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Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chadbournes and its “Black Box” Decisions

Law Firm Management / September 1, 2016

Following a gender discrimination lawsuit against Sedgwicks, a female litigator has now filed suit against Chadbourne & Parke, the New York-based 300-attorney firm. Kerrie Campbell’s lawsuit, reported by the WSJ Law Blog, is filed on behalf of Chadbourne’s 26 partners since 2013, claiming they are “routinely” underpaid and that the firm “actively retaliates against female attorneys […]

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Matt Damon’s Lessons For Lawyers And How To Dress

Featured, Law Job News / August 30, 2016

Matt Damon has a lesson for anyone – lawyers or not – on dress sense and why you need to dress 25 per cent better than everyone else at the office. Forbes contributor Carmine Gallo has written a piece on the importance of dress, quoting CEO recruiter James Citrin who tells college graduates in particular

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Hospital Group Pays Almost $2 Million Settlement For Improper Repayment of Medicaid

Press Releases / August 25, 2016

Continuum Admits That It Did Not Fully Reimburse Medicaid For Erroneously Billed Claims For Over Two Years Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector

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The Gawker-Killing Lawyer Who Donald Trump Has Hired

Law Firms / August 23, 2016

Hulk Hogan’s lawyer, Charles J Harder, following the lawsuit that sent Gawker bankrupt has a raft of media companies in his sights over a potential lawsuit on behalf of Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump and allegations of serious defamation against them. Billionaire Thiel is a Trump supporter and funded the lawsuit against Gawker Media and

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8 Fast Ways To Fix Your Law Firm’s SEO

Law Marketing / August 21, 2016

LawFuel looks at some of the ‘quick fixes’ law firms can use to fix their SEO to ensure they’re getting maximum conversions from potential clients – which means achieving good rankings for their search terms and a website that is properly optimized. We know that search engine optimization isn’t ‘quick’ or ‘simple’ by definition. Many things

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Top Lawyers in America Named

Featured, Press Releases / August 15, 2016

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected guide to the legal profession, announced the 23rd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America on August 15, 2016. Attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America were recognized by their peers in the legal industry for their professional excellence in 142 practice areas. For the 2017 Edition

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Wall Street vs. The City: Who’s Winning The Law Pay Wars?

Law Job News, UK Law / August 15, 2016

A battle has developed on either side of the Atlantic over pay for talented lawyers, with some American law firms paying high dollars to London lawyers – in US dollars as well. Newly qualified lawyers in Britain working for US law firms can now earn up to US$180,000 (£137,400) the FT reports. >> Check LawFuel’s Law

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Interns Are Now Running The Law & Banking Shows in London

Law Job News, UK Law / August 12, 2016

With summer time comes the opportunity for young interns to start flexing their career muscles. According to a Evening Standard report, the interns in law firms and banks in London are taking the opportunity to – as writer Frankie McCoy says – do the “bigt deals” as the people who “drink Jägerbombs out of choice. So

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Don’t Mess With This Judge Who Dropped the C-Bomb

UK Law / August 11, 2016

Dropping the C bomb is not something you would expect from any judge, let alone a British High Court judge like Patricia Lynch QC. She visible stunned her court when sentencing a racist defendant, John Henningan, 50, who told her she was “a bit of a c***”. Her immediate response was “You are a bit

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The Famous Faces Who Were In Big Law Before The Fame

Law Firms / August 9, 2016

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So have you ever wondered about lawyers-who-were? That is, the rich (mostly) and famous who were once lawyers? Bloomberg Law put together the list of famous people who were in Big Law before fame hit them, so we have to acknowledge the people at Bloomberg’s BNZ Knowledge Services who helped put the information together. Among

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