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The DLA Piper law suit offers a peek at the practice of inflating a legal bill
26 March 2013– Ah, The Law Factory. A few weeks ago we had a U.S. District Court ordering a law firm to hand over information about contract attorneys it employed with respect to a lawsuit
Continue readingContract lawyer in U.S. claims he is entitled to OT pay due to “extremely routine nature” of the job; seeks class action status
6 March 2013– A lawyer who performed document review for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on a contract basis claims in a lawsuit that he is entitled to overtime pay for work in excess
Continue readingFirm must divulge information on contract lawyers in Citigroup case; challenge to firm’s “excessive” fees
5 March 2013 – Last week the federal judge in In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup being heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District
Continue readingProblems persist with law school jobs data, watchdog says
5 March 2013 – The American Bar Association now requires law schools to be more upfront about how their graduates perform on the job market, but problems with misleading or incomplete employment
Continue readingABA Task Force looks at law school reforms; might add limited-license category of practitioner
14 February 2013– The American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Law Schools met over the weekend. Some news reports suggest that the task force is taking their charge seriously. ABC
Continue readingTo repeat … there is no, NO, oversupply of lawyers. Or so says the Dean of Case Western Law School
9 January 2013 — Ummm … then why is Case Western’s Employment Score as tabulated by Law School Transparency only 46.3% with an Under-Employment Score of 37.8%? Case Western Dean Lawrence
Continue readingYou’re the Head of Government? Need to run the country? There’s an app for that!
3 December 2012– There was a great piece in The New York Times a few days ago (for the story click here) about David Cameron (Britain’s prime minister) and his passion for his iPad, one of
Continue readingWhy the market for tech transactions lawyers is heating up
29 October 2012 — For those of you on our job lists, especially those of you on our tech-specific and IP job lists, you have seen the surge in postings for tech transactions lawyers. These
Continue readingWe are shocked, simply shocked!! “Ex-staffer says she was ordered to pad law school’s job numbers”
24 October 2012 – A former assistant career services dean at the Thomas Jefferson Law School has filed a declaration in a class action against the institution in which she acknowledges padding
Continue readingSurprise, surprise, surprise! Bankers Concede to Dreary Student Loan Predictions
19 October 2012– Surprise, surprise, surprise! A majority of US banking experts now concede that student loan debt is a serious problem and predict that a large percentage of students will increasingly
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