Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for ''Fisher Phillips''

You can use to get even better search results
August 02, 2010 |

Movers

Joel Moser joins Bingham McCutchen's energy and project finance group as partner in the New York office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
March 23, 2007 |

Age Bias Suits on the Rise With Older Employees Working Longer

Baby boomers not shy about asserting their rights have triggered a new wave of age bias lawsuits, creating a host of legal challenges for employers that may not even be aware that discrimination is going on in the workplace.
7 minute read
March 01, 2011 |

Cat's paw purrs at Court

The U.S. Supreme Court last week broadened the potential liability of employers for job discrimination, ruling, 8-0, that employers may be held liable when an unbiased supervisor fires an employee based on the actions of a biased lower-level manager.
5 minute read
February 19, 2008 |

Employment tests may fail legal exam

A growing number of employers are using employment exams-including aptitude tests-to weed out potentially bad hires, a practice that has triggered an increase in complaints and legal actions. The recent boom in online job applications yielding huge numbers of applicants has contributed heavily to the practice, lawyers note, along with post-Sept.
3 minute read
March 26, 2010 |

On The Move

Announcements about lawyers, firms and judges.
2 minute read
November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (201-250)

6 minute read
March 01, 2013 |

Board of Contributors: Invalid appointments threaten hundreds of NLRB decisions

Attorney Charles S. Caulkins urges President Obama to find two Republicans and two Democrats who will be acceptable to the Senate, thus restoring functionality to the National Labor Relations Board.
3 minute read
June 20, 2006 |

The Billable Hour's Staying Power

It may not get much respect, but the billable hour sure has a lot of staying power. First appearing in the late '50s, the hourly billing rate caught on in popularity, partly because law firms could use it as an excellent income predictor. But as operating expenses began to mount, firms had to raise hourly rates, and then hourly quotas for attorneys -- and thus began a vicious cycle. But even with a host of alternative billing models, and many critics of hourly billing, the billable hour endures.
10 minute read
November 12, 2007 |

The 2007 NLJ 250

6 minute read

TRENDING STORIES

    More from ALM

    More from ALM

    Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

    Resources