Recent Updates
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Law firm to pay millions in age discrimination case
Headline News 10/06/2007[##_1L|1264596125.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]One of the nation's largest law firms has agreed to pay a $27.5-million settlement to 32 former partners to end a ground-breaking age discrimination case, the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm...
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High court examines judges' power to be lenient
Headline News 10/03/2007[##_1L|1201164296.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with how much discretion U.S. judges have to give lenient sentnces, including in crack cocaine cases. The justices appeared torn on the question that could ...
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U.S. court opens term, with terrorism, death penalty
Headline News 10/02/2007[##_1L|1362007980.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term on Monday featuring blockbuster cases on Guantanamo prisoners and the death penalty, and it rejected some 2,000 appeals that had piled up during its sum...
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TX. Legal trade Political bond is strong
Headline News 10/01/2007[##_1L|1223759384.jpg|width="101" height="102" alt=""|_##]One need only look to the names of Houston's law firms to see the city's political and legal landscapes are intertwined. Bracewell & Giuliani stands out most now — with former New York may...
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Law firms inspired by YouTube
Headline News 09/29/2007[##_1L|1239768537.jpg|width="100" height="114" alt=""|_##]U.S. law firms are using recruiting Web sites with YouTube-inspired layouts and videos to appeal to the younger crowd of prospective summer associates. The videos range from professional-looki...
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Jets Fan Sues Pats, Seeks $184 Million
Headline News 09/29/2007[##_1L|1032176364.jpg|width="120" height="138" alt=""|_##]New York Jets season-ticket holder filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for "deceiving customers." The lawsuit filed in U.S. District C...
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Law firms want off Fabian case
Headline News 09/28/2007[##_1L|1251031258.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Two law firms defending the Centre for Management and Technology and Chairman Alan Fabian on allegations of improper transfers of money have asked to withdraw from the cases, saying they have n...
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Eckert Seamans Law Firm Wins Award
Headline News 09/25/2007The law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC has won the Allegheny County Bar Association's 2006 Law Firm Pro Bono Award.The award will be formally announced next month. It recognizes firms that provide free, or pro bono, legal services to t...
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Dissolving Phila. law firm's lawyers find new home
Headline News 09/24/2007[##_1L|1353604640.jpg|width="120" height="91" alt=""|_##]Seven lawyers from the dissolving Philadelphia law firm McKissock & Hoffman will become the Philadelphia office of Pittsburgh-based Burns White & Hickton, the firm said Monday. Partner ...
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Court upholds ruling in O'Brien firing
Headline News 09/21/2007[##_1L|1044768302.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]A state appeals court has upheld a $2.5 million judgment awarded to former Ohio State University basketball coach Jim O'Brien over his 2004 firing. The Tenth District Court of Appeals ruled in ...
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Spector Judge to Withdraw Instruction
Headline News 09/20/2007[##_1L|1296038053.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]The deadlocked jury in the Phil Spector murder trial was asked to resume its deliberations after the judge yesterday said he would withdraw a legal instruction that jurors said was a stumbling ...
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Lawyer in Plea Deal Was Edwards Bundler
Headline News 09/19/2007[##_1L|1078903174.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Though his former law firm came under indictment more than a year ago and he himself appeared likely to face criminal charges, prominent trial lawyer William S. Lerach slipped past the vetting...