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June 25, 2007 |

Thelen Reid Responds to Associate Raises With Two-Tier Pay Scale

On Friday, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner became the last major California law firm to announce its response to the wave of associate salary increases. The firm has also created a two-tier compensation structure that pays most associates either $145,000 or $160,000, based on how many hours they work -- a system the firm says is a response to associates' concerns about work-life balance. Fenwick & West went to a similar system when it raised salaries in May -- but few other firms have elected to do so.
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March 23, 2010 |

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November 12, 2007 |

The 2007 NLJ 250

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May 11, 2010 |

Policastro v. Tenafly Board of Education

A school's content-neutral mailbox policy was a valid time, place and manner limitation and did not violate plaintiff's First Amendment rights.
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December 07, 2004 |

Bar may Require Higher Marks on Ethics Exam

State Bar leaders, worried that law students aren't being drilled sufficiently on legal ethics, are leaning toward toughening the state's requirements for passing a nationally administered test on the subject. Meeting in San Francisco on Saturday, the State Bar Board of Governors voted 13-5 to ask the Committee of Bar Examiners to consider raising the minimum passing score.
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March 07, 2003 |

Punitive Measures

The California Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit against Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein about the firm's choice not to seek punitive damages in a class action over a toxic chemical accident. Plaintiffs say that "but for" Lieff Cabraser's alleged negligence, they might have gotten an enormous award. Attorneys say a plaintiffs' victory could expose lawyers to potentially ruinous liability.
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March 14, 2008 |

Elder Abuse Suits� Swelling Wave

Assisted-living cases are keeping health care practices busy, for plaintiffs and for defense lawyers like Gordon & Rees partner John Supple.
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October 23, 2006 |

No Longer a High Tech Gamble

Videoconferencing is fast becoming a critical adjunct to legal practice. The technology permits everything from meetings of lawyers from different offices to lawyer-client discussions to depositions to remote court appearances to seminars.
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October 11, 2006 |

It's Prime Time for Videoconferencing in Court

Videoconferencing is fast becoming a critical adjunct to legal practice, from multioffice meetings to depositions to remote court appearances. Frederic Lederer, director of the Center for Legal and Court Technology at The College of William & Mary, describes a pilot program using videoconferencing at a suburban Virginia circuit court to allow counsel to argue routine motions from their desks. If all goes well, lawyers should regain time lost commuting and save clients' money.
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December 08, 2004 |

Calif. Bar May Require Higher Marks on Ethics Exam

California State Bar leaders, worried that law students aren't being drilled sufficiently on legal ethics, are leaning toward toughening the state's requirements for passing a nationally administered test on the subject. Jerome Braun, the Bar's senior executive of admissions, has said that bar examiners feel "very strongly" that ethics should be greatly emphasized. Several law professors have objected to a proposal to raise the passing grade.
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