Lawyers See Both Promise and Problems in $20B Gulf Coast Compensation Fund | Note: The related CLE, "The Price of Oil," is Wed., Aug. 18. The legal repercussions from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are spreading quickly. But like so many other aspects of the catastrophe, it is hard to predict where the legal battles will lead—and impossible to say when, or how, they will end. By the end of June, with the closure of vast stretches of federal fishing waters, and with tourism plummeting along the U.S. Gulf Coast, emergency claim centers established by BP already had been flooded with some 87,000 requests for compensation to keep mortgages…
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| Older but Wiser: Crafting Your Business Plan | | Law.com, August 24, 2009 | | A business plan can help experienced lawyers demonstrate their value proposition to potential employers. This document list your connections and abilities and explain how you could boost your prospective firm's bottom line. | | | Two Veteran Lawyers Say Now Is the Time for Fixed Fees | | Corporate Counsel, August 24, 2009 | | Is setting fixed fees for specific legal matters an idea whose time has come? Two veteran lawyers state that fixed fees would enable in-house and outside counsel to alleviate billing hassles, provide more predictable costs for clients, and better align legal services' cost and value. | | | Supreme Court: Does Diversity Matter? | | NPR, July 15, 2009 | | NPR discusses the role do gender and ethnicity play in the judicial system and the importance of diversity in the Supreme Court. | | | Will We Ever Get Tired of Talking about Work-Life Balance? | | AmLaw Daily, July 15, 2009 | | Work-life balance doesn't exist, according to Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Co. "There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences," states Welch. | | | Judge Names Temporary Administrators of Jackson's Estate | | New York Times, July 6, 2009 | | A judge has turned down Michael Jackson's mother's request to administer her son's estate. Instead, the judge named the late pop icon's lawyer and a longtime friend, both of whom Jackson named in a 2002 will, as temporary administrators. | |
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