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September 08, 1999 |

Calendar Draws Supreme Kibitzers

Some of the titans of the U.S. Supreme Court bar have privately asked Chief Justice William Rehnquist to consider overhauling the court's calendar to take into account its drastically reduced docket. The reason: the court's new lean, mean docket is shaving days and weeks off the time lawyers have to brief their cases and prepare for oral arguments. But the extraordinary and unpublicized effort by more than a dozen veteran Supreme Court advocates has been politely rejected by Rehnquist.
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July 25, 2013 |

Law Schools Are One Reason The Lawyer Bubble Keeps Growing

In June, the legal services sector lost more than 3,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Since June 2012, the latest BLS data shows, the industry has seen a net gain of only 1,000 jobs. In the last two months alone, 6,000 positions disappeared.
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April 02, 2010 |

Supreme Court Ruling Opens Courts to More Class Actions

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented in a ruling that allows certain class actions barred or limited by state laws to be pursued in federal courts.
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September 23, 2008 |

Crisis on Wall Street

Law.com's special report on the financial crisis, with coverage from across the globe. Plus select coverage from The Am Law Daily and the Litigation Daily.
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IP Litigation Roundup
Publication Date: 2012-09-23
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Overwhelmed by the pace of patent litigation news? Here's some of what you may have missed.

In Major Pay-to-Delay Momentum Shift, Pennsylvania Judge Green-Lights Antitrust Class Actions and FTC Claims Against Cephalon and Generics
Publication Date: 2010-03-30
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This could be a game changer, folks--and it couldn't come at a more critical moment for opponents of the deals that keep generic drugs off the market.

Skadden Litigator Pens (and Sings!) Tribute to Her Firm
Publication Date: 2009-08-28
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On Monday, inspired by Skadden's summary judgment win over a pro se songwriter who claimed Jon Bon Jovi and Major League Baseball (among others) had misappropriated his paean to the Boston Red Sox, we issued a challenge to all you budding Bob Dylans: Write a love anthem to your firm. Amazingly, Skadden associate Stacy Kray took up the gantlet. And even more amazingly, she and the song are great!

June 21, 2004 |

High Court Clerks Show Market Clout as Firms Boost Bonuses

The annual competition to nab elite Supreme Court law clerks is reaching new heights, with some firms dangling hiring bonuses of $150,000 and up. Such figures, plus base salaries in the third-year associate range, mean some clerks may clear $300,000 the first year they leave the Court. By contrast, Chief Justice William Rehnquist is paid $203,000 a year. News of the soaring bonuses comes as the Court signals discomfort with some firms' recruiting tactics.
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