Top Stories of the Week: Layoffs Sonnenschein Acknowledges Layoffs of 37 Lawyers, 87 Staffers May 28, 2008, 05:29 am CDT “Updated: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal is laying off 37 lawyers and 87 staff members, spread across practice groups and offices. Twenty-seven of the lawyers are associates, six are partners and…
May 2008 issue: The May 2008 Pro Se Newsletter, the newsletter of the New York State Unified Court System Newsletter, is being distributed because it contains at least two articles of possible interest. One article “Web-Based Services at the Supreme Court Criminal Term Library New York County” by me describes…
CHORLEY LECTURE 2008 The 37th of a series of annual public lectures given under the auspices of The Modern Law Review, in honour of the late Lord Chorley of Kendal GUNTHER TEUBNER University of Frankfurt Professor of Private Law and Legal Sociology London School of Economics Centennial Visiting Professor Self-subversive…
“For a time, security controls designed to manage spam, viruses, and malware were working. Loud, high-impact attacks abated. But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. In 2007, many of these threats underwent significant adaptation. Malware went stealth, and the sophistication increased.”…
“A big ego can be a bad thing when it comes to leadership. Here’s how to keep yours from getting in the way” To see John Baldoni’s complete May 21 posting on the CIO Insider Newsletter, click here.
TOP STORIES: Legal Ethics U of C Law Grad Accused of Submitting Phony Grades to Sidley Austin May 20, 2008, 03:30 pm CDT “A lawyer who attended the University of Chicago Law School has been accused in an ethics complaint of lying about his grades when he applied for a…
“Legislation being carried by the chairman of the [New York] state Senate’s Judiciary Committee would set limits on the Office of Court Administration’s now unfettered authority to allow the mechanical recording of proceedings in any state courts in New York….” To see complete article, New York Senate Bill S7995 and…
Top ten stories: Family Law Wife Sues Husband for Share of Secret $600K Lottery Win May 12, 2008, 02:29 pm CDT “It was a secret that surely could not be kept for long. But Arnim Ramdass allegedly tried. The airline mechanic, 52, disconnected the phone line at home and forbade…
The May 13, 2008 issue of the Library Journal Academic Newswire reports that Harvard University Law School (HLS) has adopted an open access policy for making its scholarly publications available online. Quoting from the Academic Newswire report: “The Harvard University Law School (HLS) faculty last week followed the lead of…
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