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It is fair to say there are about as many ways for counsel to use a third party to assist their settlement negotiation as there are creative and determined counsel, parties and neutrals. And, fair to say, lawyers are apt ...

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While a stagnant economy means a tough job market for many lawyers, legal staffing experts predict that attorneys with specialized skills will continue to find themselves in high demand in 2013. It’s a “specialist economy” for the legal profession, said ...

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Eco-friendliness doesn’t have to stop at the IT department’s door. For a few years now, many enterprises have embarked on green computing initiatives, making changes to their technology and practices to become more efficient and environmentally aware. “Green computing” is ...

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Long past is the day when equipping the law office meant stocking up on file cabinets and typewriters. The modern office requires a lot of technology, not a lot of furniture. Information technology equipment is a significant investment, though prices ...

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Investors are being warned to be wary of bonds because the effect of rising interest rates will be to crush bond prices. The warning is well founded — up to a point. Rising rates will push bond prices down, but ...

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Editor’s Note: Barbara Rabinovitz, a former reporter at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister paper of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, interviewed veteran prosecutor Christina E. Miller of Boston, seeking her advice to newly admitted bar passers. Miller’s comments appear below. Informing colleagues ...

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Nearly one-third of lawyers who participated in a recent employment survey said they planned to hire full-time legal professionals during the fourth quarter of 2012. “In particular, small and midsize law firms are recruiting associates with solid business development skills ...

“Let’s do lunch.” OK, maybe, maybe not, especially in the law profession. According to a Robert Half Legal survey, a majority of lawyers — 57 percent interviewed — said “power lunches” are less common than they were three years ago. ...

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Legal rankings often elicit strong reactions from attorneys. I had a lawyer tell me he planned to call one publication to tell it to remove his name from the list, and another said she was embarrassed because she was unranked. ...

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During the term that opened Oct. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether an international treaty and U.S. law prevent an American father from appealing a U.S. court’s order that allowed his ex-wife to take their daughter to Scotland, ...

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