Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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As large law firms grow larger and go international, some attorneys are departing for boutiques. Art Stroyd left Reed Smith after 32 years for a six-attorney firm. "I found more and more that I was doing fewer and fewer cases out of Pittsburgh," says Stroyd, who adds he didn't want to live out of a suitcase. Yet one recruiter says she doesn't anticipate big fallout for firms post-merger, saying larger firms are better at institutionalizing clients and companies have become used to paying higher rates.
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With more than 11,000 visitors and 285 exhibiting companies in attendance, ALM Media kicked off LegalTech New York 2007 on Monday, the start of a three-day run of educational sessions, tech demos and parties. David Snow, editor of Law.com Legal Technology, fills you in on the first day.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania jury on Jan. 29 found that Wyeth should pay $1.5 million to an Arkansas couple after finding that the woman's use of Prempro contributed to her development of breast cancer, court officials said (Mary Daniel v. Wyeth, June 2004 Term, No. 02368, Pa. Comm. Pls.; Philadelphia Co.).
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Jurors found a woman guilty of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic so she could spend $250,000 in veteran's benefits on luxuries including breast implants.

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