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Lawyer's Lament: Pressure to Review 80 Docs an Hour, for $23 an …

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

A contract lawyer’s complaint about a directive to review 80 documents an hour is raising questions about whether quantity sacrifices quality. The lawyer , who was being paid about $23 an hour for the document review project, … Continue reading →

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Lawyer Fined $100 for Getting a Case Citation Wrong | ABA Journal …

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

A Wisconsin lawyer has been fined $100 for getting a citation wrong in a brief submitted to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The appeals court expressed its frustration in a footnote to an unpublished opinion, Espitia v. Continue reading →

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Lawyer Loses Unemployment Cash Because of $1.30 in Daily Blog …

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

The state of New York has cut off unemployment benefits for a 2008 law grad after she reported collecting $1.30 a day in advertising income from her blog. The lawyer , who allowed only her first name of Karin to be used, … Continue reading →

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Meet Orly Taitz: Lawyer, Dentist and Birther in 'Alice in …

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Lawyer Orly Taitz’s lawsuit challenging President Obama’s right to hold office has so provoked a federal judge that he compared her crusade to Alice in Wonderland. Yet Taitz has emerged by some accounts as the most visible face of the … Continue reading →

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Lawyer's typos sink motion – FP Legal Post

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Legal Post documents events in Canada’s legal community. Continue reading →

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Electronic Trail Reveals Lawyer Resumé Lies, Costing Job …

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Wrong dates or an inflated work history has cost more than one lawyer a shot at a new job. Legal recruiters Deborah Ben-Canaan and Martha Fay Africa say resumé fraud is easier to catch in the electronic age, according to their article … Continue reading →

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Judge Labels Lawyer's Motion Nearly Incomprehensible, Marks Up …

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

A federal judge irked at grammatical and typographical errors in a motion for dismissal has blasted the Florida lawyer who filed it and ordered him to copy his client on the criticism. US District Judge Gregory Presnell denied the … Continue reading →

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New Lawyer Says Waitress Job Pays More than Small Law Firms | ABA …

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Recent law school graduate Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard has discovered a sad reality as she works as a waitress at a Boston steak restaurant and goes on interviews for jobs at small law firms—her pay will likely drop when she finds legal work … Continue reading →

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N.C. Lawyer Suspected in DWI Case Scheme Is Missing | ABA Journal …

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

A North Carolina criminal defense lawyer charged in a suspected scheme to dismiss drunken driving cases is missing. Lawyer Chad Lee of Smithfield has been gone for nearly a month, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Continue reading →

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California Divorce Lawyer Accused of Soliciting Wife's Murder …

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

A La Jolla, Calif., divorce lawyer has been arrested on charges that he tried to hire others to kill his wife. Lawyer Steven Robert Liss was arrested Monday and charged with solicitation to commit murder, false imprisonment and spousal … Continue reading →

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