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Disputed Match Has Top Wrestler in an Olympian Bind
Chicago attorney Steve Thompson went to the mat Wednesday in asking an arbitrator to reverse the results of a match that denied his disconsolate client a spot on the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling team going to Sydney, Australia in September.Texas Jury Hammers Department Store for $7.3 Million in Same-Sex Harassment Case
A Texas jury awarded $7.3 million to a shoe salesman who said he was sexually harassed by his male supervisor in a verdict that is believed to be one of the largest returned in a same-sex harassment case for a single plaintiff. Some labor lawyers say that, while the verdict against Dillard Department Stores proves that employers must take same-sex harassment claims seriously, it does not necessarily mean that a flood of similar suits will follow.New Partner Numbers Increase at Many Large Firms in Texas
For most of the partners in the largest firms in Texas, the partnership track ranges from 6.5 to 12.5 years, according to the firms that participated in Texas Lawyer's annual New Partners Survey. Twenty-three of the 25 largest firms in the state report promoting 146 attorneys to partnership in their Texas offices for 2007. That's 6.5 percent more than the 137 attorneys promoted to partnership by the same firms in 2006. "The legal business has been booming," says recruiter Robert A. Rowland.Trending Stories
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