Back in July, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft associate Sam Smith lost his job when the firm laid off 96 attorneys. With the job market tight, particularly in Charlotte, N.C. (see here and here for more on Charlotte’s recent rise and…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. One might think that Kathy Kelly, of the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana, jumped for joy upon discovering this blog post by Patrick Frey, a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney who…
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Gay and lesbian residents of Massachusetts will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Boston seeking to strike down the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. Six same-sex couples and three men whose husbands have died, all…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
If solo practice was a neighborhood, trendy restaurants would be opening next to long-established pizza parlors and coffee shops. A small art gallery would be setting up shop next to the old corner bar. Apartment buildings would be turning into…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
Faculty and students are outraged over their law school’s selection of Michael Mukasey as commencement speaker. The former U.S. attorney general’s refusal to condemn waterboarding demonstrates that he does not reflect the school’s values, they assert. Sound familiar? Yes, it’s…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
We knew the secret legal opinions written by Justice Department lawyers in the wake of 9/11 were controversial. But now that the DOJ has posted the memos online for all to see, we learn that they were not merely controversial,…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
This week brings a larger than life Blawg Review #201, hosted by Dallas-based Susman Godfrey litigator Barry Barnett. On his blog, Blawgletter, Barnett commemorates the 173rd anniversary of Texas’ independence from Mexico by doing what Texans do best: talking about…
Source: Carolyn Elefant
In a time of economic uncertainty and loss of job security, young lawyers need guidance more than ever. But a story from the March 9 issue of the The Complete Lawyer (“Economic Pressures Work Against Natural Mentoring”) contends that many…
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Florida prosecutors are implementing a new revenue raiser: retaining a collection agency to pursue consumers who write bad checks, reports CNN. Though in theory the program seems fiscally responsible and serves as a way to deter others from bouncing checks,…
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The law firm Jackson Lewis delivered nastygrams this week to two heath industry blogs, demanding that they take down anonymous comments and hand over information to help identify the person who posted the comments. Both blogs responded to the nastygram…
Source: Robert J. Ambrogi
