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Whether the frequent gripe is true that 'associates today don't want to work hard and pay their dues like we did,' what is certainly true is that a number of forces have conspired to make equity partnership less attainable and less desirable in many firms than it used to be.
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Google or other analytics reports typically show that search engines are a major source of Internet traffic to law firm Web sites (as well as law firm blogs). Therefore, a law firm seeking to increase traffic to its Web site should follow 'best practices' when it comes to search engine optimization, or SEO.
Partners are made ' not born ' and their paths to get there are varied. However, one common thread among them is their superior ability to network, both inside and outside of their firms.
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In 2008, despite some law firms feeling the brunt of the economic woes besieging the country, many are still in the hunt for marketing talent. It should come as no surprise that when you combine that temptation with the general dissatisfaction felt by most, you have so many willing to take the leap.
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Many law firms are adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs as a means to gaining a competitive advantage over other firms. They are developing and utilizing these programs to promote and advertise yet another dynamic of their organization.
While parents are not a protected class, claims based on an employee's status as a parent or nonparent may be pursued successfully under existing causes of action, frequently sex discrimination. Such claims ' often characterized as family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) ' rose over 400% between 1996 and 2005, according to a 2006 study by Hastings College of the Law's Center for WorkLife Law.
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This article includes discussion of the various approaches that jurisdictions have taken when providing legal protections for breastfeeding employees and establishing legal requirements for employers.
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Employers need an attack plan and must begin to think creatively to address every situation that arises in the workplace to protect themselves from increasingly popular FRD claims. Here's how.
An in-depth discussion of two recent decisions about the sufficiency of FMLA notices.
Tthe federal Court of Appeals in New York ruled earlier this year that an employer cannot necessarily avoid liability for overtime wages ' even if its policy requires prior approval for overtime work, and even if the employer did not have actual knowledge that its employees were working overtime hours. This article looks at the court's recent decision.
