New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a suit against Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo over their abuse of a private database, MERS, in handling mortgages. The suit claims that this led to several wrongful foreclosures. By filing this lawsuit, Schneiderman has made it pretty clear where he stands [...]
Bradley Manning’s court-martial has been ordered by an army officer in connection with the WikiLeaks case. Manning, a 24-year old private, was working as a low-ranking intelligence analyst. He is accused of being the person responsible for handing over to WikiLeaks over 700,000 secret documents last year. Among the several charges laid against him, [...]
Micron, the memory chip making company, lost its chief executive and chairman on Friday morning when a small, experimental fixed-wing plane crashed. The plane was being piloted by Steve Appleton when it crashed at the Boise Airport, according to the company. Appleton was 51 years old and company spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed Appleton’s death. [...]
The lateral job market is consistently at its best for associates with 3 to 5 years of experience, as these attorneys generally have adequate enough training and experience to be able to hit the ground running at a new firm. More junior level associates – with one to two years of experience – tend to [...]
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In today’s world of modern technology, even our social interactions and presence has crossed over to the digital world. Instead of calling someone to wish them a happy birthday, or even more outlandish, sending them a birthday card via the U.S. Postal Service, we now post a happy birthday message on their Facebook wall. And [...]
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A few years ago, I spoke with a man (now retired) who had worked in a large corporation for forty years and in his last twenty years, he basically did nothing. He was paid very well and was more or less forgotten—doing very little of anything. He would show up at the office at 9:00 a.m. each day, try to look busy—do a task now and then—and then get in his car at 5:30 p.m. each evening and drive home. When he finally retired from the company, he felt as if he had achieved a great victory. For the past twenty years, his friend (who had risen very high in the company) had protected the man and made sure he kept his job—despite the fact that the guy was doing next to nothing and was of very little use to the company whatsoever.
This story may sound a little odd, but in virtually every company, there are people working in jobs who are not needed. There are people working in jobs where they may be grossly overpaid. There are people who are not carryi...
The financial services and technology industries, among others, and now the legal industry, are facing similar woes, when it comes to overtime pay for certain types of employees. Loan officers, help desk associates, and now paralegals, claim the companies they work for erroneously classified them as exempt...
As the Associate Dean of the Center for Career & Professional Development at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia, J. Matt Barber, is responsible for guiding students and alumni on a path of professional growth.
Lateral Activity Saw Major Jump in 2011
Lateral activity among partners saw a major jump in 2011 according to a report from Am Law Daily. The report says that while 2010 saw a major slump in lateral activity, last year it was back to...
D.C. Court of Appeals Delivers Opinion on E-Discovery Vendors
The increasingly blurred line between the tech work done by e-discovery firms and actual lawyers has forced the D.C. Court of Appeals to clarify who can do what kind of work. In its...
