Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Nelson Mullins Riley'

You can use to get even better search results
August 29, 2001 |

Legal Management Startup Surviving Bearish Economy

Now is not a good time to be a technology startup company. But even in this bearish economy, a lot of law firms are spending money on relationship management systems -- centralized databases which organize lawyers' contacts and offer them to others at the firm. Gaithersburg, Md.-based Scout Solutions Inc. offers such a system, and it's one startup that's making the grade.
4 minute read
January 08, 2001 |

Sidebar

Charles Moxley Jr.'s new book contends the U.S. government's reliance on nuclear deterrence is hypocritical -- and illegal. He says it's up to the lawyers to re-examine the issue. He handles the issue in a lawyerly fashion, never mentioning the phrase "world peace" once in the 800-page book. Also from The National Law Journal, a lawyer who drove seven hours to handle the Ford SUV rollover death suits.
3 minute read
June 28, 2002 |

A Slow Start to State Bar's Opt-Out Program

About 80 percent of the Texas lawyers who've paid their annual dues opted out of making a contribution to fund legal services for the poor, figures compiled by the State Bar of Texas show.
5 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Fastest-Shrinking Firms Ranked by Decrease in Number of Pa. Attorneys

The following is a list of the fastest-shrinking law firms in Pennsylvania ranked by the total decrease in number as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
8 minute read
October 08, 1999 |

Paralegals Convene to Decide on Regulation

The largest and oldest association of paralegals is in Atlanta to discuss, among other things, whether paralegals should make a national push for regulation. Starting today, members of the National Federation of Paralegal Associations are expected to discuss - and possibly vote on - whether to increase their effort to establish state-by-state regulatory guidelines for paralegals.
3 minute read
March 16, 2001 |

Bush Administration to Decide Role of ABA in Federal Bench Nominations

Bush administration officials are set to decide this week how the American Bar Association will figure in nominations for the federal bench. Since 1953, the ABA has investigated judicial qualifications for Democratic and Republican administrations alike. But many on the right are critical of the "liberal" ABA's role, and the Bush administration hasn't said where the ABA will fit in, if at all.
5 minute read
October 01, 2009 |

Carlton Fields Snags Four Lawyers From Morris Manning & Martin

Carlton Fields' Atlanta office has snagged a group of four corporate lawyers from Morris Manning & Martin. Three of the attorneys joined as shareholders and one joined as an associate. "Carlton Fields had a vision of growth, even in this economy, that was very attractive to us," said James Walker IV, one of the new Carlton Fields shareholders. He said the firm's larger size and full gamut of practice areas were also attractive, since clients use attorneys in multiple practice areas.
2 minute read
March 01, 2001 |

Home Depot Chief Hires His Ex-Counsel

New Home Depot CEO Robert L. Nardelli has plucked his former personal lawyer to head the corporation's legal department. Frank L. Fernandez secured the job through his affiliation with Nardelli, who left the helm of General Electric Co. Schenectady, N.Y., Power Systems Division in December to become president and chief executive officer at Home Depot.
3 minute read
February 16, 2005 |

Plaintiff Bar has New Ammo: No Child Left Behind Act

Plaintiff attorneys who have been battling school funding lawsuits for decades are finding new ammunition in their legal battles from an unlikely source -- the No Child Left Behind Act. Lawyers say the 2002 federal mandate has given rise to a new argument: Governments are asking schools to meet even newer and higher learning standards, but they're still not giving them the money to do it.
4 minute read
February 22, 2010 |

Deliberations Continue Today in Latest HRT Trial

After an hour of deliberation Friday and four weeks of trial, a Philadelphia jury will continue its work today in a lawsuit over whether drugmaker Wyeth's hormonal drug caused an Alabama plaintiff's breast cancer.
4 minute read

TRENDING STORIES

    More from ALM

    More from ALM

    Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

    Resources