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  • June 11, 2012 |

    Quiz: Do you have what it takes to be an in-house lawyer, or should you open up a beach bar?

    A set of 10 questions that will help prospective law students, recent law grads, even established lawyers, decide if they were born to be a lawyer, or whether they should open up that beach bar in the Caribbean.

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  • May 4, 2012 |

    Risk Management

    Discusses areas where D & O risk management practices should be applied and offers specific recommendations for reducing or eliminating some exposures.

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  • March 26, 2012 |

    CDEL celebrates lawyers making a difference

    Chicago non-profit connects seniors and disabled individuals with helpful attorneys

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  • December 31, 2011 |

    The Thomson Reuters Foundation offers pro bono work to international in-house lawyers

    In June 2010, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of news and information provider Thomson Reuters, founded TrustLaw, a program designed to spread pro bono work to lawyers around the world by connecting them with international, nongovernmental organizations and social entrepreneurs.

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  • December 29, 2011 |

    7 most significant career stories of 2011

    The top job-related news of the year

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  • December 15, 2011 |

    No. 1 law firms in China and Australia to merge

    Ho hum another week, another major law firm merger announcement. This time, however, the news has a far more global impact than the Bryan Cave and Arnold & Porter mergers announced last week.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Legal outsourcing likely to see profitability squeeze

    A new report from Fronterion, a legal consulting firm that analyzes emerging trends, points to a problematic 2012 for offshore legal outsourcing, as the industry is likely to see a profitability squeeze.

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  • November 15, 2011 |

    The General Counsel Forum announces Magna Stella Award winners

    Last week the General Counsel Forum hosted its 13th Annual Conference of General Counsel, featuring the Magna Stella Awards, which honor excellence in in-house leadership.

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  • September 20, 2011 |

    ISO Home-Based Business Coverage - Liability

    Discusses liability coverage in the ISO home-based business coverage form HO 07 01.

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  • Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Shore, Gregory K. Morgan, Elizabeth B. Hodges Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, James B. Blackburn and Peter A. Giusti, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles J. Willis, Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie, Degennaro & Alford LLP, LaGrange, Robert S. Glenn Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, and Brian J. Vella Smith, Pachte, McWhorter PLC, Vienna, Va., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0768

    The trial court did not err in denying the city's motion to recuse the trial judge because the city's factual assertions did not demonstrate that the judge's impartiality might reasonably be quest