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April 30, 2007 |

NY Bill to Crop Divorce Separation Period Gains Traction

Spouses who have settled all outstanding marital issues and have agreed to separate would be able to get a divorce in New York after three months, rather than the current one year, under a bill with a good chance of passing the state Legislature. The measure would not create a no-fault divorce system. Matrimonial lawyers said the proposal would help some couples but did not offer, in the words of one, "a whole lot" for the "great majority" of litigants in an outdated system.
5 minute read
April 20, 2000 |

The Collectors: Top Guns

Prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs attorney James Beasley, Sr. has a collection that isn't kept under glass. Both Beasley and his son, a medical doctor as well as a lawyer in his father's law firm, regularly fly their vintage planes at air shows around the country, performing aerobatic routines and flying in formation with military aviators.
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October 26, 1999 |

James C. Diggs, PPG Industries Inc.

James C. Diggs is senior vice president and general counsel of Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries, a manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiberglass and chemicals. The world's largest producer of vehicular coatings, PPG operates about 120 manufacturing plants and employs more than 32,000 workers worldwide.
5 minute read
August 10, 2006 |

England Poised to Reform Legal Market

Picture lawyers idling away potentially billable hours tracking their firm's stock price rather than poring over their firm's PPP rankings or the results of the latest associate-satisfaction survey rankings. Sound far-fetched? It may happen soon in England if a draft bill that would allow outside investment in law firms and let firms go public makes it into law. And although the bill hasn't yet been the focus of too much hand-wringing in the United States, it is "on the radar screen," says one consultant.
7 minute read
August 10, 2006 |

England Poised to Reform Legal Market

Picture lawyers idling away potentially billable hours tracking their firm's stock price rather than poring over their firm's PPP rankings or the results of the latest associate-satisfaction survey rankings. Sound far-fetched? It may happen soon in England if a draft bill that would allow outside investment in law firms and let firms go public makes it into law. And although the bill hasn't yet been the focus of too much hand-wringing in the United States, it is "on the radar screen," says one consultant.
7 minute read
July 15, 2010 |

Is Weight Bias the Next Big Challenge in Discrimination Law?

The time for employers to consider their options is now: The day of weight discrimination as a legal matter is only dawning. Within 5-7 years, it will likely have grown to a meaningful number of statutes and ordinances.
6 minute read
July 24, 2006 |

Why Not Make the City of Philadelphia a Pro-Bono Project?

Let me start by saying the law firms and lawyers in Philadelphia deserve a pat on the back. What has me writing that? A recent article from The Legal that paints a flattering picture of the pro bono efforts from city firms.
9 minute read
August 08, 2006 |

England Poised To Reform Legal Market

A draft bill that is expected to pass next year would allow public ownership of firms. U.S. firms with London operations are trying to assess how the measure would affect the leading U.K. firms that are their competition.
7 minute read
July 11, 2003 |

N.J.'s Skills and Methods Program Under the Knife?

For the first time in 16 years, New Jersey's 39-year-old mandatory skills and methods program will undergo a comprehensive reassessment.
5 minute read

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