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The Next 10: 2009 Top Law Schools for Hispanic Students, 11-20We present our 2009 Top Law Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here. ...continue |
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Downturn Dims Prospects for U.S. Law School GraduatesLaw students deep in debt from elite schools would often count on being hired by big-name firms, but those opportunities are drying up, and competition is growing. This autumn, law students are competing for half as many openings at big U.S. firms as they were last year, in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in more than 50 years. ...continue |
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Big Law Firms Still Facing Big ProblemsManufacturing is showing signs of life, employment is steadying, and the stock market has come way off its lows. So it is only a matter of time before big law firms return to the go-go climate of just a few years ago, right? Well, actually, no. Many of the smartest law-firm managers, industry consultants, and academics who follow the economics of big firms say fundamental changes are under way and a return to business as usual is unthinkable. ...continue |
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Former Skybus Employees Settle: Compensation to Average $1,800Former Skybus Airlines employees will receive an average of about $1,800 each under a settlement of a lawsuit over the lack of notice that their jobs were being eliminated as the airline went out of business. ...continue |
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GM Filing Will be Lucrative for LawyersBankruptcy for U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. will likely generate hundreds of millions of dollars in lawyer fees, legal observers said. To estimate the fees by comparison, the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges submitted a bill of $55 million for three months work on the Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. bankruptcy, The New York Times reported Monday. ...continue |
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Tech Firms to Face Heightened Antitrust ScrutinyThe Obama administration has announced a significant shift in antitrust policy that will most likely lead to more scrutiny for tech giants, including Google, Intel and Oracle, according to experts in the field. ...continue |
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High Court Limits Use of ID Theft LawThe U.S. Supreme Court Monday limited the use of a federal law on identity theft against people who use false Social Security numbers to get work. ...continue |
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Corporate Attorney Ramona Romero Beats the OddsAs Corporate Counsel for Logistics and Energy at DuPont, a multinational products and services company that reaps annual worldwide sales of $30 billion, Ramona Romero has assumed wide responsibilities. Ms. Romero is one of the 25 women honored this year by HispanicBusiness Magazine, as part of its 7th annual Woman of the Year awards. ...continue |
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Court Limits Race As Factor in Drawing Up Vote DistrictsThe U.S. Supreme Court limited the reach of the Voting Rights Act on Monday, ruling that there is no duty to draw voting districts that will elect black candidates in areas where blacks are less than a majority. ...continue |
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Controversy Over Texas Rodeo's Diversity Record Heats UpA racially charged controversy surrounding the diversity record of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo deepened over the weekend, with the county's first-ever Hispanic sheriff backing out of his earlier commitment to participate as a grand marshal in the city's annual rodeo parade. ...continue |
