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New NALP Commission to Review Recruiting Process
Responding to the challenging legal job market, the National Association for Law Placement board has formed the new Commission on Recruiting in the Legal Profession to review the current recruitment model of law firms. As soon as this fall, members of the commission will consider the current state of recruiting and the traditional on-campus interview schedule, in addition to reviewing best practices from industries outside the law. The board has set up a suggestion box where NALP members can leave comments via e-mail.
In California, a Wave of Laterals
Lateral season is officially in swing, after not showing up last year at the usual time.
Miami Beach's aging convention center seeks action plan
Despite the specter of a huge destination resort with a casino across Biscayne Bay, some tourism interests in Miami Beach say the industry's biggest obstacle to growth is the city's aging convention center.
Charges Invalid Under Espionage, Other Statutes, Circuit Rules
Explaining its Feb. 17 decision vacating former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov's conviction, the panel said that computer source code was not a "stolen good" nor "related" to a "product for or placed in interstate or foreign commerce."
H.J. Russell GC Still Growing in New Position
This spring, at 38, H. Eric Hilton was named vice president for legal affairs of the largest black-owned construction business in the country -- H.J. Russell & Co. It's also one of the largest minority-owned businesses of any kind in the country. With revenue in the neighborhood of $370 million, it's among the biggest private companies in Atlanta. Hilton is pleased with the vote of confidence behind his latest promotion. "You've got to prove yourself every day," he said.Hang up: warranty 'robo-calls' get FTC probe
WASHINGTON AP - Federal regulators are close to filing lawsuits against companies behind a national wave of spam "robo-calls" that warn people their auto warranties are about to expire and offer new service plans, two senators said Tuesday.The Federal Trade Commission has started investigations into several companies involved in the deceptive calls, and the agency expects to bring cases against them within days, Sens.Babst Calland Adds 4 Thorp Reed Construction Lawyers
Four Thorp Reed & Armstrong construction law attorneys have gone to Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir.