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Antitrust rules in Asia stir legal firms (News & Information)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Global law firms are scrambling to strengthen their pan-Asian competition practices before implementation of changes to antitrust rules and enforcement across the region that are expected to have far-reaching……Read more

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Small Firm Goes From Renter to Owner (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:01 GMT

Five years ago, Kenneth Thompson, Douglas Wigdor and Scott Gilly left the security of large-firm life and did what others do when hanging out a small-firm shingle: They sublet offices within someone else's commercial space. But earlier this month Thompson Wigdor & Gilly eased into loftlike digs in New York City occupying the fifth floor of a landmark building near Union Square. The benefits and headaches...

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A 'Feminist Law Practice' Takes a Chance in Canada (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:01 GMT

The opening party for Galldin Liew raised money for an exotic dancers' advocacy group, the firm's slogan claims to put "the gal back in legal," and its two founders give workshops with names such as "What the Eff Am I Signing?" While more women may be starting their own firms, Galldin Liew of Ottawa has taken the unique step of calling itself a "feminist law practice." The Canadian firm aims to provide...

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Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against FCStone Group, Inc. (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:30:21 GMT

BENSALEM, Pa., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of FCStone Group, Inc. ("FCStone") (Nasdaq: FCSX) ...

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Law firm’s marketing director leaves by ‘mutual consent’ after seven years (icWales)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE marketing and business development director of one of Wales’ most successful law firms, Simon King, has quit.

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King leaves law firm by ‘mutual consent’ (icWales)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE marketing and business development director of one of Wales’ most successful law firms, Simon King, has quit.

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IP Protection in China the Hon Hai Way (All Roads Lead To China)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:30:51 GMT

In terms of general business discussion, there are fewer topic discussed more than the protection of IP in China. Government leaders press the issue when they visit China, chambers of commerce arrange events to impart knowledge, law firms have specialize around this issue, and every once in a while we see a news piece on [...]

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Lawyers watch Health staff (Courrier Mail )

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT

QUEENSLAND Health is spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars for law firms to fight complaints by hospital staff.

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The Power of Straight Talking (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:47:43 GMT

Few corporate counsel have been in the job as long as Richard Wiseman, the straight-talking Royal Dutch Shell lawyer whose spent 33 years in-house with the energy giant. While Wiseman agrees that the billable hour is not an ideal formula, he argues that the development of viable alternatives needs to move beyond the talking shop if they are to become a practical alternative. He adds: "Alternative billing...

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Strategies for Coping With the Economic Downturn (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:02 GMT

Recessions have forced many law firms to make dramatic and, oftentimes, drastic changes. Managing partners are beginning to believe that the difficult business decisions that have to be made by some firms when planning for a recession will erode the sense of loyalty and close working relationships that once existed between partners and between partners and associates. Consultant Joel Rose describes...

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Former U.S. Attorney Meehan Joins Litigation Boutique (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:02 GMT

Just one day after he resigned the federal post he held for nearly seven years, former U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Meehan announced Wednesday that he is joining Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, a 40-lawyer litigation boutique in Philadelphia, to launch a corporate and white-collar criminal practice. When Meehan announced that he was stepping down, it was widely reported that he is a likely Republican candidate...

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Diversity Still Low, Optimism High in Plaintiffs Bar (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:01 GMT

Last year, surveyed the 24 largest plaintiffs firms across Pennsylvania and found diversity to be almost nonexistent among them. "It was a good wake-up call," says Mark Tanner, president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. But a survey of the same firms this year yielded only slightly better numbers. Despite the lack of significant improvement, some lawyers are optimistic that diversity...

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Follow the Golden Rule of Presenting (Law.com)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:15:01 GMT

Communication skills coach Joey Asher sat in silence, recently, as a lawyer rehearsed a presentation on recent developments in corporate law. The lawyer worked his way through 35 slides, many of which detailed entire paragraphs copied from statute books. "Would you want to listen to this presentation?" Asher later asked the lawyer. "I guess not," the lawyer confessed. That led Asher to posit what he...

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Prosecution of Bear Fund Managers Gets Underway in Brooklyn (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:51:22 GMT

Indicted former Bear Stearns fund manager Matthew Tannin being escorted to the courthouse. (Credit: Associated Press) Earlier this afternoon, yours truly strapped on a suit and tie, walked into the mid-90s heat and took a subway ride to the newly built 225 Cadman Plaza East in downtown Brooklyn, a/k/a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District [...]

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It’s the Summer of Love for Law Firms: But Will Any Consummate? (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:45:14 GMT

In law firm land, it’s the Summer of Love. Observers agree that firms are looking to a hook up at a feverish clip. In a piece this week, the National Law Journal cited survey statistics about the growth in merger activity. The Recorder today reported that Thelen Reid issued a memo to lawyers that it’s [...]

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A Ruling Even These Guys Would Love (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:40:07 GMT

A hypothetical scenario: Cheech & Chong are driving down the road (Cheech is driving; Chong riding shotgun), when a state trooper pulls them over for speeding. The trooper smells marijuana in the car and, his suspicion based solely on the scent, proceeds to search both Cheech and Chong. Ultimately, he finds on Chong, the passenger, [...]

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Second Circuit Stings SDNY in “Specialist” Case (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:24:56 GMT

David Finnerty, left, conducts trading in shares of General Electric on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in this Jan. 17, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) This just in: In a setback for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, a federal appeals court upheld the acquittal of David Finnerty, a former [...]

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A Call for Social Justice Lawyering (Law.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:47:48 GMT

Hearkening back four decades to the civil rights movement, Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. is issuing a call for litigators to revive the passion for social justice that characterized that era. In " Social Justice Lawyering: The Rule...

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Changes in Store for 'Above the Law' (Law.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:31:47 GMT

Popular legal-gossip blog Above the Law will soon have a new editor in place of David Lat, the former federal prosecutor turned blogger who gained notoriety in 2005 when he was revealed to be the pseudonymous Article III Groupie who...

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Arizona Only $575-an-Hour Away From Hiring Ken Starr (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:09:29 GMT

Arizona Republican legislative leaders have themselves a bit of a conundrum: They’d reportedly like to hire Ken Starr to handle a Supreme Court appeal, but they’re not sure if they can afford Starr, the former Whitewater prosecutor and current dean at Pepperdine’s School of Law. The state’s Department of Administration (now there’s an Orwellian name [...]

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