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February 18, 2000 |

Long Island Lifestyle Lures Associates

For Jennifer Mone, the partner fast track slowed to a crawl every morning as she watched her valuable time tick by while the Long Island Railroad chugged her toward her associate's job in Manhattan. At the point when big firm associates either get serious about making partner or scout the options, Mone, with four years' experience, decided to search out smaller practices in the city.
5 minute read
July 19, 1999 |

Another Setback for Same-Sex Parents' Rights

Same-sex partners' hopes of sharing parental rights are looking bleaker in Pennsylvania now that another common pleas court judge has denied a couple's petition to adopt. One partner in the case is the legal adoptive parent of the two children living with the couple, but the other will not be able to enjoy those legal rights because the men are not considered married under Pennsylvania law, the judge ruled.
6 minute read
March 26, 2013 |

Sole Superior Court Race Will Have Contested Primaries

Contested primaries are on tap this spring for both the Republican and Democratic nominations for the sole appellate court judgeship up for election this year.
7 minute read
August 16, 1999 |

Fallout on the Y2K Frontier

Xerox has sued its insurer, American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co., claiming that $183 million in Y2K-related expenses should be covered under the "sue and labor" provision of its policy.
7 minute read
February 11, 2005 |

Trying for a 9th Circuit Split

A crucial skirmish took place last fall in the long war over whether to carve up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Conservative Republicans in the House were finally able to push through a split proposal on Oct. 5 by tying it to a Senate measure to create 58 new judgeships across the country. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein blocked the bill. Now House Republicans, emboldened by their autumn victory, are preparing to try again to break up the nation's largest federal circuit court.
11 minute read
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October 10, 2008 |

Associates Class of 2008

Our ninth annual magazine devoted to new associates at New Jersey law firms.
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February 06, 2007 |

9th Circuit Steps Up En Banc Reviews

The 9th Circuit appears bent on reining in potential conflicts between its precedents and those in other circuits before they catch the eye of the U.S. Supreme Court. The circuit issued 25 orders to rehear appeals by 15-judge en banc panels in 2006, the highest number in decades. "There seems to be a greater willingness on the part of judges to view the en banc process as a continuing part of our responsibility in shaping circuit law," said Judge Alex Kozinski, slated to be chief judge of the 9th Circuit.
4 minute read
August 01, 2011 |

In-House Lessons That Lead to Success at the Firm

Bradley S. Tupi was an in-house attorney at a chemical company in the mid-1980s. He was responsible for a nationwide docket of products liability and commercial litigation. He says that, which still a young lawyer himself, he was fortunate to learn a number of lessons from outside counsel that have contributed greatly to whatever success he has gained since then, working in the law firm context.
8 minute read
February 08, 2010 |

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77

HARRISBURG, Pa. AP - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va.
6 minute read
January 08, 2013 |

Pennsylvania Law Firm Leaders Taking a Tepid View of 2013

A new year does not necessarily mean a new beginning for law firm leaders who are anticipating 2013 looking a lot like the ups and many downs of 2012.
8 minute read

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