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The Real Implications of the New Rules on EDD
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Scott Oliver, a partner at Pooley and Oliver, examines the EDD-related amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their real implications. He provides a road map for becoming compliant while controlling business risks and understanding how the new rules can be leveraged in the courtroom.
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Prosecution Calls Libby a Liar During Opening Arguments
During opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of ex-White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., the prosecution repeatedly fingered Libby as a liar who intentionally misled investigators about how he learned the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame. But defense lawyers accused the White House of making the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney the administration's fall guy. The Iraq war hung heavily over the arguments, which came on the eve of the president's State of the Union address.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Say Obstacles, Stereotypes Persist
It's been nearly 16 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect. Lawyers with disabilities say it's still tough to get big-firm jobs, despite the ADA and despite advances in technology that help them handle legal work. "Most attorneys who are blind or visually impaired work for the government or work in solo practice," says Chris Prentice, a solo in Texas who is legally blind. Prentice says he would like to leave solo practice and work at a firm for financial reasons.
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State Farm Reaches Settlements In Katrina Suits

GULFPORT, Miss. -- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. agreed Jan. 23 to settle more than 600 Hurricane Katrina insurance coverage suits pending in Mississippi federal court and a separate lawsuit filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on behalf of policyholders seeking coverage for damages caused by Katrina (Dennis R. and S. Imani Woullard v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., No. 06-1057, S.D. Miss.; Jim Hood, attorney general for the State of Mississippi, v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al, Miss. Chanc., Hinds Co., No. G-2005-1642).
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Patent Lawsuits Continue To Increase At Faster Pace Than Civil Suits, Report By LexisNexis Finds
New patent case filings in federal court increased by 4.2 percent between 2002 and 2003, continuing the upward trend that has resulted in a 130 percent increase in patent case filings from 1988 to 2003, according to a report released by LexisNexis.


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Sun to Use Intel Chips in Some Servers
Does your time and billing software help you manage your law firm's workflow? Does it identify key "events" that trigger paperwork? If not, it may be time to upgrade. Integration of new accounting software over the past five years has changed the way attorneys and staff work.
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New York's finest respond to Simpson salary gauntlet

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Vinson scoops Shearman partner for London push

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Time and Billing: Be Trigger-Happy
Does your time and billing software help you manage your law firm's workflow? Does it identify key "events" that trigger paperwork? If not, it may be time to upgrade. Integration of new accounting software over the past five years has changed the way attorneys and staff work.
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Some Law Firms Embrace Shorter Names, While Others Resist
Law firms everywhere are following a trend to make their lengthy, sometimes tongue-twisting names more palatable -- and more memorable. Patrick C. Dunican Jr., the managing director for Gibbons, which until last week was Gibbons Del Deo Dolan Griffinger & Vecchione, says that to stick with five names in a firm is anachronistic -- a point echoed by legal consultants. But shortening a name, particularly at small to midsize firms or at firms where name partners are still members, can be a touchy issue.
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McDermott pensions head quits for K&L Gates

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Australian Supreme Court Finds Asbestos And Smoking Contributed To Lung Cancer Death

PERTH, Australia - An Australian high court on Dec. 8 entered judgment against three defendants, finding that in addition to his cigarette smoking, a man's exposure to asbestos increased his chances of contracting lung cancer (Ellis, Executor of the Estate of Paul Steven Cotton (DEC) v. The State of South Australia & Ors, No. [2006], WASC 270, Western Australia Sup.).
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Lawyers With Disabilities Say Obstacles, Stereotypes Persist
It's been nearly 16 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect. Lawyers with disabilities say it's still tough to get big-firm jobs, despite the ADA and despite advances in technology that help them handle legal work. "Most attorneys who are blind or visually impaired work for the government or work in solo practice," says Chris Prentice, a solo in Texas who is legally blind. Prentice says he would like to leave solo practice and work at a firm for financial reasons.
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Online Editor, Tech
New York, NY New York Times, The 2007-01-23
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Human Resources Specialist
New York, NY New York Times, The 2007-01-23
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Remarks on Detainees Cement Bond Between Firms and Corporate Clients
When Pentagon official Charles "Cully" Stimson rattled off a list of firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees in a now-infamous radio interview, he predicted that businesses would shun their outside counsel. But instead of getting dumped, those firms are largely enjoying support from 500 clients. General Electric GC Brackett Denniston, for one, says GE will not discriminate based on a firm's pro bono choices -- good news for the more than 120 corporate firms handling detainee cases.
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Tax Supervisor-Research & Planning
New York Times, The 2007-01-23
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Fewer Insurance Lawsuits Being Filed In Federal Court In 2004, Study Released By LexisNexis Concludes
If the current trend continues, there will again be fewer insurance cases filed in federal court this year than in 2003 and 2002, according to a report by LexisNexis. There were 3,991 cases in which "insurance" is the nature of suit filed in federal courts in the first half of 2004. That compares with 4,298 for the first half of last year and 4,463 in the first half of 2002.


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Russia Supreme Court uphold shutdown of Chechen rights NGO
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation [official website] has upheld a prior ruling to shut down the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society [advocacy website], a small NGO that reported on human rights violations and disappearances in the
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Prosecution Calls Libby a Liar During Opening Arguments
During opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of ex-White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., the prosecution repeatedly fingered Libby as a liar who intentionally misled investigators about how he learned the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame. But defense lawyers accused the White House of making the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney the administration's fall guy. The Iraq war hung heavily over the arguments, which came on the eve of the president's State of the Union address.
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Director of Planned Giving
NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES American Museum of Natural History 2007-01-05
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German Foreign Minister denies refusing to accept German-Turk Gitmo detainee
[JURIST] German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier [BBC profile] said Tuesday that he was unaware of a US offer to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz [JURIST news archive], a German-born Turk, to Germany in 2002 notwithstanding a finding
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Feds: Killer confesses to 3 more child slayings
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Ex-con posed as 7th grader at two schools
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