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August 29, 2000 |

Office Priority: Make Firm Space Work

In a faster, more casual business climate, how are law firms changing their image? "Big firms are still building pretty fancy space," says broker John Izard. "It's not as stuffy as it was 25 years ago, ... but it's still pretty nice." But smaller firms are experimenting. "The nicest compliment we get [is people saying] 'Wow. I can't believe this is a law firm'" says one small-firm partner.
6 minute read
December 21, 2010 |

Terminating Employees For Unapproved Posts

In her Social Media feature, Shari Claire Lewis of Rivkin Radler discusses what the impact of the upcoming 'American Medical' case will be on employers' ability to police employee online activity that harms their business interests.
11 minute read
January 09, 2008 |

Do as I Say, Not as I Do

Kevin Heron warned his colleagues about the dangers of insider trading, but he apparently didn't think those warnings applied to himself. On July 19 a Philadelphia jury convicted Heron, the former general counsel of Amkor Technology Inc., of using nonpublic information while buying and selling shares in his company and another business.
5 minute read
July 17, 2007 |

Freshfields' Pension Plan Sparks Age-Discrimination Claim

In a closely watched case, a former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner is claiming that the firm's new pension plan discriminated against him on the basis of age.
4 minute read
October 03, 2012 |

How the ex-counsel of GlaxoSmithKline fought the law - and won

Lauren Stevens, former associate general counsel at GlaxoSmithKline, fought the criminal justice system last year and won.
5 minute read
November 23, 2009 |

DRN Advocates for Adult Protective Services System

In more than 40 states, adult protective service, or APS, systems have authority to investigate and offer protective services to individuals with disabilities who are subject to abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
5 minute read
July 07, 2008 |

Lawyers Face New Trial Over Fen-Phen Settlement

Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial. The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. for eight days, and twice in two days sent out notes indicating it was stumped. A third defendant, Melbourne Mills Jr., was acquitted earlier. All faced a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
3 minute read
February 03, 2003 |

Brobeck Looks for Answers

The financial wrangling was underway Friday as lawyers and staff at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison scrambled to find new jobs in the aftermath of the firm's sudden collapse. Brobeck and its bankers are in negotiations that could keep the firm out of bankruptcy. Decisions are pending about how much -- if any -- severance the firm will pay and whether partners will have to dip into their savings to help pay off the firm's obligations.
9 minute read

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