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April 24, 2009 |

Flash training 2010 Test: Part 2a

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March 22, 1999 |

Illegal Aliens: A Double Bind?

The job applicant said that he was a U.S. citizen and showed a driver's license to prove it. He seemed foreign he is of Mexican descent and the human resources clerk asked to see a work authorization document from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. This month, the Justice Department announced that parent company Aztec Productions will pay $27,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against the man by overzealously applying a federal law that holds employers civilly and criminally l
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January 20, 2005 |

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May 24, 2004 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
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July 24, 2006 |

Insurers' Rate Pressure Forces Change in Firms' Employment Practice Groups

When Morrison & Foerster's employment practice seemed to de-emphasize local clients, partner Judith Droz Keyes moved to Davis Wright Tremaine. For many national firms, insurers' rate pressure for liability policies is unrelenting, forcing labor lawyers to become more like service partners. As a result, more employment lawyers are leaving large firms. But for each trend, a counter: Some big firms are using volume discounts to bring back clients.
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October 19, 2009 |

Lawyer Facing Possible Discipline Digs Hole a Little Deeper

Faced with the prospect of harsh discipline from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, well-known plaintiffs lawyer Walter Lack attempted the following play on Thursday: Convince three judges that his misconduct wasn't intentional, even though he signed a document admitting it was. Rather than helping his cause, the panel appeared to think Lack was dodging responsibility. Lack may have actually aggravated his situation by appearing in person, said one judge.
3 minute read
September 06, 1999 |

Welcome to Troop Steuber Whozit & Whatever

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August 18, 2006 |

Privilege Feud Flares Up in Federal Court

The attorney-client privilege debate in California's federal courts has taken a blue-collar turn. In three separate federal cases, defendants accused of violent or gun-related crimes say the government eavesdropped on their phone conversations with lawyers. The defense bar argues that such communications are privileged and that, if courts decide they aren't, defense lawyers for indigent clients would be forced to rack up huge expenses to personally visit jails for even minor client contacts.
6 minute read
February 22, 2013 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
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December 08, 2003 |

'New' Federalism Debated at Brooklyn Law School

How has the delicate balance of power among local and federal governments lost both its delicacy and equilibrium following terrorist attacks on New York and Washington? These and other issues pertaining to American federalism were the subject of debate last month at Brooklyn Law School, with scholars and practitioners engaged in the topic, "Our New Federalism? National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror."
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