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Blogging has always given rise to a mixture of hysterical opinion and well-informed commentary, but it is now also giving rise to a mounting tide of litigation in the United States. Harvard Professor David Ardia, director of the university’s Citizen Media Project, spoke to Associated Press about the lawsuits arising from ‘anonymous’ comments online.

Law Firms / September 23, 2009

Getting named the local paper’s Person of the Year was supposed to be an honor for small-town politician Dean Zuleger. But the award only enraged many townspeople. Readers anonymously flooded the Wausau Daily Herald’s Web site with comments bashing Zuleger’s salary, his management style, his weight. One person suggested his third chin should have been […]

Blogging has always given rise to a mixture of hysterical opinion and well-informed commentary, but it is now also giving rise to a mounting tide of litigation in the United States. Harvard Professor David Ardia, director of the university’s Citizen Media Project, spoke to Associated Press about the lawsuits arising from ‘anonymous’ comments online. Read More »

In the age of e-resumes and data systems that store millions upon millions of historical documents, recruiters and employers now have the ability to look at resumes with a more inquisitive manner.

Law Firms / September 22, 2009

In the age of e-resumes and data systems that store millions upon millions of historical documents, recruiters and employers now have the ability to look longitudinally at information in resumes provided by candidates over many years and map the “content drift” of this information. This provides an entirely new way of determining a candidate’s veracity

In the age of e-resumes and data systems that store millions upon millions of historical documents, recruiters and employers now have the ability to look at resumes with a more inquisitive manner. Read More »

Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey judge and current senior legal analyst for the Fox News channel thinks the answer is ‘yes.’

Law Firms / September 21, 2009

Last week, I asked South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, where in the Constitution it authorizes the federal government to regulate the delivery of health care. He replied: “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government has anything to do with most of the stuff

Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey judge and current senior legal analyst for the Fox News channel thinks the answer is ‘yes.’ Read More »

Big Law firm O’Melveny and Myers plans to become a fixed-fee leader for top-end legal services, according to a paper leaked to a legal blog.

Law Firms / September 18, 2009

Big Law firm O’Melveny and Myers plans to become a fixed-fee leader for top-end legal services, according to a paper leaked to a legal blog. The legal blog Above the Law obtained a copy of the plan, released to the firm’s lawyers about a month ago, and published the proposals, which include making the firm

Big Law firm O’Melveny and Myers plans to become a fixed-fee leader for top-end legal services, according to a paper leaked to a legal blog. Read More »

Steven Donziger knew pursuing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Chevron-Texaco wouldn’t be easy. A Harvard Law grad and former Washington, D.C., public defender, Donziger is the lead U.S. lawyer for 30,000 Ecuadoreans who claim oil drilling by Texaco polluted portions of the country’s Amazon Basin, contaminating the soil and water sources where they live.

Law Firms / September 15, 2009

Steven Donziger knew pursuing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Chevron-Texaco wouldn’t be easy. A Harvard Law grad and former Washington, D.C., public defender, Donziger is the lead U.S. lawyer for 30,000 Ecuadoreans who claim oil drilling by Texaco (now owned by Chevron) polluted portions of the country’s Amazon Basin, contaminating the soil and water sources where

Steven Donziger knew pursuing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Chevron-Texaco wouldn’t be easy. A Harvard Law grad and former Washington, D.C., public defender, Donziger is the lead U.S. lawyer for 30,000 Ecuadoreans who claim oil drilling by Texaco polluted portions of the country’s Amazon Basin, contaminating the soil and water sources where they live. Read More »

The current economic crisis threatens many leading corporate law firms. Layoffs are legion, profits are down, and new hiring is limited. What that situation obscures, however, is that there may be deeper problems, not just for particular law firms, but for the entire structural model that sustains law firm recruitment and profitability.

Law Firms / September 13, 2009

The current economic crisis threatens many leading corporate law firms. Layoffs are legion, profits are down, and new hiring is limited. What that situation obscures, however, is that there may be deeper problems, not just for particular law firms, but for the entire structural model that sustains law firm recruitment and profitability. The model depends

Cal-Trans Workers Looking for Loose Change Gets Run Down

Law Firms / September 10, 2009

It has been reported that at approximately 10:30 a.m. a Caltrans crew of five that included three probationary workers were on the I-15 north

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The hot seat just got a little hotter for Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in the Bank of America bonus disclosure drama. In a court filing Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission maintained that Wachtell knowingly gave Bank of America bad advice about how it should disclose $5.8 billion in bonuses approved for Merrill Lynch employees

Law Firms / September 10, 2009

The hot seat just got a little hotter for Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in the Bank of America bonus disclosure drama. In a court filing Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission maintained that Wachtell knowingly gave Bank of America bad advice about how it should disclose $5.8 billion in bonuses approved for Merrill Lynch

Peter J. Henning, a professor at Wayne State Law School writes about what we’ve learnt from the Madoff debacle. The Securities and Exchange Commission released the full report from its inspector general on the bungled investigations of Bernard L. Madoff a little after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Labor Day. How’s that for timely disclosure.

Law Firms / September 9, 2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission released the full report from its inspector general on the bungled investigations of Bernard L. Madoff a little after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Labor Day. How’s that for timely disclosure. The report goes into excruciating detail on how the commission missed numerous opportunities to uncover the enormous Ponzi

Peter J. Henning, a professor at Wayne State Law School writes about what we’ve learnt from the Madoff debacle. The Securities and Exchange Commission released the full report from its inspector general on the bungled investigations of Bernard L. Madoff a little after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Labor Day. How’s that for timely disclosure. Read More »

New partner promotions across the U.K.’s top 50 law firms plunged by a third between 2008 and 2009, with the downturn impacting lawyers’ opportunities to advance into the partnership.

Law Firms / September 6, 2009

New partner promotions across the U.K.’s top 50 law firms plunged by a third between 2008 and 2009, with the downturn impacting lawyers’ opportunities to advance into the partnership. Taking into account promotions at firms such as Clifford Chance and Simmons & Simmons, which pushed their decisions back until the summer, there were 399 promotions