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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.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.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.'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."Circuit Cancels Five-Life-Term Sentence in Check Case
Alex Kozinski says Nevada state courts wrote a check they couldn't cash when they sentenced Joni Goldyn to five life terms for overdrawing her bank account.Calif. High Court Ponders Limitations Period in Meal-Pay
An extra hour of pay by any other name is still an extra hour of pay.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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