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	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431941833>Has Pro Bono Become Recession-Proof?</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The American Lawyer<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("David Bario<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("A year ago, Lehman Brothers appeared solvent, Bernard Madoff was a trusted name and the global economic crisis was still called a downturn. Even then, pro bono advocates worried that altruism would be a casualty of hard times at the country's top law firms. Judging by firms' performance last year, those fears may have been unfounded. As a group, the nation's 200 highest-grossing firms devoted more hours to pro bono than ever.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431956146>Orrick Breaks Lockstep in Response to Clients' Cost Concerns</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Recorder<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Amanda Royal<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track: associate, managing associate or senior associate. Orrick will also create a nonpartner-track option for associates, and boost the number of staff attorneys doing more routine work like document review. Orrick Chairman Ralph Baxter Jr. said the moves are meant to create a system in which clients aren't paying for unnecessary costs.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431948755>Tweeting, Texting, Googling Banned for Mich. Jurors</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The National Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Tresa Baldas<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("The Michigan Supreme Court has come down hard on gadget-happy jurors, banning all electronic communications by jurors during trial, including tweets on Twitter, text messages and Google searches. The ruling, which takes effect Sept. 1, will require Michigan judges for the first time to instruct jurors not to use any hand-held device, such as iPhones or BlackBerrys, while in the jury box or during deliberations. The state's high court issued the new rule on Tuesday in response to prosecutors' complaints. <br>");


	
	
	


	

					


	

	
		
	
	
		
			
		
	


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	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431936852>KM Implementation at Reed Smith</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("Legal Tech Newsletter<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Tom Baldwin<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Reed Smith hadn't invested enough in information infrastructure and processes such as document retrieval were taking too long. To take control of its data before it took hold of them, the firm implemented Recommind's MindServer Search platform as its knowledge management base.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431936563>In Survey, GCs Say Firms Are Bluffing When It Comes to Service, Cost</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Legal Intelligencer<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Gina Passarella<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("For all the talk about change, corporate counsel are finding it hard to believe that outside firms are serious about rethinking their approach to client service and billing. In a survey by Altman Weil, 75 percent of the responding chief legal officers rated their law firms between zero to four on a 10-point scale, indicating their opinion that firms had little or no interest in change. 'This is a dramatic vote of no confidence from chief legal officers,' Altman Weil Principal Daniel J. DiLucchio Jr. said.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					


	

	
		
	
	
		
			
		
	


