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FIRM GRIP - Money may ultimately fall short as a retention tool in Big Law. But, for now at least, it seems to be more than sufficient to prevent attorneys from going in-house. As Law.com’s Phillip Bantz reports, the ever-widening pay divide between Big Law and corporate legal departments is making it considerably more difficult for in-house departments to lure talent from top law firms. “The...

Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Sen. Marco Rubio Most Florida sheriffs are letting voters know who they want to win in this year’s big state races: Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio. Many of the state’s sheriffs came out in support of the two Republican incumbents last week, highlighting a long history of positioning themselves as friends of law enforcement. DeSantis won the endorsements of...

Elnur/ Shutterstock.com Fried Frank has tripled the number of promotions made last year, whilst Brown Rudnick’s has doubled.

Commentary Riverbend serves over 7,000 people a year; 95 percent are living in the community, and most are employed either independently or through the Supported Employment Program. (Xijian | Getty Images) There is always room for improvement in everything we do; being open to constructive criticism is a must if you are to improve on your product or service. Think of the progress made in te...

Associated Press Advocates are calling for $50 million in funding in order to enforce a law that is meant to curtail the spread of airborne illnesses like COVID-19 in New York workplaces. The measure, approved last year over the objections of business organizations but with the backing of labor groups, includes provisions such as requiring workplaces to provide personal protection equipment a...

Chris Powell What has Connecticut gotten for the 33 years of litigation in the Hartford school integration case of Sheff v. O’Neill, which purportedly ended last week with a settlement between the plaintiffs and state government? The first result of the Sheff business is a mockery of state constitutional law and the courts themselves. The state Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision in the Sheff case i...

Marquette University Law students travel to Fort McCoy to provide pro bono legal services to Afghan refugees. Marquette University Law students and faculty traveled 150 miles northwest to Fort McCoy over winter break to provide pro bono legal services to Afghan refugees. “I saw an opportunity to help people and welcome them into our country,” Abigail Aswege, a second-year student in the law s...

Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores — the country’s 4th largest pizza chain — is asking the Iowa legislature to let 16 and 17 year olds man the machines that roll out the pizza dough. “Casey’s, like any other employer across the state of Iowa, we’re really struggling in finding employees,” Tom Cope, a lobbyist for Casey’s, said during a Senate subcommittee hearing Monday afternoon. Cope said un...

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David Green has joined a U.S. law firm several months after leaving Slaughter and May. The former head of the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office Sir David Green QC has joined U.S. litigation firm Cohen & Gresser, several months after he left his consultancy role at Slaughter and May. Cohen & Gresser launched a London office in 2018 and has expanded its nascent base slowly since then. Green j...