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Lawyer Contestant Tells All About 'The Bachelorette'
submitted by savio2791 19 days ago (via law.com)
For the past seven weeks, America has tuned in every Monday night to watch Dallas real estate lawyer Jeremy Anderson compete for lasting love on the reality show "The Bachelorette." But last week, bachelorette DeAnna Pappas sent Anderson packing. Now Anderson talks about the behind-the-scenes happenings that only a lawyer could appreciate, such as going over the extensive contract with the show's
 
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Picking Your Large-Firm Buddies
submitted by savio2791 19 days ago (via law.com)
Friendship in a big-firm setting is complicated. Sure, making friends with co-workers is essential to having a healthy work life -- especially when you are spending most of your waking hours in their company. And the summer program and high-school-like class structure give you an instant social group. Still, you must beware, because having too many friends or the wrong friends can halt your upward
 
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Car Service at Issue in Age, Sex Discrimination Claim Against Skadden
submitted by savio2791 19 days ago (via law.com)
Access to chauffeured cars is one of the more ubiquitous perks of big law firm life. Now, former Skadden counsel Rita W. Gordon, who was fired for allegedly inappropriately charging clients for personal use of the cars, is claiming that her car service use was no different from that of other lawyers at the firm and that Skadden's real aim was to "replace her with a younger man whose demeanor and c
 
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Souter Causes Stir With Footnote in 'Exxon' Case
submitted by savio2791 19 days ago (via law.com)
The footnote was easy to miss. It began on page 27 of the landmark Supreme Court opinion that struck down a $2.5 billion punitive damage award in the Exxon Valdez case, and it ended on the next page. But Justice David Souter's footnote 17 has reverberated around law schools, leading one lawyer involved in the case to predict that "it is going to become the great mystery footnote of the decade."
 
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Kasowitz Benson Says Former IP Head Harassed 12 Women
submitted by savio2791 19 days ago (via law.com)
The former head of intellectual property at Kasowitz Benson sexually harassed at least 12 female employees at the firm -- including making advances toward seven of them in one night -- before he was fired in December, according to a suit filed Monday by the firm. The complaint is Kasowitz Benson's first detailed explanation as to why it fired Jeremy Pitcock, who joined from Simpson Thacher & Bartl
 
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3rd Circuit Asks Pa. High Court to Clarify Accountant Liability
submitted by savio2791 22 days ago (via law.com)
In a case that could broadly impact liability of accounting firms in corporate cases, the 3rd Circuit has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to answer questions regarding the doctrine of in pari delicto. At issue is whether the creditors' committee in the massive Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation hospital bankruptcy can bring claims against PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 3rd Circu
 
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Plaintiffs Score With E-Mail Evidence in Multidistrict Price-Fixing Case
submitted by savio2791 22 days ago (via law.com)
What began as a class certification hearing on one of five national, high-tech price-fixing cases pending in San Francisco became a big score for plaintiffs after the judge asked what evidence they had of a conspiracy, then read aloud an e-mail by competing executives that suggests how to keep prices high, and noted, "That's not good for the defense." The suit combines at least 51 antitrust action
 
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Ohio Supreme Court Disbars County Judge
submitted by savio2791 22 days ago (via law.com)
In a move rare in Ohio and across the country, the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred a county judge accused of money laundering and other ethics violations. With the court's action, Highland County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Hoskins becomes the first sitting judge in modern judicial history in Ohio to be removed from the bench. Hoskins' misconduct "caused incalculable harm to the public per
 
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DOJ Seeks Lawyers for Guantanamo Cases
submitted by savio2791 22 days ago (via law.com)
be assigned to clean up or augment the government's evidence.
 
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Calif. Bar Proposes New Rule Cracking Down on Resignations
submitted by savio2791 22 days ago (via law.com)
A disciplinary committee of the State Bar of California is proposing a new rule that would require attorneys to face perjury charges if, in voluntarily resigning, they fail to state any criminal charges or convictions against them. The proposal comes after an attorney in La Mesa, Calif., was alleged to have failed to report a guilty plea in his submission to voluntarily resign from the State Bar.
 
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