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Lawyers Feel The Heat From Subprime Meltdown
Foreclosure. Bankruptcy. Divorce. Over the past six months, the meltdown in the subprime lending market has had a devastating impact on many consumers. That's meant busier days for consumer law attorneys.Jones Day helps Eastman Chemical go greener
The consumer push for greener, safer plastics has prompted Eastman Chemical Co., with the help of its lawyers at Jones Day, to acquire a company that produces phthalate-free compounds that make plastic and other materials more flexible.Jones Day partner William B. Rowland, who led the firm's legal team, said his client will close the all-cash deal to purchase Rosemont, Ill.Law Firms Join Network to Explore New Ways to Make Practice 'Green'
Nearly 40 law firms have teamed up to create the Law Firm Sustainability Network, a group dedicated to developing "green" law offices. Organized by ecoAnalyze, a New York environmental consulting firm catering to the legal industry, the network was launched last August.
Firms Unite to Fight Howrey Unfinished Business Suits
A half-dozen firms—including Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Ropes & Gray, and Shearman & Sterling—have teamed up to battle litigation launched earlier this year by the Howrey bankruptcy trustee in a bid to recover money from client matters that partners of the now-defunct firm took with them in the months prior to its March 2011 dissolution.
Spat Over Older Partners' Benefits Roils Brinks Hofer
Roy Hofer, a former name partner at the Chicago-based IP boutique known until recently as Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, has left to start a solo practice. Hofer's departure comes amid an internal dispute at his former firm, now called Brinks Gilson & Lione, over whether it should cover the cost of older partners' health benefits.The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Bingham McCutchen loses energy lawyers in New York and tax lawyers in Washington, D.C.; Baker & McKenzie welcomes back a one-time SEC general counsel; and a former governor of Puerto Rico joins Steptoe & Johnson. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Employer Spying on Family-Leave Abuses Raises Legal Hackles
A growing number of employers are hiring private investigators to spy on employees suspected of taking leave dishonestly under the Family Medical Leave Act. Management-side attorneys claim that FMLA abuses have gotten out of hand, and employers need a tool -- in this case surveillance -- to catch malingerers using FMLA improperly. And it's been pretty successful, they say, noting that private investigators in recent years have helped catch employees bowling, doing yard work or holding second jobs when they're supposed to be out on sick leave.
The Election, the Workplace, and the Employment Law Issues That Arise
As Election Day 2012 nears, some general counsel are finding that trying to control heated debates and hostile campaigning behavior in the workplace can raise numerous legal issues.TRENDING STORIES
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