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Commentary: Every Pay Raise Has Its Price
During the past month, large Texas law firms have engaged in a salary war that started with Vinson & Elkins raising first-year associate pay to the New York rate of $160,000. But at what price, asks Mark Donald? These young lawyers will bill around 2,000 hours a year -- minimum. And with the dreaded billable hour comes disillusionment. Add to that the fact that the average career life expectancy of an associate at a big firm is three years -- before a law firm even starts to make money off the attorney.Proskauer Rose has been retained by Major League Baseball to fight the scandal-soaked suit filed Friday by embattled New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and his lawyers from Reed Smith, Gordon & Rees, and New York's Tacopina Seigel & Turano.
Atlanta Mayor Itching to Sue Gun Makers
Atlanta is expected this week to join other American cities that have sued the gun industry claiming that their products are unreasonably dangerous.Justices Strike Down Animal Cruelty Law on First Amendment Grounds
First Amendment advocates applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday striking down a federal law that made it a crime to create, sell or possess certain depictions of animal cruelty. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., writing for an 8-1 majority, called the law a "criminal prohibition of alarming breadth," and sharply criticized the government's defense of the law. The ruling left open the possibility that a statute narrowly focused on so-called "crush videos" might be found constitutional.Aluminum giant Alcoa has had enough of waiting to defend itself against sensational bribery claims by a Bahraini rival while the DOJ and SEC build their own cases against the company. On Thursday Cravath's Evan Chesler travelled to Pittsburgh to make Alcoa's case for lifting a three-year-old stay in the civil suit so that it can seek dismissal, but federal prosecutors countered that allowing the case to proceed could threaten the government's investigation.
Atlanta Mayor Itching to Sue Gun Makers
Atlanta is expected this week to join other American cities that have sued the gun industry claiming that their products are unreasonably dangerous.Revenue, Profit, Cash: Managing Law Firms for Success
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