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Good Presents Are an Open Book
You've been drowning in exams and you're ready to relax. Wait -- there's something you forgot to do. You feel a twitchy flashback to one of those crazy, naked "late for the exam" dreams coming on. Did you miss a test? Did you leave the oven on? Worse. You're going to show up for holiday festivities empty-handed. In the swirl of finals, you never got a chance to shop! Never fear, bookseller and attorney Norm Pattis of Connecticut's Williams and Pattis has five books sure to delight the readers in your life.Conn. Large Firms Hike Pay for First-Years
Many of the largest Connecticut-based law firms have hiked their first-year base pay by at least $5,000 from last year, and some new associates are earning $10,000 a year more. Other firms are following suit, such as Stamford-based Cummings & Lockwood, which, says managing partner Jonathan B. Mills, is considering a $10,000-a-year pay increase. But for newly minted lawyers toiling at small to midsized firms across the state, pay rates are essentially the same as they were a year ago.Car Searches Left Murky as Court Rejects Federal Bright-Line Rule
For nearly 25 years, police have routinely searched automobiles after making roadside arrests, but a N.J. Appellate Division ruling threatens to upend that long established practice.The $2.15 billion settlement that Lee helped secure this week for Pfizer Inc. is believed to be the largest ever in a patent case. And what's more, says Lee, the deal serves as a warning to generic pharmaceutical companies looking to get a jump on introducing new drugs.
Student's Vulgar Word Continues To Echo
In the spring of 2007, then-Burlington high school senior Avery Doninger sat at her home computer and typed a scathing blog entry that referred to school administrators as "douchebags." One might imagine that the outburst would have earned her a couple days of detention or suspension. But no one could have predicted that the insult would still be reverberating two years later - in federal court, in the state legislature, and even in the debate over the merits of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.Attorneys Argue Over Toyota Venue
Plaintiffs' lawyers including Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser convened in San Diego for a hearing in the Toyota litigation; a decision on the venue is expected within a few weeks.Trending Stories
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