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Attorney General Bondi Joins Lawsuit to Protect Florida Waters from Federal Overreach

Press Releases / June 30, 2015

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today joined a bipartisan lawsuit challenging the federal government’s attempt to seize regulatory control over large categories of state waters. The joint lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Georgia, is one of multiple lawsuits across the country filed by attorneys general in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection

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Why Is Legal Celebrity Dershowitz As Mad As Hell

LawStars, Lawyers / June 30, 2015

Harvard professor and legal celebrity Alan Dershowitz has filed a defamation lawsuit in both the US and the UK over the ‘sex slave’ case involving Prince Andrew‘s alleged paramour, Virginia Roberts. But Professor Dershowitz, 76, who wrote “Attack is the Best Defense”, is going further. He is also seeking the disbarment of the lawyers who

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80% of Top U.S. Law Firms Now Blogging for Business Development

Law Marketing / June 30, 2015

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LexBlog’s Annual Benchmark Report finds the 200 largest law firms are publishing almost 1,000 blogs SEATTLE, June 30, 2015 — LexBlog, Inc., the world’s leading provider of blogging technology and strategy to large law firms, released its 2015 Am Law 200 Blog Benchmark Report, and the results are clear: the United States’ top law firms

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The $10 Million Lawyers

Law Firms / June 29, 2015

Law firm incomes and structures continue to change. And the gap between the ‘rich’ and ‘not-so-rich’ lawyers continues to grow. As more equity and non-equity partnerships develop and as law firms like Slater + Gordon and others develop new remuneration models, the way in which law firms share their profits is continuing to change. The

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Law Firm Rainmakers and The Keys to Collaboration

Law Firm Management, Lawyers / June 29, 2015

Heidi K Gardner is a Distinguished Scholar at Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession and is writing a book about the legal profession. True rainmakers don’t need to be convinced to collaborate: referring work to colleagues and developing a loyal team capable of extraordinary client service is the only way they can build

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How Does US Law Exploit Interns?

Law Job News, US Law / June 28, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the White House has sparked another debate about unpaid interns. The “overworked and underpaid” (or unpaid) mantra has been something that has developed into lawsuits against major corporations in the past few years. Tales of exploitation and hardship have been aired and many younger voters are attracted to the opposition to

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How To Get a Law Degree in High Fashion

LawStars / June 28, 2015

Law specialties are varied and many. Some, like sports and technology law, have moved center stage and become mainstream for both law schools and law firms alike. A newer area however is fashion law, which was started by Fordham University Law School in 2010. Now the university has followed up with another first: a degree

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Why The Same-Sex Marriage Bill Carries LGBT Despair Too

US Law / June 27, 2015

The same-sex marriage ruling has been euphorically received, however does it contain more than just the seeds of despair for LGBT rights generally. Scott Lemieux is Guardian US correspondent and blogger at Lawyers Guns & Money as well as being a professor of political science On the anniversary of its decisions striking down laws banning

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More Twists in Lawsuit Between Dov Charney and American Apparel

Featured / June 26, 2015

In terms of its length, the lawsuit between American Apparel Inc and its founder Dov Charney has not been long. But in terms of its accusations, intrigue, bitterness and graphic details it surely takes at least part of the cake. The lawsuit continues to twist and turn, this time with Charney filing a suit that

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The Supreme Court: Term-End Review

Briefings, Featured, US Law / June 26, 2015

Skadden Arps – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term draws to a conclusion, the Court has resolved — or will resolve in a matter of days — several cases with potentially wide-reaching implications for a range of important policy and business issues. On June 25, 2015, the Court handed the Obama administration a major

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