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A “Thoroughly Contemptible” Lawsuit – The Sex Slaves Lawsuit

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A lawsuit filed on behalf of two Japanese-American former Japanese sex slaves is one of the most controversial lawsuits filed in the United States. Forbes contributor Eamonn Fingelton writes about the little-known lawsuit that has enraged many, including many lawyers and legal bloggers.  One, LA criminal lawyer Ken White calls the lawsuit “thoroughly contemptible.”  Others […]

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How To Get A Key Recruiting Edge For New Lateral Hires in Law Firms

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By LawFuel contributor, Kevin Mackee.  Law firms looking to recruit lateral partners should consider some key factors that can put them ahead of the competition when it comes to attracting quality candidates for their firms. Here are some key points that can lift your firm above the crowd in the search for good laterals prepared

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Law Firm Partners Who Jump Ship – Law Firm Culture to Blame

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We knew it.  The main reason partners leave law firms is the firm “culture”, that over-worked word that law firms usually employ in the positive sense.  Unfortunately, it also has some major negatives when “culture” is negative, bad or just downright disagreeable for the jumping-ship partners. The survey, from legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa

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Mary Cranston on the “Glass Ceiling Index” and NZ Law Firms

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Former Pillsbury Winthrop CEO Mary Cranston spoke to LawFuel about New Zealand law firms, noting that they included some of the best law firm managers in the world and the country’s record with the recently published Economist glass ceiling index, which indicated that New Zealand was fifth in the world on the index, behind the

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Reviewing Transparency Ahead of the Law School Jobs Data

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Like to see the data on the National Association for Law Placement and whether law schools are withholding information from their ‘consumers’? Law.com’s Kylee McEntee has written about the list of schools publishing NALP reports for 2010-2012, with the largest number (108 reports) for 2012. To see the data go to the LST Score Reports. 

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Harvard and the Rape Cases

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Winnie M Li wrote this article about her experience being raped while at Harvard and how her case was handled.  Her article appears in the Huffington Post. When I woke up this morning a friend had mailed me this anonymous article by a current under-graduate about Harvard’s mishandling of her sexual assault case.  “This made

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