Jurabilis

16. Januar 2010 — "If you are hearing or seeing this message, it is because I was assassinated by President Álvaro Colom." So begins an eerie YouTube video featuring prominent Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who was, in fact, shot and killed in May of last year while riding his bicycle near his home in Gu…

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6. November 2009 — Altman's James D. Cotterman, who advises firms on compensation, said associate pay did not drop enough in the recent round of cuts at the nation's big law firms, which included Atlanta's largest firms. Cutting pay from $160,000 to $145,000 was only "about half of what was needed," said Cotter…

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31. Juli 2009 — New Jersey's Committee on Attorney Advertising held a hearing Monday to decide whether legal ethics rules were violated by the placing of a lawyer's advertising leaflet on the windshield of a rape victim's car. The victim, known in court papers as K.D., claims an orange flyer from Fred Zemel'…

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27. Juni 2009 —Die Telefonzentralen sitzen in Indien, die Service-Center auf den Philippinen und selbst Artikel werden längst in anderen Ländern geschrieben. Daran hat man sich gewöhnt, das ist nichts Neues. Die Arbeit eines Rechtsanwalts ist hiervon nicht betroffen, könnte man meinen. Wie "The Lawyer" berichtet, …

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7. Mai 2009 — If I were a lawyer in need of a job, the last place I would look would be Washington, D.C. Washington has the dubious distinction of having the densest population of lawyers of any jurisdiction in the United States. When I say densest, I don't mean by a small margin. On a per capita measure o…

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20. April 2009 —Im Interview mit dem Philadelphia Inquirer erläutert Francis Milone, Chairman bei Morgan Lewis im Zusammenhang mit den jüngsten Entlassungen in der eigenen Kanzlei einen Trend: Question: Law firms are still very profitable. Why do they need to downsize? Answer: You have to make a judgment about …

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29. März 2009 —Hübsches Zitat einer Dame, die als "one-woman mission to talk people out of law school" apostrophiert wird: “Lots of people go to law school as a default. They don’t know what else to do, like I did. It seems like a good idea. People say a law degree will always be worth something even if you do…

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29. Januar 2009 —Die drastische (gleichwohl in breitem Konsens durchgeführte) "New World"-Entschlackungskur bei Linklaters soll offenbar weitgehend an Deutschland vorbeirauschen. Zum Profitabilitäts-Elefantenrennen mit FBD schreibt The Lawyer: However, the roots of the restructure are embedded in the long-held riv…

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24. Januar 2009 — Linklaters' top management is to drastically overhaul the firm's structure, slashing up to 70 partners and 10 per cent of associates in a bid to become a smaller, more profitable operation. Ein gewaltiger Schnitt, von dem The Lawyer da berichtet. Angesichts des Wettbewerbsdrucks aber nicht völl…

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31. Dezember 2008 —Um die Weihnachtssaison thematisch endgültig abzuschließen, lassen wir eine Sekretärin sprechen, die Juristen Ratschläge zum Thema "Geschenke an die Sekretärin" (im klassischen Rollenmuster) gibt: "Do I give my assistant a gift, and if so, what?" There is a case for going giftless. A legal assista…

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30. Oktober 2008 — Thelen's Partnership Council recommended on Tuesday that the firm's partnership vote to dissolve the firm, informing staff that a dissolution committee had been formed and the firm expected to close on Dec. 1. In the first indication of where attorneys may land, it appears that about 60 lawye…

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8. Oktober 2008 — Lawyers were asked, "If you could change one aspect of your job as a lawyer, which one of the following would it be?" Their responses: Decreased job stress.......................31% Less hours at work or more personal time...30% Accelerated career growth..................14% Greater pro…

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13. September 2008 —Wer alle Episoden "Pastewka" und "Stromberg" schon kennt, der kann sich einstweilen mit den "Bitter Lawyers" vergnügen. Definitiv einen Klick wert und die ideale Ablenkung, bis die neue Staffel "Boston Legal" erscheint.…

1. September 2008 — Ethics Opinion 08-451, dated Aug. 5 [...], states that sending legal work overseas is ethically permissible as long as the lawyer doing the outsourcing takes steps to ensure the protection of client confidences and preservation of attorney-client privilege. The advisory also states that attor…

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16. Juli 2008 —Ein Artikel in der "Jungen Karriere" berichtet von der großen Nachfrage potentieller Arbeitgeber nach "Wirtschaftsjuristen", die bekanntlich mittlerweile auch aus Universitäten zu haben sind (Greifswald, Augsburg, Lüneburg etc.). In manchen Kanzleien werden diese Absolventen offenbar - genauso wie i…

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23. Mai 2008 — For the lowest tier of work, which requires the least amount of technical expertise and where the emphasis is on efficiency, GCs will no longer turn to their traditional firms, in-house hires or new-model firms. Instead, for document review and contracts administration, where cost efficiency …

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29. April 2008 — Rohan Dalal manages 459 lawyers, which makes his firm, Mindcrest (India) Pvt. Ltd., one of the biggest employers of legal talent in India. In fact, if Mindcrest was a law firm, it would be the country's biggest, ranking with some of the largest law firms in Canada. But Mindcrest, located in…

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12. April 2008 — The latest Global 100 report shows the top U.K. firms growing, with a surge in profitability and it is creating quite a stir here in the States. The Magic Circle quintet—5 elite law firms are looking at world domination when it comes to global business and law. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will dis…

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7. März 2008 —Ein treuer Leser hat uns auf die folgende Summer-School-Veranstaltung in den schönen Räumlichkeiten der HU Berlin hingewiesen: Obtain knowledge within the emerging field of law of “Alternative Dispute Resolution” (ADR) and Arbitration in a compact program. Learn how to negotiate and mediate in a…

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22. November 2007 —A lawyer dies in a car accident on his 40th birthday and finds himself greeted at the Pearly Gates by a brass band. Saint Peter runs over, shaks his hands and says, "Congratulations!" "Congratulations on what?" asks the lawyer. "Congratulations for what" repeats Saint Peter. "We´re celebrating the f…

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6. November 2007 —The Lawyer meldet: Clifford Chance is setting up a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) network just months after settling a sexual orientation discrimination claim from former competition partner Michael Bryceland. [...] Clifford Chance tax partner Stephen Shea, who has been active i…

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29. Juni 2007 —Anfang Oktober geht Magic-Circle-Kanzlei Allen & Overy mit einem vierten deutschen Büro in Düsseldorf an den Start (Juve, The Lawyer). Bislang war die britische Kanzlei an den Standorten Hamburg, Frankfurt und Mannheim präsent. Zum Aufbau der Praxis wechselt der Gesellschaftrechtler Thomas Austm…

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15. Juni 2007 — Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London associates now earn more than their counterparts in New York after a 20 per cent pay hike in London. The US-headquartered firm is now offering some of the most generous pay packets in the City with newly qualifieds (NQs) now receiving £90,000, representing …

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14. Juni 2007 — DLA Piper is set to add to its empire of offices with a launch in Munich, in a bid to crack the German IP/IT market. As first reported by The Lawyer last June, DLA Piper has been looking to add Munich to its German network of offices in Cologne, Hamburg and Frankfurt. German managing partne…

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21. Mai 2007 — Australian firm Slater & Gordon became the world's first law firm to float on a stock exchange today. 8,226,649 shares were traded with an opening price of A$1.32, compared with the issue price of A$1, and a closing price of A$1.4. A week before the IPO some A$20m (£8.26m) of the shares h…

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