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Maria Laus

Maria Laus

Bio: Maria Laus earned her degree at De La Salle University. She worked as a Business Development Manager for a recruitment firm for several years before transitioning into journalism.

Role: As an author of legal career news articles for LawCrossing.com, Maria's role is to keep legal professionals up to date on the latest trends and developments in the legal job market. Her articles cover a wide range of topics, including job openings, salary trends, and changes in the legal landscape. Maria’'s articles provide valuable insights into the legal industry and help legal professionals make informed decisions about their careers. She also writes advice articles on career management, job searching, and other relevant topics to help readers advance in their legal careers.

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Judge Rebukes Fighting Parents in Court

After two parents engaged in a nasty dispute over child custody, New York Family Court Judge Conrad D. Singer, having had enough, issued them a rebuke.

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Man Sues Salvation Army

A man has filed a lawsuit against the Salvation Army for allegedly taking money from a dead man's bank account, even though money was left to the charity.

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Law Firm Heller Ehrman Suffers Losses

With 65 staff members fired and two leading partners now at rival firms, what does the future hold for law firm Heller Ehrman?

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New Felony Coercion Charges Filed in O.J. Simpson Case

In the case against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants, new charges of felony coercion were filed, alleging that the men threatened a collectibles dealer, took his cell phone, and, at gunpoint, took a memorabilia dealer's baseball cap and sunglasses.

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San Diego Wildfires Force Attorneys to Leave Their Firms

The San Diego wildfires have caused several law firms to close down temporarily. Many attorneys have been displaced, and some, including Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps' chief operating officer and one of the firm's partners, have even lost their homes.

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NY Attorney Allegedly Forges Judge's Signature

When the Yahneys hired an attorney to help them sue their neighbors for damaging their land, they never expected their lawyer to be the one deep in legal trouble.

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Watch What You Post on Social Media

Bloggers beware. Posting comments about crimes, photos of guns, or videos of fights on MySpace and Facebook may impress friends or fellow viewers; however, such postings may just land you in jail.

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An Affair and a Forgery at Beveridge & Diamond

An affair, a forgery, and a fight—toss in a few lawyers, and you've got yourself a winning legal TV drama.

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Law Student Group Encourages Law Firms to Improve

Made up of 150 eager law school students, Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession (BBLP) is dedicated to ''[giving] law students an easy way to compare top firms based on more than just salary information,'' says an article on Law.com.

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Ballard Spahr Deals with Gender Discrimination

On May 9 Jane Ennis Sheehan, a partner at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, ''confidentially presented gender discrimination claims and a demand letter to Ballard Spahr Chairman Arthur Makadon through her counsel,'' says an article on Law.com.

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Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer - Part II

I am pleased to introduce you to Petunia Partner, a lovely figment of my imagination and my homage to all of the wonderful advice columnists of the world. In this second installment, Petunia continues to offer up her very special brand of practical advice for the everyday lawyer. I hope Ms. Partner's lighthearted column will help you to avoid some of the common pitfalls...

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False Lawyer Must Repay $150,000 of What He Stole

Last Wednesday Brian T. Valery pled guilty to second-degree grand larceny, having stolen more than $200,000 from a Manhattan law firm. Valery, who had ''convinced colleagues, clients, and judicial officials'' that he was an attorney, wrongfully charged the firm lawyer fees without, well, being an actual lawyer, says an article on Law.com.

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Sidley Austin Pays $27.5 Million to Settle Age Discrimination Suit

Without warning, Sidley Austin forced out or downgraded 32 older partners in 1999. Last week, the Chicago-based law firm finally settled the age discrimination suit that resulted by agreeing to pay $27.5 million.

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Fax Could Help OCC

Last Tuesday, the case to determine whether attorney Carlos Loumiet ''purposely tried to protect corrupt executives at...Hamilton Bank'' began in Miami before Administrative Law Judge Ann Z. Cook.

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NYC School District to Pay for Private Special Education

According to Wednesday's ruling by the Supreme Court, New York City schools are to reimburse a businessman for his son's private special education. The court, while it ruled 4-4, affirmed a lower court's decision to side with businessman Tom Freston and agreed that ''the city must pay for educating the learning-disabled student, even though he had been enrolled in private...

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Law Firms Create Website Videos

What's ''not the wave of the future'' but ''the wave of the present'' according to law firm Drinker, Biddle & Reath's hiring partner, Audrey Talley?

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Is taking six months off a good idea before resuming a job search?

Question: I am now in Manhattan but have always known I would ultimately relocate to the South. Now that the temperatures have dropped and the end of the year is approaching, I am ready to get out—now! As a fifth-year corporate attorney with a top firm, I know I will be in high demand, so I thought I would just take six months off, take a break, and perhaps do...

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UC Davis School of Law Undergoes Expansion and Renovation Project

The UC Davis School of Law is undergoing a ''$30 million expansion and renovation project,'' which will not only modernize the 40-year-old school but relieve overcrowding as well, says a UC Davis news article.

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Unconstitutional or Not?

According to both sides of the Supreme Court, New York's system allowing political bosses to pick trial judges ''does not appear to violate the Constitution,'' says an article on Law.com.

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