AbovetheLaw are welcoming new columnist Carolyn Elephant, blogger at MyShingle.com. And her first column is about starting your own law firm. Why not? Let me start my inaugural column here at Above the Law with a question: Why not start your own law firm? To be clear, I’m not directing this question at those […]
The law jobs market is crumbling, according to US reports where graduates have been poured out of law schools and then coming to the reality that the jobs aren’t there. [wp_ad_camp_1] In the US, law schools are actually cutting down the size of law classes, with more than two out of every five graduates in
Is Big Law being slowly devoured by Small Law? Maybe not, but a new LexisNexis report about to be released indicates just how much work the smaller firms (201-500) lawyers are being fed by clients tired of the fees charged by the larger firms – among other things. The Wall Street Journal carries a report
Innocent or guilty, a criminal charge is a serious matter anywhere in the United States. It can mean a long prison time and a loss of income, to say nothing of lost family and reputation. If you are charged with a criminal act, it means you are suspected of purposely breaking an overt law, such
LawFuel.com- Law News and Law Jobs – Considering the services of a legal recruiter has become a necessity for both job seekers as well as employers in present times. It’s a myth that legal jobs are dying and that there are fewer employment options available in the legal market. Latest job search on the BCG
In the push to get drunk drivers off the road, police officers and the courts are relying more on technology to enforce zero tolerance laws against drunk driving. These technological devices can lead to the arrest of individuals driving under the influence (DUI) and prevent people from driving drunk. By using technology, police, judges, prosecutors
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American law firms and lobbyists are making major moves into the European Union where the rules and structures are often quite different to what they have at home, but where the opportunities are vast. The New York Times reports on the recent show of force where lawyers and lobbyists representing major oil interests were attempting
It’s an unfortunate truth that most individuals will be involved in some type of serious accident in their lives. The average person, for instance, will have to file an auto accident claim once every 17.9 years; and this striking statistic obviously doesn’t take into account the numerous types of other accidents a person
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SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County physician who admitted that he illegally prescribed dangerous, addictive painkillers to “patients” he barely examined during meetings that were often held at Starbucks stores was sentenced late today to over 11 years in federal prison. Alvin Mingczech Yee, 44, of Mission Viejo, was sentenced this afternoon
LawFuel.com – Slaughter and May, London and Hong Kong, advised Standard Chartered on the annual update of its US$57.5 billion debt issuance programme, under which Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited have the ability to issue notes to be listed and traded on the London and Hong Kong
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