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• Billing Rates Projected to Increase 3.2% in 2010

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  BigLaw firms are shrinking and so are associate salaries. But billing rates are expected to go up next year. In the latest survey from the law firm consultancy Altman Weil, firms reported they project an average overall increase in rates of 3.2 percent in 2010. "Although these results may seem to contradict some ...
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• 40% of Firms Cut Starting Associate Pay, While 44% Consider 2010 Cut

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Leaders of American’s top 200 law firms are more optimistic than a year ago. But associates may not be sharing that enthusiasm. An American Lawyer survey of law firm leaders found that 40 percent of the firms had reduced starting pay for their associates, and 44 percent are considering cuts next year. Venable ...
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• Seyfarth Partner Sues Over Demotion, Claims Core Values Just a Marketing Tool

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  A Seyfarth Shaw partner who was demoted after a $30 million malpractice verdict that targeted his advice has sued his law firm in a complaint that derides its emphasis on profits. Lawyer William Lancaster claims in the lawsuit (PDF) that he was forced to accept a demotion and an unfair pay cut, even as the law firm ...
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• Virtual Law Practice Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast

  
  Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC — Authority: 104
  This upcoming Thursday, December 17th at 1pm EST, Richard Granat, Marc Lauritsen and Stephanie Kimbro will be co-presenting a CLE teleconference and live audio webcast entitled “The Virtual Law Firm: Benefits, Costs and Ethical Pitfalls to Avoid.”    It is sponsored by the American Bar Association LPM ...
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• Courthouse Abuzz Over DA’s Blanket Boycott of Longtime Judge

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Since being appointed to the state-court bench in 1995, a Southern California judge has presided over numerous high-profile cases and served in a series of leading administrative roles. But San Diego Superior Court Judge John Einhorn isnt as busy as he was on the criminal side, thanks to a blanket boycott by the local ...
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• Virtual Law Practice Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast

  
  Virtual Law Practice — Authority: 113
  This upcoming Thursday, December 17 at 1pm EST, Richard Granat, Marc Lauritsen and myself will be co-presenting a CLE teleconference and live audio webcast entitled “The Virtual Law Firm: Benefits, Costs and Ethical Pitfalls to Avoid.”    It is sponsored by the American Bar Association LPM Section and the ...
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• Not Sending Clients Copy of Retainer a Costly Mistake for Law Firm

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Delay in providing clients with a full copy of the applicable retainer agreement for their matter has cost a New Jersey law firm a six-figure sum. Reversing an earlier award of $163,000 to Alpert Butler & Weiss for unpaid legal fees and the cost of pursuing their collection action, a state appeals court nixed the ...
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• Clean & Sober for 6 Years, Lawyer Starts New Solo Practice

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Although he pleaded guilty in 1992 to misdemeanor cocaine use two years earlier, Terry Nolan didnt realize he had a substance abuse problem. He stopped drinking, for good, in 1998, the Michigan defense attorney tells the Muskegon Chronicle. But, fueled with the funds brought in by his successful law practice, he kept ...
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• Cashing Out

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  For the estimated 400,000 lawyers who will enter retirement age over the next nine years, selling a law practice is a way to produce an income stream and free up time for pursuing other interests.But whatever the motivation to sell, experts agree that planning is fundamental.
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• Practice Pitfalls

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Note: Register for this months CLE, "Ethics Pitfalls for Practitioners," from 1-2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
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• Web 2.Uh-oh

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  With social networkers busily constructing walls of information about themselves, it was only a matter of time before the courts took notice.
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• Mobilization

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  We’re all going mobile these days. the combination of smartphones, apps, mobile browsers, high-speed access and reasonably priced data plans has given us the tools for all-the-time access to the Internet from anywhere. The mobile platform is here.
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• Pro Bono Blockbuster

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  A few days before the first-ever national pro bono cele­bration Week got under way, the number of events listed on its website reached 500, with at least one program in every state. That’s when Mark I. Schickman knew he had a hit on his hands.“Frankly, we thought if we got 100 events this year we’d be doing ...
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• Running on Time

  
  Notes from the Country Doctor — Authority: 116
  In response to my last post a question was asked, "How do I run on time?" Certainly as a profession physicians do have the reputation of perpetually being behind and I dont think this is a good thing. If we want our time respected it seems reasonable we afford our patients the same courtesy. Everyone will ...
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• BigLaw Partner Promotions Plummet, Even at Highly Profitable Wachtell

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Last year, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz promoted six attorneys to partner. This year, despite being the most profitable firm in the country, it named only two new partners this month. And its far from alone in reducing its ownership ranks. Many BigLaw firms are promoting fewer associates to partner this year, in ...
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• Legal Secretary Sends E-Mail About Cancer Surgery, Is Fired, Suit Says

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Within two hours after she e-mailed everyone at her New York law firm that she had cancer and was going to have to take two weeks off for surgery, a legal secretary had been fired, she alleges in a lawsuit. Theodora Benedict, 61, was invited to return to Tarnow & Juvelier several weeks later, after filing a ...
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• Marketing Tip: Return phone calls promptly to both clients and potential clients

  
  Nerino Petro's Compujurist.com — Authority: 115
  Poor communications is in the top ten of most lists of grievances filed against attorneys. Establish a policy for returning phone calls such as: ...
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• Will 2010 Be a New Year for You or a Repeat of 2009?

  
  Divorce Discourse - for family law professionals — Authority: 130
  2010 is coming up fast. It’ll be here in 31 days. Are you getting ready? For some family law practitioners 2010 will bring lots of new developments and changes. They’ll have new marketing programs, updated technology, and more progressive management. For others, 2010 will bring a repeat of 2009 (and 2008 and ...
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• Chadbourne’s Bonus Aims to Repay Cut Salaries

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 632
  Associates and staffers at Chadbourne & Parke who saw their pay cut last April will get the money back early next year in a lump sum payment.The decision, announced internally in September, was publicly disclosed last week, the New York Law Journal reports.Chadbourne never specified the amount of the pay cuts ...
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