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January 20, 2010 |

Calif. Law Firms Show the Way to Diversity, New Report Indicates

Can law firms across the country learn diversity lessons from California firms? The authors of a new report think so, pointing to statistics that suggest California firms generally do a better job of hiring and retaining female, gay and lesbian, and minority attorneys. Mentoring, the provision of several career tracks and an alternative viewpoint of grades' relative importance were among the elements of the firms' successful diversity campaigns.
3 minute read
August 02, 1999 |

Associates: Desktop Decorating

What's an expressive attorney to do? Once he was limited to wearing plaid ties and paisley suspenders. Now he can set loose flying toasters on his screen or rolling sushi on his desktop.An associate may have no control over the halls, but his office is his castle. A National Law Journal survey has uncovered a scary array of ways to personalize one's desk.
5 minute read
June 28, 1999 |

Bristol Stomp

Bristol Technologies Inc., the small software company suing mighty Microsoft Inc., has thrived on a strategy of tackling its biggest, most intimidating targets first. That fearlessness went into Bristol's decision to sue Microsoft on antitrust, fair trade and quasi-contractual grounds. The trial began June 3 and is expected to last about six weeks. So far, the case shows that standing up to Goliath doesn't make the challenger a hero, or promise upset results.
9 minute read
May 24, 1999 |

Double Wrigley trouble

The Wrigley family, famed for its chewing gum, finds itself facing an age-old problem for families with "old money": how to make sure a nasty probate dispute doesn't threaten the best-laid succession plans for the children. But it appears that years of good lawyering and smart estate planning may wind up saving the family hundreds of millions of dollars in the struggle.
8 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Fastest-Shrinking Firms Ranked by Percent Decrease in Pa. Attorneys

The following is a list of the fastest-shrinking law firms in Pennsylvania ranked by the percentage decrease in number of attorneys as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
4 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Largest Firms by City (Pittsburgh)

The following is a list of the largest law firms in the city of Pittsburgh ranked by the number of full-time attorneys asreported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
6 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

100 Largest Law Firms Alphabetically

The following is a list of the 100 largest law firms in Pennsylvania sorted alphabetically as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
18 minute read
August 13, 2009 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 18, No. 156 - August 13 2009

Daily decision alert.
17 minute read
November 30, 2005 |

Are Arbitration Agreements in Job Applications Enforceable?

With increasing frequency, employers in many industries are embracing the use of arbitration as the exclusive dispute resolution mechanism with their employees. Two recent cases addressed the enforceability of arbitration agreements contained in job applications -- and came to opposite conclusions. Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas, partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, discuss those cases and their significance for employers who might be thinking of using such clauses.
11 minute read
May 18, 2000 |

Cantor Coming to a Halt?

The two-year civil war that exposed bitter differences among partners in mega-broker Cantor Fitzgerald might be near an end after a ruling that Iris Cantor, the widow of CFLP's founder, and her nephew Rodney Fisher willfully violated the CFLP partnership agreement and engaged in unlawful competition against the bond broker. Vice Chancellor Myron T. Steele's ruling ended a three-month trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery and capped nearly 24 months of litigation.
5 minute read

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