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Back on Track: The percentage of minority lawyers at large firms edged up in 2011
It's not much, but it's enough to make diversity advocates in the legal profession let out a collective "phew" According to the latest Diversity Scorecard complied by The American Lawyer, a Daily Report affiliate, in 2010 big firms increased their percentage of minority attorneys by 0.2 percent, to 13.9 percent.A split Ninth Circuit panel has decertified a nationwide false advertising class action against Honda's U.S. subsidiary, ruling that California's consumer protection law is too different from those in other states to permit class litigation. Mayer Brown partner Donald Falk represented Honda, which was accused of including a feature on its Acura luxury cars that didn't work as promised.
The Layoff List: By the Numbers
Employment shifts at The Am Law 200, Global 100, and Other Firms of NoteIrell & Manella has handled some interesting litigation lately for the uber-billionaire William Koch, including a suit claiming that Koch was duped into buying wine that once supposedly belonged to Thomas Jefferson. Now Irell partner John Hueston is playing defense for Koch, hoping to fend off claims that the Oxbow Group founder detained an Oxbow executive in an Old-West ghost town on his Colorado ranch.
Survey Shows Pa. Law Firms Don't Shine When It Comes to Diversity
Whether they moved up or down in the ranks of this month's Diversity Scorecard in Legal affiliate The American Lawyer, most Pennsylvania-based firms have little to show when it comes to the number of minorities in their ranks.Commission Can Keep on Stinging Judges
The Cal. Commission on Judicial Performance can continue to issue "stinger" letters to state judges and doesn't have to provide full-blown hearings to do so, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. But in deciding a closely watched challenge of CJP practices, the justices handed a mixed bag to the commission and the judges who may be hauled before it.Insights and Strategies for Effective Succession Planning in AM Law 100 Firms
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