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	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431969224>Judge Denies Disbarred Lawyer's Bid to Testify by Video to Avoid Arrest</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("New York Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Daniel Wise<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("A disbarred lawyer who has left New York and avoided serving a 30-day contempt of court sentence may not testify by video teleconference in a bankruptcy proceeding in Manhattan to avoid possible arrest should he testify in person, a Southern District Bankruptcy Court judge has ruled. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein denied the teleconference request of Kenneth Heller, finding the proffered excuse of fear of arrest to be 'neither good nor compelling.'<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431965984>Howrey, Day Casebeer Make It Official</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Recorder<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Petra Pasternak<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Howrey and Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder made their union official Wednesday, capping at least six months of serious talks. All but one of the Silicon Valley intellectual property boutique's 26 attorneys joined Howrey's Palo Alto, Calif., office, effective July 1. The move includes nine partners and 16 associates. Managing partner Lloyd 'Rusty' Day said 725-lawyer Howrey's vision is a good fit for his firm, which couldn't add resources quickly on its own.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431963290>3rd Circuit Panel Dismisses Claims Against Kozinski for Sexually Explicit Material</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Legal Intelligencer<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Shannon P. Duffy<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("The judicial misconduct complaint against 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has been resolved with a public admonishment but no discipline imposed on the judge for the sexually explicit material found on his family Web site. An 11-judge panel from the 3rd Circuit issued a unanimous 41-page opinion that said Kozinski 'explained and admitted his error; apologized for it, recognizing its impact on the judiciary; and committed to changing his conduct to avoid any recurrence of the error.'<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431961015>Law School Pays Students to Stay Away</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The National Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Karen Sloan<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("The unstable economy created a tricky situation for law school admissions offices this year. Admissions officials didn't know whether they could rely upon the formulas they traditionally have used to determine how many admissions offers to extend to reach their desired incoming class size. For at least one school, experience was little help. The University of Miami School of Law saw a significant increase in its yield rate and has offered incentives for students to defer their starts until the fall of 2010.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431945418>Alston & Bird Cuts Associate Pay</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("Fulton County Daily Report<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Meredith Hobbs<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Alston & Bird is cutting associate pay by $5,000 across the board for the remainder of the year -- a reduction equal to about 7 percent of annual starting pay. The cuts, effective July 15, follow other cost-saving measures undertaken by the firm since the end of last year, including staff and associate layoffs, early retirement packages for senior staff, a reduction in its summer program and a deferred start date for its new first-year class.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431955117>Judge Enjoins Publication of 'Meditation' on 'Catcher in the Rye'</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("New York Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Mark Hamblett<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("A federal judge has enjoined the publication of a purported meditation on J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York federal Judge Deborah Batts said Wednesday that '60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye' by Swedish author Fredrik Colting violated Salinger's copyright. She found that Colting borrowed liberally from 'Catcher,' and his work did not amount to a critique or commentary on the original. The book was billed in Europe, but not in the United States, as a 'sequel' to 'The Catcher in the Rye.'<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431944700>Man Burned by Burning Man Can't Sue Festival</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Recorder<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Mike McKee<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Walking into the 60-foot Burning Man effigy isn't a safe thing to do. Just ask Anthony Beninati, who literally got burned in 2005 after venturing too close to the giant wooden figure while on his third trip to the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. He sued for damages. But on Tuesday, a California appeals court doused his hopes after finding that the 'college-educated' man had assumed the risk of harm by walking directly into the effigy while remnants of it were still burning.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431953118>N.Y. Federal Judge's Ruling Rejects Attempt to Use Recent High Court Recusal Decision</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("New York Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Mark Fass<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("A New York federal judge has rejected a recusal motion filed by former Bonanno family acting boss Vincent Basciano, marking perhaps the first citation of the Supreme Court's recent <i>Caperton</i> ruling. The judge rejected the argument that <i>Caperton</i> created a new standard for recusal motions, writing, 'What was new in <i>Caperton</i> was not the objective standard, but the application of that standard to the area of judicial elections -- something utterly irrelevant to an appointed federal judge with life tenure.'<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431947009>Firm Accused of Duping Malpractice Claimants</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The National Law Journal<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Leigh Jones<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("Former clients of a Cleveland-based law firm have convinced an Ohio appeals court to revive their claim that the firm duped them into a low-ball settlement in a legal malpractice case. Reversing a lower court, the three-judge panel threw out summary judgment in favor of Javitch Block, finding that the lower court needed to sort out whether the law firm intentionally failed to disclose that it carried professional liability insurance that may have covered the former clients' malpractice claim against the firm.<br>");


	
	
	


	

					
						
							
							
						
						
					
						
						
					
					


					
					
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
					
	
	
	


	NewsHeadlines=NewsHeadlines.concat("<a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431952323>Witnesses Tie Reputed Mobster to Pa. Judge</a><br>");
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Source=Source.concat("The Legal Intelligencer<br>");
ByLine=ByLine.concat("Leo Strupczewski<br>");
NewsAbstract=NewsAbstract.concat("A pair of witnesses testified at a court hearing Wednesday that reputed Pennsylvania mob boss William 'Billy' D'Elia had envelopes delivered to disgraced former Luzerne County President Judge Conahan at the courthouse and that Conahan met repeatedly with D'Elia and another admitted felon to discuss fixing cases. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the hearing after a local paper argued that a defamation case against it -- handed down by Conahan's colleague, another indicted former judge -- should be vacated.<br>");