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GC Ann Baskins Faces the Eye of the HP Storm
Ann Baskins has spent almost her entire career at Hewlett-Packard, and has been GC for the past six years. Now she's very near the center of a growing storm over the boardroom investigation at the computing giant. Newspaper stories detailing the crisis place Baskins at several key junctures in the ongoing saga questioning the investigative techniques used concerning press leaks by board members. Though the drama has yet to play out, there are already calls, in some quarters, for Baskins to be fired.
Antitrust Bar: Back Off on Oil
Adding more fuel to the debate over oil costs, antitrust lawyers are warning Capitol Hill that pending legislation aimed at combating price hikes could backfire. The American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, representing many of the nation's most experienced and influential antitrust lawyers, wrote a 10-page letter analyzing the Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006 and finding it is "unnecessary" and "may actually negatively impact consumer markets."Pressure Rises for FDA, Congress in Latest Drug Duel
Brand-name drug makers have a lock on manufacturing biologics, a group of lucrative drugs used to treat diseases like cancer and diabetes. But the clock is ticking on many of their patents. And generic manufacturers are anxious to jump into the market as those patents -- estimated to be worth about $10 billion -- expire over the next few years. Now federal regulators and Congress will decide whether generic companies can safely replicate biologics, or whether such science is best left to brand-name makers.
Associates React to Jones Day and Weil Gotshal Salary Raises
Jones Day and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have joined the list of law firms paying California first-year associates $160,000 rather than the $145,000 embraced by most homegrown firms. And now California's associate messageboards are crammed with anonymous young lawyers carping about their firms' failure to match the higher New York scale. But many associates accept the idea that New York and California are distinct markets -- and some would like to keep it that way.To Market, to Market: How to Find Time
At every law firm consultant Stacy West Clark has worked with, she encounters lawyers who say they'd love to market, but don't have the time. For busy lawyers, Clark provides 10 tips for marketing effectively. She starts with "don't shoot for the moon" and ends with "use your downtime to check-in with clients and referral sources."Drinker Combines With 111-Attorney North Jersey Firm
Drinker Biddle & Reath has become the third-largest Philadelphia-based law firm after announcing yesterday a union with 111-attorney, litigation-rich Shanley & Fisher of Morristown, N.J.Women Litigators Find They're Still on Trial
Four centuries after the first woman appeared as counsel in a colonial courtroom, male litigators have suppressed the instinct to impose masculine titles on their female counterparts, but some might say they're still not entirely comfortable with women in the trial life. This spring, the issues facing female litigators will be the subject of not one, but two conferences in Los Angeles.TRENDING STORIES
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