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BAE leak intensifies govt court battle
Thursday, January 25, 2007


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Skadden Bumps Up Associate Pay to $160,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom said Wednesday it would increase
its associate salaries to $160,000, following in the footsteps of
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a wave of other New York firms that
matched the increase for first-years. Skadden is the first law firm with a major Washington, D.C., presence to
up the ante for associate pay in Washington. The firm has 263 lawyers in
the District. So far, most D.C.
firms are staying quiet about whether or not they'll follow.
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Indonesia bringing civil action against Suharto for misuse of charitable funds
[JURIST] Indonesia Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh announced Thursday that by the end of the month the state plans to bring a civil action against former president Haji Mohammad Suharto [CNN profile] for alleged misuse of charitable funds. The suit
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Review: Alltel Celltop Program Simplified
It remains to be seen whether the iPhone can bring Apple's simplifying magic to the mobile torture known as using the Internet on a cell phone. Alltel Corp. isn't waiting to find out. It's launched a new application the company developed from scratch in hopes of making every handset a user-friendly breeze.
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A Plea for Sanity: How GCs Can Help Stop the Culture of Extreme Work
Most things are not good in the extreme, and that goes especially for work. Despite that fact, employees are working too hard, and that's not good for business. So what's a company with exhausted employees to do? It's the general counsel, the adviser and counselor to the company, who's often in the best position to put the work lives of the executives, managers and employees into better balance. With that in mind, Ford & Harrison managing partner Michael P. Maslanka provides tips to help stop the madness.
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Third US soldier pleads guilty in Samarra Iraqi detainee killings
[JURIST] US Army Pfc. Corey R. Clagett pleaded guilty during his court-martial on Thursday to charges of murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to obstruct justice, relating to the killing of several Iraqi detainees [JURIST
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Openwave Fight Gets Ugly
Amid a rancorous governance fight, the management at Openwave Systems Inc. is moving to retain its grip over the ailing communications software company despite shareholders voting to shake up its board of directors.
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What Will Be the Fallout From the Failed Dewey-Orrick Merger?
Two weeks after Dewey Ballantine and Orrick broke off merger talks, fallout continues. Two more partners last week decamped from Dewey, raising the question of whether the departures will mark the end of an exodus of more than a dozen partners who have left the firm after it began merger talks with Orrick or if there are more to come. The split also represents at least the fourth time in four years that Orrick has failed to cinch a merger, prompting speculation about why the firm can't close these deals.
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Drug Litigation Case Load May Taper And Strategies Change, But Insiders Don't See It Going Away, A LexisNexis Study Concludes
The convergence over the past five years of litigation involving drugs such as Baycol, Propulsid and Rezulin has resulted in a steady increase in the amount of drug cases reported by major drug companies, according to statistics compiled by LexisNexis. But the increase has slowed slightly as litigation matures and as drug companies begin to settle, the figures indicate.


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Looking for Clients? Call on Friends
When consultant Joey Asher suggests to lawyers that they leverage friends for business, they say it makes them uncomfortable. But Asher responds that lawyers who won't call on friends and acquaintances misunderstand business development -- it isn't asking for favors. Rather, it's positioning yourself and your firm to help your prospects solve problems and achieve goals. Asher offers a three-step plan for lawyers to gain business from friends and in turn be a resource for them.
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SAP SD Media Functional Analyst (Configurer)
New York, NY New York Times, The 2007-01-23
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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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Thibodaux, LA New York Times, The 2007-01-23
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Camerons ditches all-equity partnership

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Guardian Ad Litem Cleared of Ethical Misconduct
Connecticut solo Denise Evarts has been relieved of guardian ad litem duties in the delinquency case of a 13-year-old boy, even though a judge found she committed no ethical violation by speaking with the ward without his public defender present. The judge did find that Evarts, who was appointed to represent the boy's best interests in a child abuse and neglect proceeding, used bad judgment in not conferring with the public defender before meeting with the ward and removed her from the case on that ground.
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Going to Court Without Leaving Prison
Teleconferencing technology -- so common in corporate America -- is now an option for some incarcerated defendants in Connecticut. The judges of the state's Superior Court recently approved changes to allow defendants to participate in some court proceedings via cameras linked between the courthouse and prison. Supporters say the technology will expedite things while protecting the public and cutting costs, but criminal defense attorneys complain that it could slow proceedings and reduce client face-time.
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