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New Winston & Strawn Department to Take on NCAA
The New-York based law firm Winston & Strawn is establishing a practice specifically dedicated to representing college athletes against the college-athletics-governing body known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the "NCAA"). So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Law Field Needs Serious Re-engineering: ABA Report
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Finding ways to address long-term structural problems in the practice of law is part of the goal of an ABA task force that recently published a draft report dealing with the subject.
Read more...Time Attorney Relates to CBS' Julie Chen's Effort to Appear Less Ethnic
CBS anchor Julie Chen, who recently made waves speaking about undergoing surgery early in her career to appear less ethnic, has at least one attorney that can relate to her plight.
Read more...Undocumented Law Applicant Causes Flurry of Litigation, Legislation
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Legislation sponsored by California state Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is aimed at the heart of a legal battle pitting immigration reform advocates against the U.S. Department of Justice.
Read more...Supreme Court to Tackle Housing Discrimination Suit
Unless a lawsuit brought by the low-income residents of a blighted Mount Holly, N.J., housing complex settles out-of-court, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon be deciding a civil rights case that could make it tougher for minorities to prove housing discrimination. So reports USA Today.
Read more...Who Won in NFL-Retired Players Settlement?
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- Written by Dan Sabbatino
Player safety has become a hot-button issue in the NFL all the way down to Pee Wee football due to reports of brain trauma associated with the sport.
Read more...Lawyers from 'Lesser' Law Schools Often Fare as Well as Elite School Grads: Study
A study of lawyers who began their careers in 2000 found that graduates of law schools that are not considered elite were able to pay down their debt at the same rate or better than most elite law graduates. So reports the recent study ‘Buyers’ Remorse? An Empirical Assessment of the Desirability of a Legal Career’ published in the Journal of Legal Education.
Read more...Are Alternative Fee Arrangements Right For Your Firm?
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- Written by Tami Kamin Meyer
The acclaimed song in the show Cabaret proclaims, “Money makes the world go around.” Pink Floyd has rocked on about it and The Beatles philosophized that it can’t buy love. Common sense, though, tells us money is a nice thing to have.
Read more...Eli Lily Tries to Extend Exclusivity on Cancer Drug
Facing the natural expiration of the patent on its highly profitable lung-cancer treatment Alimta, Eli Lily this month went to trial to defend a follow-on patent for the treatment.
Read more...Scalia: SCOTUS Making Decisions Better Left to Congress
The U.S. court system should not be “invent[ing] new minorities that get special protections” or answering questions of national security, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week told 300 people gathered in Montana ballroom for a meeting sponsored by the Federalist Society.
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