The ABA Journal recently called the billable hour “the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.” The billable hour billing system has been criticized for fostering inefficiency and putting the interests of lawyers and clients in conflict. Now an Ohio firm is joining a few law firms that are changing the way they […]
A Web site featuring “hot” young female associates at several prominent law firms quickly pulled the plug Monday after some of the women on the site discovered that their photos and profiles were posted. The Web site, Hot Attorney, included photos and biographical information of young women associates at law firms such as K&L Gates,
A federal appeals court struck down the regulatory cornerstone of the Bush administration’s efforts at controlling air pollution on Friday, agreeing with the utility industry that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its authority when it established the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule. North Carolina and some companies that produce electric power opposed some parts
The average City lawyer rakes in 572,800 pounds ($1.13 million) a year, ranking them in third place behind traders and bankers as the top earners in London. Average earnings in the City rank the legal profession as the third-best payer, behind traders, who pocket an average of 1.45 million pounds ($2.86 million) a year, and
A restitution hearing is set for today in the criminal battery case. But the Egyptian actor has no intention of paying a $445,000 civil judgment in the 2005 Beverly Hills incident. Omar Sharif became a film idol playing men who went to war, from a sheik who took on the Turks in “Lawrence of Arabia”
In the face of tighter lending markets, law firms are looking increasingly to their partnerships to raise capital rather than relying on other lending sources, according to this story in today’s NLJ. Another factor weighing on capital reserves: longer client payment cycles. As clients suffer through a slowing economy, they take longer to pay their
As a Los Angeles county prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi batted a thousand in murder cases: 21 trials, 21 convictions, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As an author, Mr. Bugliosi has written three No. 1 best sellers and won three Edgar Allan Poe awards, the top honor for crime writers. More than 30 years ago
Is it possible that the legal job market is finally getting better? That’s the suggestion from Thursday’s unemployment report from the Labor Department. While 62,000 non-farm payroll jobs disappeared nationally in June throughout the country, the legal service sector added jobs. After suffering three months of job losses, the legal industry saw employment nudge up
Broward Chief Judge Victor Tobin is being sued for defamation and accused of misleading the state Legislature and the County Commission about the cost of a program that handled traffic cases for the county, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. In what amounts to a whistle-blower complaint, ex-Broward Judge Jay Spechler is suing his former
A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web’s largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there. The order raised concerns among users and privacy advocates that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people
