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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.
02/26/07 In Seattle, people are suing over contaminated peanut butter. People who ate the contaminated peanut butter became sick with Salmonella poisoning, and Bill Marler, the Seattle lawyer handling most of the cases, expects the class-action suit to be a big one.
A fellow parent recently posted the question, ''How do you stay focused on your retirement goals?'' on a message board that I frequent about raising children. While it may seem a bit off-topic, it's a highly relevant question — one that more people need to keep in the forefront of their minds. Whether each of us saves adequately for retirement can have ramifications, not...
02/23/07 Wal-Mart is the American Bar Association's (ABA) 2007 winner of the ''Spirit of Excellence Corporate Award.'' The ABA chose Wal-Mart as the winner because of the company's support of diversity in the legal profession.
02/22/07 Many county bar associations are fed up with the negative image that the public has of the legal profession, and they are making it their goal to change that image. The Allegheny County Bar, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is one such bar association speaking out and trying to convince the nation that attorneys really aren't such bad guys.
02/21/07The state of New York enacted new legislation this month that will affect how attorneys can advertise in the state. The new laws are meant to keep attorney advertisements honest so that potential clients are not misled.
02/20/07It seems that dolphins are smarter than you might think. So smart, in fact, that the Navy is considering using dolphins to patrol waters around a military base on the Puget Sound. The waters around Kitsap-Bangor Naval Base would be kept safe from underwater terrorist divers or swimmers by the guard dolphins.
02/19/07Well, folks, you can all stop wondering. Barack Obama has confirmed that he will indeed be running for president in 2008. Obama made the announcement on Saturday, February 10, an announcement that many around the nation have been waiting anxiously for. But, while 'Obama in 08' does have a nice ring to it, does this U.S. Senator really have what it takes to make it...
02/16/07On February 9, the Metro Council of Nashville, TN, voted to have English as the city's official language. Resulting in a vote of 23 to 14 by the Metro Council, the law demands that any communication made by the government must be in English unless it needs to be in a different language for the sake of public safety.
For some people, retirement is a long-awaited respite from a job they never liked. For others, it's the chance to do all those things they never seemed to have time for earlier in life. No matter what plans you have for your retirement, it's easy to think of it in very dramatic terms: One day you're working full-time, and the next you're retired, and not doing a thing.
Marcia Meekins, a paralegal at Rhumb Line, LLC, in Richmond, VA, tells LawCrossing how she got her job:
02/15/07 It's not uncommon to see people on the streets with iPod's trademark white ear bud headphones trailing from their ears to their hands/pockets/arm bands. However, have you ever stopped to wonder if those headphones pose a safety hazard? New York Senator Carl Kruger did, and now he's demanding that pedestrians be fined for crossing the street while wearing...
02/14/07 It's Valentine's Day, and that means most people have love on the brain, even those people who don't have a special someone to spend Cupid's holiday with. These days, with the Internet invading every aspect of our lives, attorneys are beginning to join the throngs of people exploring online dating websites, and they're finding that online dating is a nice fit for...
02/13/07 These days, residents of Maryland and Texas can rest easy under the assurance that their attorney generals are looking out for their best interests. As part of National Consumer Protection Week, which ran from February 4 to February 10, both attorney generals issued statements cautioning residents of their states to be wary of scams and con artists.
02/12/07 In Ohio's youth incarceration facilities, young people have been awarded broader rights to attorneys and the justice system for filing claims and complaints against the youth facilities. These rights were discussed in a hearing on January 12 and are set to be confirmed in a hearing on March 6.
02/09/07 In a lawsuit that is slightly reminiscent of a spat between roommates, Montana sued Wyoming on February 1, saying that the state of Wyoming is causing the water in the Tongue and Powder rivers to dry up. Currently, the states have joint ownership of the two rivers, which cover ground between Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana; Montana has accused...
Bank statements don't make for scintillating reading, but if you take a close look, you could find a few unpleasant surprises. Such was the case when I glanced at our last statement and discovered our bank was simultaneously charging us for banking with online bill payment and banking without it. How we could be doing both — and paying for it — was beyond me....
02/07/07As most of you know, salaries are on the rise, and law firms are playing follow-the-leader in what is shaping up to be quite an interesting salary war. The latest addition to the salary-hike in-crowd is Atlanta boutique intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which announced on Tuesday that it will raise its first-year associates' salaries from $135,000 to...
02/05/07That's right. It's that time again. Time for legal professionals from all over the country to gather in New York to soak up everything they can on the subject of legal technology and try to have a little fun on the side.
Most folks know all about securing adequate insurance coverage for their cars, homes, and other personal property. After all, the tangible nature of these items is a reminder that someday they could be lost, stolen, or damaged, leaving you scrambling for a replacement.
Located in sunny Southern California, the law firm of Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, is home to about 110 attorneys who practice in the areas of general civic litigation, corporate, real estate, technology, tax, environmental, entertainment, and land use/government relations law.