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| | EDITORIAL BOARD | | | Civil Gideon: Should the State Provide Counsel to Indigent Litigants in Civil Lawsuits?
In 1963, in the matter of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandated the right to counsel in criminal cases for defendants who were unable to afford an attorney.
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| | | SHINGLE HANGING 101 | | | Office Space: The Proverbial Shingle Is Hung
When we last left off, I was working on marketing the new firm, managing money and following leads. By the first quarter of 2010, the firm was about 10 months old, and about to take a very big step — moving into my own office space.
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| | | | | | | | | PECKING ORDER | | | 10 Uses For A Dead BlackBerry
Yes, it is another column about BlackBerries. Over the years, I reminisced about "When Life Was Simple and BlackBerries Were Fruit," sneered at those who take their handhelds into the bathroom and cautioned about "Blackberries on the Beach and Other Ways to Ruin Your Vacation." Leave it to me to beat a dead subject.
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| | | SUMMER READING | | | The Legal Staff's 2010 Summer Reading List
>"Summer vacation" means something very different to us as adults than it did during our school years. Whereas in childhood and adolescence it meant whole months of relaxation, these days it's more likely to be a long weekend at the shore, a week at Disney World or the Outer Banks with family, or a single afternoon in the backyard hammock.
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| DAILY LEGAL NEWS HEADLINES |
| 2010-07-29 | | | | Fast-Growing Boutique Bags Three More BigLaw White-Collar Lawyers | | | | | MegaFirm Malpractice Mess Migrates to New Manhattan Millieu | | | | | BigLaw Firm, Top-Tier Law School Compromise on Timing for On-Campus Interviews | | | | | IP Litigator Defects to End Conflicts With Potential Clients | | | | | After 10 Years, Split Vote on How to Punish Former Prosecutor for Payments to Witnesses | | 2010-07-28 | | | | Law Professors Upset Over Proposed ABA Shift on Tenure | | | | | Recession Whacks Top GCs In The Wallet | | | | | The World's Worstest Lover: "Stalking" Judge Gets 60-Day Suspension, Probation | | | | | Tangled Web: Actor Rainn Wilson Countersues Internet Site Developer | | 2010-07-27 | | | | Legal Groups Lobbying Fiercely | | | | | Retired NFL Players Sue Manatt, McKool Over Multimillion-Dollar Legal Win | | | | | Ex-Associate's Website Mocking Local Firm Shut Down in Settlement | | 2010-07-26 | | | | BigLaw Associate in Political Race Pressured to Quit Firm Over BP Ties | | | | | Bounty Hunters: SEC Pays Record $1 Million for Inside Info in Insider Trading Case | | | | | POM Sued by Hogan Lovells Over Legal Tab | | | | | High-Profile Lawyer Sentenced to 8 Years for Ripping Off Clients | | | | | "Bones" Extra Says David Boreanaz Is No "Angel" in Sex Harass Suit | | | | | BigLaw Firm's Tax Bill for Software Hard to Swallow | | 2010-07-23 | | | | Cop Has to Pay Up Portion of Pension to Spouse Who Paid Hitman to Plug Him | | | | | Ecdysiast, Her? I Don't Even Know Her! | | | | | Firm Lands Two Capitol Hill Staffers for Government Strategies Practice | | 2010-07-22 | | | | Lower Billing Rates Lure BigLaw Litigator to Smaller Firm | | | | | Labor of La-La-Land | | | | | Poll: Rice Has Big Lead in Race for Dem AG Nod, But Many Are Still Undecided | | | | | "Fabulous Fab" Defense?: The Lawyers Did It | | | | | Research: Law Schools Skew Liberal, But Conservatives Also Land Prestige Jobs | | 2010-07-20 | | | | NY Bisexual Man Loses Appeal of Hate Crime Conviction in Killing of Gay Man | | | | | Reports Say Paris Hilton Busted for Pot Again, Twit Tweets, Untwue! | | | | | The Big Doll House: Lindsay Lohan Faces Not-So-Tough Choices on Where to Go to Jail | | | | | Lawyer's Sleazy Tactics in Defending Stalker Cost Him His License | | | | | Your Honor! I Object to Opposing Counsel's Lack of a Black Eye: Lawyer Busted in Court Brawl | | 2010-07-19 | | | | Repeat to Yourself, "It's Just a Show, I Should Really Just Relax" | | | | | Telling Your Work Buddy She Looks Ridiculous | | | | | Lucille Ball's Daughter Trying to Stop Auction of Mom's Stuff | | | | | NY Firm Raises Pay, Unfreezes Lockstep for London Associates | | 2010-07-14 | | | | Law Professor Triggers Renaming of Law School Building Honoring KKK Founder | | | | | Uncle Jesse Testifies About Blackmail Over Alleged Cocaine and Stripper Binge | | | | | 56-Year-Old Lawyer Loses Age Bias Suit Over Hiring of 40-Year-Old Rival | | | | | Victory Lap: BigLaw Partner Discusses Pair of Wins on Same-Sex Marriage | | 2010-07-15 | | | | BigLaw Partner in Court Decrying Don't Ask, Don't Tell | | | | | Firms Putting Naked Ambition on Display in Bid to Sue Hefner, Playboy | | | | | John Stamos Played Uncle Sleazy, Defense in Blackmail Case Argues | | | | | Pay Up, You Bratz!: BigLaw Firm Sues Dollmaker More Than $10,000,000 in Fees | | 2010-07-13 | | | | ABA to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Measure | | | | | Dusseldorf Is Fun to Say, Maybe That Explains BigLaw Firm Launching Office There | | | | | After 20 Years Pretending to Be a Lawyer, NY Fraudster Gets Six Months in Jail | | | | | Holes in Swiss Justice Too: Roman Polanski Freed, Extradition to US Denied | | | | | Pit Bull Accused of Biting Pop Singer Beats the Rap | | | | | HBP: Judge Toosed Off Bench for Meddling With Prosecution of Daughter's Softball Coach | | | | | Recruiter Sees Increased Demand for Experienced Associates | | 2010-07-12 | | | | Charlie Sheen Court Date Postponed | | | | | Law Firm Pay Schemes Mean the Kiss-Off for Women | | | | | Martin Scorsese Sued Over Celebrity Swindle | | | | | Law Dean Pulling Up Stakes, Taking the Reins at University | | | | | Latest Defections Put Troubled Firm in Breach of Credit Deal With Bank | | | | | Top Firm Boosts Associate Bonuses, Throws in Extra Day Off | | 2010-07-09 | | | | BigLaw Firms Band Together to Protest New Limits on Their Web Sites | | | | | Lawyer Says LeBron James Is His Son | | | | | Don Johnson Awarded $23.2 Million in 'Nash Bridges' Back Profits | | | | | Top UK Firms Hold Line on Profits While Revenues Fall | | | | | Less Than a Third of Female Lawyers Now Aiming for Partnership | | 2010-07-07 | | | | Tinkler, Tailor, Soldier, Boss: New Corporate Pamjamdrum for MegaFirm | | | | | Survey Says: JD Offers Most Salary Bang for Your Buck (If You Can Get a Job) | | | | | Are We There Yet?: NY Firm Delays Deferred Associates' Start Again | | | | | BigLaw Firm Positions Itself for Possible Surge in Asian Litigation With Lateral Hire | | 2010-07-06 | | | | Japan TV Drops Sumo Wrasslin After Gambling Scandal | | | | | Famous Scamp Lindsay Lohan Headed to Jail/Rehab | | 2010-07-02 | | | | I Was Gonna Go to Work, But Then I Got Fired (for Getting High) |
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