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Blogger on Scene as Mukasey Collapses
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At least one legal blogger was in the audience last night when Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech at the annual dinner of the Federal Society in Washington, D.C. Laurie Lin, a contributor to the blog Above...
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Study: Class Actions Not Such a Big Deal
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A just-published Federal Judicial Center study of class actions in federal courts finds that there is less to them than might appear. Released yesterday, the report presents preliminary findings from the second phase of an ongoing study of the impact...
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Jones Day Wins Round in Blockshopper Case
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More news in the lawsuit by law firm Jones Day against the Web site BlockShopper.com. You may remember that as the case that Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy, in a post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog, said...
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Online Law Grad Sidesteps Accreditation Hurdle
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For the first time in Massachusetts, and perhaps for the first time anywhere outside California, a graduate of an online, unaccredited law school will be permitted to take the state bar examination. Ross E. Mitchell, a graduate of the wholly...
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Blaming the Defendant, Even When the Penalty Is Death
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So, the judge and the prosecutor in a capital case in Texas admit to having an affair, but don't disclose it at trial. The defendant, Charles Dean Hood, is convicted and sentenced to death. Eighteen years after the trial, Hood's...
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Can Employees Be Booted for Wasting Time While Computer Boots Up?
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Seems like some companies will do anything to squeeze an extra 30 minutes of work out of employees. Believe it or not, companies actually have the gall to dock employees' pay for the time spent waiting for their computers to...
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Go Green, Get Green
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Here's an interesting program: Boston-based law firm, Sherin and Lodgen will discount legal fees for clients who go green. The firm's “Going Green? Take Fifteen” program, which begins in 2009, will provide 15 percent off legal fees for green projects....
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Now That's a Holiday Party
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In a year when budgetary belt-tightening is forcing corporate planners to scale back on holiday parties, one Texas law firm is letting its belt out a few notches. In a state known for doing things big, the Houston-based Lanier Law...
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Holder Called in June for Closing Gitmo
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With Covington & Burling partner Eric H. Holder Jr. President-elect Obama's apparent pick for attorney general, a speech he gave in June suggests he would make a top priority of closing Guantanamo Bay. In the June 13 speech to the...
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Post Prompts Apology; Apology Prompts Praise
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In a post last week entitled "Best 'Elevator Pitch' Ever...?" legal marketer Larry Bodine related the elevator pitch of a lawyer he described as "the silver-haired senior-most litigator" at a law firm in Joliet, Ill. The lawyer's pitch involved a...
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