Headlines • Starting Salaries for Young Associates Remain Flat • Appeals Court Says Facebook 'Likes' Are Protected Speech • Attorneys Defecting From Transvaginal Mesh Litigation • Web Company Deploys RICO Act Against 'Patent Troll' • Five Partners Leave Cozen O'Connor for Midsize Chicago Gig • Initiative Will Promote Rule of Law Internationally • L.A. Law • INADMISSIBLE: Dickstein Email Draws Ire on Hill • My Asian Eyes • Homeland Security GC Nominee Has His Senate Interview The median salary for new associates at firms of 700 or more attorneys in 2013 was $160,000—where it has been for nearly all of the past five years. Read More » In the Internet arena, "liking" a Facebook page is protected speech that's equivalent to sticking a political campaign sign in your front yard, a federal appeals court in Virginia said Wednesday in a closely watched First Amendment retaliation case. Read More » Six plaintiffs' attorneys steering the massive litigation over transvaginal mesh devices have resigned within the past three months, some citing a lack of involvement in the six multidistrict proceedings. Read More » An Internet company's racketeering case presents an unusual weapon against a so-called patent "troll." Read More » The group joining the 75-attorney firm based in Basking Ridge, N.J., focuses on insurance law. Read More » An initiative to marshal businesses to promote the rule of law internationally will kick off in New York on Thursday night. Organizers expect to secure the United Nations' backing for their project. Read More » In this report, The National Law Journal recognizes top legal departments and their general counsel at companies in the Southern California region. Read More » Facing a grilling before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last week, former Department of Energy official Jonathan Silver turned to Dickstein Shapiro for help. But the firm's effort on Silver's behalf backfired when committee members directed their ire at the law firm. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » TV anchorperson Julie Chen had cosmetic surgery to make herself more appealing (less Asian) to viewers. Would you go that far for your career? Read More » For U.S. Department of Homeland Security general counsel nominee Stevan Bunnell, an unabashed patriotism can have its perils in private practice. Testifying Wednesday at a U.S. Senate hearing on his nomination to serve as the cabinet department's top lawyer, Bunnell... Read More » |
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