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May 11, 2012 |

As Dewey Partners Find New Homes, Questions Mount About Old One

Lawyers expect Richard Climan and the scores of others leaving Dewey will face a slew of litigation over the firm's collapse.
6 minute read
May 30, 2005 |

Knight v. Essex Plaza

As a prerequisite to invoking res ipsa loquitur, plaintiff was required to present an expert to establish that the automatic door that hit her probably would not have done so in the absence of one or both defendants' negligence, and the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed; common knowledge and experience are insufficient to allow a jury to determine whether the door likely would have hit plaintiff in the absence of negligence.
8 minute read
May 04, 2012 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 21, No. 88 - May 4, 2012

Daily decision alert.
16 minute read
May 03, 2000 |

Salaries vs. Profits: Salaries Are Winning

Just like the stock market, there seems to be no limit on the going rate for first-year associates. And just as few anticipated the Dow would ever break 10,000, most D.C. managing partners never expected to be paying starting salaries in the six figures. Well, it's happened.
6 minute read
May 28, 2003 |

California Justices Question 'Closed-Door' Utility Deal

Several California Supreme Court justices questioned during arguments Tuesday the closed-door nature of a rate-freeze agreement between state regulators and Southern California Edison Co. The decision in the case -- part of the fallout from the state's 1996 attempt to deregulate its energy market -- could have an impact on proposed bankruptcy reorganization plans for PG&E, which contain some similar elements to the Edison agreement.
4 minute read
January 21, 1999 |

DOJ Takes Stand On Suing NCAA Over Use of SATs

The U.S. Justice Department filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision that minority students cannot sue the National Collegiate Athletic Association to challenge the use of SAT scores in deciding freshman eligibility in college sports. The brief was filed on the same day as a motion from the minority students asking for rehearing on the issue of whether the NCAA can be sued under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
5 minute read
December 11, 2003 |

Defendants in Traffic Offenses Comprise Lucrative Market

In today's courthouse marketing, municipal court lawyers comb public databases for speeders and reckless drivers, then send solicitation letters touting their expertise. It's ethical, as long as the letters conform to the Rules of Professional Conduct, but the proliferation of solicitations has sparked complaints from citizens who receive them and drawn the attention of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Lawyer Advertising.
8 minute read
March 11, 2009 |

Court Rips Subpar Public Defense

Resource-strapped public defenders must give clients a reasonable shot, even if that means turning away clients or some duties, First District Justice J. Anthony Kline wrote.
4 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
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