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Professors Theodore Eisenberg (Cornell) and Geoffrey P. Miller (NYU) conclude that neither the American Rule nor the English Rule dominates the contracting practices of sophisticated firms      This empirical study of attorney fee clauses in publicly-held companies’ contracts, guaranteed to enchant law and economics wonks, examines a data set of 2,350 contracts contained as exhibits

California New Legislation Highlights      There are some civil litigation updates that have changed or added features of procedures used or which will be used by many California litigators on a frequent basis, depending on practice areas. Here are our highlights: 1. Striking of Judges. Code Civ. Proc., § 170.6. Time period for judge disqualification

    We Wish You Health, Prosperity and Good Cheer for the New Year

Bris Attendance Is Basis For Continuance, But Ruling Goes Further.      Let us wish all of our readers a happy and joyous Thanksgiving as well as blessings on our men and women in the service (both in the U.S. and overseas).      Now, for an interesting request made to and subsequent order from U.S. District

Price and Job Prospects Are Real Negatives, At This Time.      The November 13, 2010 edition of The Economist has an interesting article entitled “Trouble with the law.” Unfortunately, it tracks the struggling economic times and provides some interesting statistics and insights for law school graduates.      *Between 1996 and 2008, private law schools’ median

       Yesterday, we posted the first five questions on an ABA Lawyer Happiness Quiz on what it takes to make a happy lawyer. Here are questions 6-10, and the answers.      6. Lawyers in what age range report the highest level of job satisfaction? (A) Lawyers under 30 (B) Lawyers 31 to 40 (C)

Questions 1-5 Today.      O.K., folks, time to go off topic and see how you attorney readers score.      The November 2010 edition of the ABA Journal has a quiz developed by Professors Nancy Levit and Douglas Linder from the University of Missouri at Kansas City after interviewing more than 200 lawyers about professional happiness.

  Above:  Labor Day Parade, New York City, 1909.  Women on board the float of the Women’s Typographical Union. BLOG BONUS – the history of Labor Day.

Answers from August 3, 2010 Post. Here are the actors portraying the ABA’s 25 greatest fictional lawyers as listed in the August 2010 edition of the ABA Journal: 1. Frank Galvin – Paul Newman. 2. Paul Biegler – Jimmy Stewart. Side note – the prosecutor in Anatomy of a Murder was none other than George

A Fun One to Give a Try.      In the August 2010 edition of the ABA Journal, there is an article ranking the 25 greatest fictional lawyers. Excepted from the list is the likely most famous of all, Atticus Finch (from To Kill a Mockingbird) as portrayed by Gregory Peck. Now, we give you the