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Ex-Honors Program Applicant Sues DOJ Over Politicized Hiring
submitted by savio2791 59 days ago (via law.com)
A former candidate for the Justice Department's honors program is suing for $100,000 in damages, alleging DOJ officials violated his rights and those of others when they brought political bias into vetting honors-program applications. The class action, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is the first suit resulting from an internal Justice report issued last week that says t
 
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Attorneys Predict Hardship From Hikes in Fla. Court Fees
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
"Justice is going to be very expensive." That's how the supervising attorney in the housing unit of Broward Legal Services in Plantation, Fla., describes the impact -- particularly on the poor -- of legislatively mandated increases in 144 court fees taking effect statewide today. Seeking justice through the court system may no longer be obtainable for low-income people, he says. The state of Flori
 
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Macfarlanes Boosts Salaries for Associate Ranks
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
U.K. firm Macfarlanes has unveiled across-the-board salary raises for all of its associates with some set to benefit from a 6.5 percent hike. Macfarlanes is one of the best-paying law firms outside of the Magic Circle, sitting in the second tier alongside the likes of Herbert Smith. Last week the firm reported a 5 percent hike in turnover for the last financial year to a new high of 110 million po
 
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Former Supermodel's Divorce Trial to Stay Open
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
Allegations seeping out of the courtroom in the upcoming divorce trial of former supermodel Christie Brinkley and architect Peter Cook may well be embarrassing to the couple's children. But despite the prospect of salacious testimony and extensive media interest, a New York judge has rejected pleas to close parts of the trial. Brinkley filed for divorce after discovering that Cook cheated on her w
 
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Foster Care, Court Funding Top the Docket for Fla. High Court's New Chief
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince becomes the first black woman to head a branch of the state government as she takes over from Justice R. Fred Lewis. Quince says that during her two-year term she plans to advocate full funding of courts and examine ways to improve the prospects for children aging out of the foster care system. She says her first goal is "to make sure, in this econo
 
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Howard Rice Delays Several Associates' Start Date by a Year
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
With too little litigation work to support all of its next associate class, Howard Rice has asked three incoming litigation associates to defer their start date by a year. Hiring partner Jonathan Hughes said those who won't be starting in September will get an undisclosed stipend and help in securing positions in public interest organizations that the firm has close relationships with. He said the
 
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O'Connor & Hannan Merges With Nossaman Guthner
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
The 23 lawyers and lobbyists of Washington, D.C., law and lobbying boutique O'Connor & Hannan will merge with California-based law firm Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott today. The combined firm will have more than 150 attorneys and lobbyists across eight offices nationwide. O'Connor is the latest in a string of Washington boutiques to announce unions with bigger firms.
 
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Salary and Billing Survey Reveals Where Firms Are Spending
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
's 2008 Salary and Billing Survey. Firms across Texas gave raises this year of about 4 to 4.5 percent for most legal and nonlegal staff members, and marketing directors were among those to see the highest average pay raises of 7.8 percent, from $68,636 to $73,984. "I think law firms are becoming more and more sophisticated in the use of marketing and public relations," says Munsch Hardt Chairman a
 
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LegalTech West Coast: The Wrap-Up
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
Looking back at LegalTech West Coast 2008, Law.com Legal Technology editor Sean Doherty sorts through a long list of e-discovery fixes; explains this year's catchphrase: "act locally, act globally"; and test-drives Clio, practice management software that holds promise for solos.
 
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Va. Firm Grabs Akin Group as Part of Expansion in California, Texas
submitted by savio2791 60 days ago (via law.com)
Hunton & Williams is opening a San Francisco office with a trio of Akin Gump labor attorneys -- part of an eight-lawyer group that's also expanding Hunton's offices in Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. Akin Gump is losing San Francisco partners Brett Burns and Fraser McAlpine and associate Anna Suh in the move. Akin partners Roland Juarez and Laura Franze will both join Hunton in Los Angeles but wi
 
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