim ...
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• Bentley Photos Are Props in Willie Gary’s High School Motivational Speech

  
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  Trial lawyer Willie Gary didn’t have to warn students at a Florida high school that they could end up living in a van down by the river in a motivational speech he gave on Wednesday. Students showed their enthusiasm before Gary even began his speech, Jacksonville.com reports. A marching band played songs. A video of ...
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• PI Firm Sues Competitor for Hijacking Name in Online Searches

  
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  Wisconsin’s largest personal injury law firm has taken a different legal tack in an effort to get a competitor to stop hijacking its name in Google searches. Habush, Habush & Rottier has sued competitor Cannon & Dunphy for paying Google and other search engines to direct people who search for Habush to the ...
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• Law Firm Manager Gets 41 Months for Embezzling $1.3M

  
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  Sentenced yesterday by a federal judge in California to 41 months for embezzling $1.3 million from the law firm at which she worked as office manager, Regina Schenck blames a "demeaning" climate at Diepenbrock Harrison and a "horse addiction" for fueling her crime. In a presentencing letter to U.S. District Judge ...
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• Judge Jails 2 Attorneys for Contempt Within 4 Days

  
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  It may not be a good time for Georgia practitioners to try the patience of Matthew Simmons, the chief judge of Clayton County Superior Court. Within two business days he has jailed two lawyers for contempt in unrelated cases, according to a Daily Report article reprinted in New York Lawyer (reg. req.). Tax attorney ...
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• Google Offers Legal Research for the Average Citizen—and Lawyers, Too

  
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  Google has announced it is adding a new search function that will find full-text legal opinions from federal and state courts. Users can go to the Google Scholar online search engine and type in case names, topics or key words to find the relevant cases. “We think this addition to Google Scholar will empower the ...
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• Testimony: Fed’l Judge Owed $150K on Credit Cards, Got $20K from 2 Lawyers

  
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  A federal judge in Louisiana racked up $150,000 in credit card debt, largely to cover his gambling, as he routinely solicited cash and gifts from lawyers appearing before him, witnesses told a House Judiciary Committee task force today in an initial step toward possible impeachment of the jurist. But one attorney, ...
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• ‘Sonic Boom’: Rothstein Churned $250M in Trust Funds Last Month, Lawyer Says

  
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  Attorney Scott Rothstein allegedly wired $18 million to Morocco last month and churned some $250 million that flowed through his trust accounts in October, as he apparently prepared for a possible relocation to the African country, according to news reports. “Those are enormous figures,” attorney Bill Scherer, who ...
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• New Guide Aims to Help Would-Be Public Interest Lawyers Evaluate Law Schools

  
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  A new online publication is aimed at filling a void in existing law school rankings by tailoring its information to would-be public interest lawyers. The Equal Justice Works Guide to Law Schools has information on the percentage of graduates in public service jobs; public interest field placements and clinics; and pro ...
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• Five Questions for Law Firms Abandoning Lockstep Compensation

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  Law firms abandoning lockstep compensation need to consider how they can make the change without sabotaging the morale of lawyers who aren’t the firm’s stars. The morale issue is one of several questions that an increasing number of firms will have to consider as they make the change, according to an American ...
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• Ex-Clients Claim Collapsed Ga. Law Firm Took Filing Fees Without Filing Suit

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  A Georgia law firm that handled debt collections has collapsed amid allegations that it paid its own expenses with client money that had been designated for filing fees. Trauner, Cohen & Thomas of Sandy Springs, Ga., is facing three suits by former clients alleging the firm took money for filing fees and other ...
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• Secret ACC Ratings Appear on Blog; Group Says Release Is ‘Premature’

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  New law firm ratings by in-house counsel were supposed to have been secret, accessible only to the 25,000 members of the Association of Corporate Counsel, at least for now. Law firms wouldn’t see their one-to-five star rankings until more information was available, they were told, and the rankings were not for ...
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• More Hackers Target Law Firms, Often ‘Spear Fishing’ in Spam E-Mail

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  Computer hackers are targeting law firms as a potential motherlode of confidential information, often relying on "spear fishing" attacks in which personalized spam e-mail appears to come from a trusted individual. While the e-mail itself doesnt pose a danger, clicking on a link within the e-mail can invite malicious ...
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