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September 8, 2009
With the advent of the Internet, cell phones, wireless email devices and portable music players, many of us wear as a badge of honor our ability to multitask. But not so fast - a recent study by Stanford researchers concludes the opposite of what we might think: those of us who frequently are [...]

While lateral associate hiring has generally slowed in this rough economy and in-house opportunities have become scarce, lateral partners are finding themselves in a favorable job to make a move.  Many firms have increased their efforts to hire senior partners in the practice areas that are proving to be profitable: intellectual property, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax [...]

While lateral associate hiring has generally slowed in this rough economy and in-house opportunities have become scarce, lateral partners are finding themselves in a favorable career opportunity to make a move.  Many firms have increased their efforts to hire partners in the practice areas that are proving to be profitable: intellectual property, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax [...]

 
We all know today’s legal market has unique challenges.  With the uncertainly still looming over the financial markets, many law firms have been forced to lay off lawyers due to the substantial drop in transactional work.  Simultaneously, the overwhelming losses in the stock market have nurtured an abundance of litigation cases, which will likely steer [...]

A brief news item entitled “Bill would expand Aging department’s oversight” by Scott Gilbert, posted on July 16, 2009, by WITF (Harrisburg, PA), noted the proposed restructuring of the Pennsylvania Office of Long Term Living (OLTL) into the Pennsylvania Department of Aging (DoA)
All long-term living facilities, for seniors and younger people alike, may soon fall [...]

A brief news item entitled “Bill would expand Aging department’s oversight” by Scott Gilbert, posted on July 16, 2009, by WITF (Harrisburg, PA), noted the proposed restructuring of the Pennsylvania Office of Long Term Living (OLTL) into the Pennsylvania Department of Aging (DoA)
All long-term living facilities, for seniors and younger people alike, may soon drop [...]

                                                                                                                                                                       On January 27, 2009, the Center on Budget and Policy Proposals posted an article entitled “Congress Should not Weaken Estate Tax Beyond 2009 Parameters“, by Chye-Ching Huang, who reported:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus reportedly plans to unveil a proposal in coming weeks to make permanent key features of the estate tax that [...]

By:    Nancy C. Grimes
        President, Managing Partner
        Grimes Legal, Inc.
 
Nancy Grimes has over Twenty years’ experience serving the legal industry.  Clients include international, national, regional, local and independent law firms and attorneys.  “Counsel to Counsel” is updated bi-weekly.
 The Question:  I’m a finance associate and my firm’s administrative partner has informed us that we are [...]

Well, invitations have been sent out for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 56th president of the United States. But if California attorney Michael Newdow gets his way, the oath will read a little differently this time.  Newdow is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed this week by atheists and atheist groups. As Tony [...]

 
No, I’m not talking about the candy we loved as children.  I’m talking about money – something we could all use more of these days.  As the legal arena wraps its head around this recession, a number of national firms have frozen salaries for 2009.  It doesn’t take a Rhodes scholar to see the reasoning [...]