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2018 Pay Raise Commission: Questionable Means to a Desired End
The merits of the pay raise proposal are incontestably justified after 20 years of no increases in the base salaries at issue. Yet, the questionable means to the desired end runs squarely into the old adage that would make Machiavelli smile for its audacity.Protecting Unpaid Federal Employees Would Be a Home Run for Accountability
A retired Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner writes that the prospect of narrow, limited injunctive relief would give the broader electorate more skin in the shutdown game.Shutdown Imperils DC Bar Exam, Swearing-In Postponed
Whether February's test will occur is in question amid the federal government's partial shutdown. Several states are stepping in to allow D.C. takers to register late for their exams.NY Steps in to Help DC Law School Graduates With No Place to Take the Bar Exam
It's too soon to know how many D.C. registrants will end up taking the bar in New York, said New York State Board of Bar Examiners Executive Director John McAlary in an interview Thursday.Freshfields Names First US International Arbitration Leader
Noiana Marigo will head up the firm's U.S-based international arbitration practice from New York.View more book results for the query "*"
Kubicki Draper Beats Insurance Company's Malpractice Suit
Arch Insurance Co. hoped to sue Florida law firm Kubicki Draper over its defense of a customer, but the Fourth District Court of Appeal said their legal interests were never aligned.Supreme Court Sides With East Haven in Government Immunity Case Involving $12M Verdict
The state's highest court has upheld a Connecticut Appellate Court ruling that reduced an eight-figure verdict to $6.2 million in a case involving government immunity and local police.Lawyer's Steamy Affair Becomes Question for Jurors in El Chapo Trial
Jurors in the El Chapo trial were recently asked if they had any knowledge about an explosive article detailing the Mexican drug kingpin's lawyer's affair with a woman known as the "Vegan Bernie Madoff."Mass Tort Refresher: Plaintiffs Attorneys Trolling for the Risk-Adverse Defendant
It has become commonplace in many jurisdictions for plaintiffs attorneys to make settlement demands far in excess of the verdict potential—hoping a defendant will throw settlement dollars in an effort to bring a reasonable number to resolve the case.