Jenner & Block adopts NetSimplicity's room scheduling software
Full service national law firm, Jenner & Block, LLP, has installed Meeting Room ManagerTM, a room scheduling software brought out by NetSimplicity Software. NetSimplicity's 200th customer, Jenner & Block chose the software because of its "user-friendly, automated system for firmwide use with configurable features critical for a law firm." Faye G. Kubacha, director of office services at Jenner & Block, said that the firm was finding it unmanageable to have a "coordinated firmwide method for handling conference room reservations, catering and equipment needs."
A leader in easy-to-use office administration, software company NetSimplicity's designs help to make everyday office administrative tasks easier.
In a move to widen its global reach, Dallas-based law firm Hughes & Luce plans to join forces with K&L Gates. If the possible union of the two large law firms-Hughes & Luce with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP,-translates into reality, it would create a law firm with two dozen worldwide offices and more than 1,500 lawyers. Edward Coultas, managing partner at Hughes & Luce said that the idea to merge operations with an international firm like K&L Gates stemmed from the firm's need to represent clients based outside Texas.
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Lawyer sues McDonald's China for about 13 cents
A lawyer named Shan sued McDonald's restaurants in Beijing, China, for about 13 cents (1 Yuan) after he ate at two of its restaurants and found receipts that were not entirely in Chinese. Shan claimed that the receipts, printed mostly in English, violated the consumers' right to know. According to a McDonald's official, the receipts were changed to Chinese from July, and all its menus and advertisements were in Chinese. However, the lawyer had with him receipts of May and June. Along with the 13 cents compensation, Shan also demanded an apology from McDonald's for not using the local dialect in its receipts.