LJN Newsletters

  • The Lateral Partner Process: Three Perspectives

    According to The American Lawyer, fully 40% of partners in the AmLaw 200 firms will move laterally at least once as partners. This is an astonishing statistic, since lateral partner movement was virtually unheard of a generation ago. Freed from the stigma that once haunted a partner who abandoned his partnership, today's law partners tend to be pragmatists who no longer view their firms as homes for life. Instead, they see them as vehicles to drive their businesses to higher levels. In this article, we take a brief look at lateral partner recruitment from the different perspectives of the law firms, the candidates and the recruiters.

    September 03, 2003Dana Mesh, Esq., Howard Parris, Esq and Mari Passananti, Esq.

  • Decisions of Interest

    Recent decisions of importance to your practice.

    September 02, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • A Word to the Wise

    Discovery of electronic communications. Employees generally cannot live without it (if they hope to state a claim), but often cannot afford to pay for it. Employers can generally afford to pay for it, but resent paying to help a plaintiff make his or her case against them. This dilemma is only further exacerbated by the proliferation of electronic communications that has made the discovery of such information very time-consuming and expensive.

    September 02, 2003Alfred G. Feliu

  • Dispute Resolution Gets a Makeover

    Several governmental and regulatory bodies have announced new initiatives aimed at increasing access to their dispute resolution programs, strengthening the credentials of their neutral panels, and improving the efficiency of their dispute resolution processes. These decisions were reached, in part, after evaluating success rates and feedback relating to these dispute resolution programs.

    September 02, 2003Ruth D. Raisfeld

  • John Gaal's Ethics Corner

    Your ethics questions answered by the expert.

    September 02, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Jury Awards $5.2 Million in Disability Case

    A jury awarded $5.2 million to a plaintiff whose former employer, a modeling agency, failed to accommodate her asthma, subjected her to a hostile work environment, and terminated her in retaliation for making complaints about smoking in the workplace. Gallegos v. Elite Model Mgmt. Corp., No. 120577/00 (N.Y. Co. Sup. Ct. 5/14/03)

    September 02, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Direct Evidence Not Required in Mixed Motive Case

    Last month, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a plaintiff must present direct evidence of discrimination in order to obtain a mixed-motive instruction under Title VII, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa, 2003 WL 21310219 (U.S. June 9, 2003) The Court unanimously held that direct evidence is not required.

    September 02, 2003Merrick T. Rossein

  • Decisions of Interest

    Cases of importance to your practice.

    September 02, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • The JGTRRA of 2003: Financial Implications for Divorce

    On May 23, 2003, the U.S. Congress approved the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA) and, within a week, President Bush signed the act into law. JGTRRA reduces tax rates across the board, increases the Child Tax Credit from $600 to $1000, and eases the marriage tax penalty. It also reduces the tax on dividends and capital gains and increases write-offs on capital assets for businesses. Marriage-penalty relief directly affects married taxpayers, but what effect will the new law have on people going through divorce?

    September 02, 2003Jerry L. Style and Carl M. Palatnik

  • Legislature Overrides Pataki's Veto

    Now that the New York State Legislature has overridden Governor Pataki's veto of the bill increasing compensation rates for court-appointed attorneys under Article 18-b of the County Law, a long-fought battle to drag state-funded attorney fees up to 21st-century levels may have come to a close. The increase will affect attorneys working on behalf of indigent criminal defendants, children in custody matters, and victims of domestic abuse.

    September 02, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |