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Former Client's Overbilling Suit Against Reed Smith Can Continue

The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania judge has overruled four of Reed Smith's five preliminary objections to former client Bair Foundation's lawsuit, which alleges that high demands on large law firm partners to increase profits led to the nonprofit being excessively charged for representation in a routine employment discrimination case.

Federal Suit Accuses Law Firm of Shaking Down Shoppers

Daily Business Review

A potential class action suit filed in federal court accuses a law firm of mail and wire fraud in a scheme to shake down millions of people nationwide. The firm allegedly sends up to 120,000 demand letters each month to shoppers who have been detained by retailers for shoplifting.

4th Circuit Rejects CACI's Defamation Claims Against Air America Radio Host

The American Lawyer

The 4th Circuit has ruled that Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes' on-air comments about defense contractor CACI are protected by the First Amendment. The panel wrote that the claims were "not demonstrably false" and that many were backed by reliable sources.

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Credit Crunch Hits Home for Lawyers

The credit crisis has taken its toll, primarily on associates, as recent layoffs demonstrate. Still, partners are feeling the effects as well. Because firms remain uncertain about how much profit they will have to divide up at the end of the year, they've cut the payouts that partners can take home during the year. Whom do you feel more sorry for?

--Legal Blog Watch

All Work and No Play Keeps Lawyer Living

If you're thinking about early retirement, it may be time to toughen up: 100-year-old Weatherford, Texas, lawyer Jack Borden is still practicing after 72 years, and he claims it's keeping him alive.

-Tex Parte Blog

Schwarznegger Exempts Some From Pay-Cut Order, Not Lawyers

Lawyers were not among the lucky few exempted from California Gov. Schwarzenegger's order to pay government employees the federal minimum wage until a state budget is enacted.

-Legal Pad

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Midlevel Survey Shows Associates Eyeing the Door

The American Lawyer

As recently as the mid-'90s, incoming associates tended to ask the same question: How long does it take to make partner here? Now, nobody seems to ask. American Lawyer's annual midlevel survey indicates that, while most associates think they could make partner, they're not sure they want to.

Barnes & Thornburg Cuts Summer Associate Program

The National Law Journal

Barnes & Thornburg is cutting its summer associate program next year in its Chicago office because first-year associates are so available in the city and competing firms have reduced the programs. "We've hired successfully so many first-years that it seems, at least for next year, there wasn't a need," Chicago hiring partner Jon Froemel says.

The Buzz on Buzzword for Law Firms

Legal Tech Newsletter

Consultant Brett Burney sees Web-based word processor Buzzword as a rich collaboration platform for the legal crowd. Lawyers can create a draft of a document in Buzzword and immediately share it online, instead of creating it in Word and sending it as an attachment via e-mail.

'Fortune' 500 Sees Growth in Female GCs

Fulton County Daily Report

A new survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association shows that the number of female GCs among the Fortune 500 has grown to 92, more than double the 44 female GCs when the association started keeping track in 1999. They have also increased their paychecks.