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KBR In Hot Water With DOJ

KBR In Hot Water With DOJ

The Justice Department has filed a claim against Kellog, Brown and Root alleging  unjust enrichment and breach of contract.  The claims stem from a contract KBR had with the US…

Justice Breyer Defends References to Foreign Law

Justice Breyer Defends References to Foreign Law

Speaking at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University yesterday, Justice Breyer defended references to foreign law in Supreme Court decisions.  The sound bite being tossed around…

Thompson Hine Bolsters Cincinnati IP Practice

Thompson Hine Bolsters Cincinnati IP Practice

Thompson Hine has added two partners from Greenebaum Doll & McDonald to its IP practice group in Cincinnati.  Joining the firm are Louis K. Ebling and Carrie A. Shufflebarger. Ebling…

Day Pitney Adds Two Attorneys to Trusts and Estates Practice

Day Pitney Adds Two Attorneys to Trusts and Estates Practice

Attorneys Kenneth Grinnell and Dani Ruran have joined Day Pitney LLP’s Trusts and Estates practice – Grinnell as partner and Ruran as counsel. Both come from Foley Hoag. Mr. Grinnell’s…

California Reinstates Slaughterhouse Regulation

California Reinstates Slaughterhouse Regulation

A California law preventing the slaughtering of sick and disabled animals for food was reinstated on Wednesday. A 13-month old injunction issued by Fresno, California-based U.S. District Judge Lawrence O’Neill…

Supreme Court Issues Major Class Action Decision

Supreme Court Issues Major Class Action Decision

The Supreme Court today handed down its decision in Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Co., a case which is sure to find its way into CivPro textbooks and…

Chadbourne & Parke Moves Forward After Rescinding Job Offers

Chadbourne & Parke Moves Forward After Rescinding Job Offers

Chadbourne & Parke’s decision last month not to offer jobs to 11 deferred associates from 2009 obviously didn’t sit well with those affected. Nor does the firm’s plan to move…

Is ‘Big Law’ Revamping Associates’ Pay Structure?

Is ‘Big Law’ Revamping Associates’ Pay Structure?

Peter Zeughauser, consultant to law firms and former general counsel of the Irvine Company has suggested that ‘Big Law’ may need to rethink the pay structure for associates, according to…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, April 1, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news… Bestattorneysonline.com announce the top ten environmental law firms in Alaska… The Entrepreneurs Law Group…