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DC Firm Not Pushing Lawyer Rainmaking; Heirs' 92-Year Waiting Game Over; Bob Dylan Most Cited; Aggressive Tax Lawyer or Criminal? - ABA Journal Weekly
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Law Firms
Legal Entrepreneur Forms DC Law Firm that Shuns Office Face Time and Lawyer Rainmaking
May 9, 2011, 07:48 am CDT
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Trusts & Estates
Perpetuities Rule Finally Ends $100M Waiting Game for Lumber Baron's Heirs, 92 Years After His Death
May 10, 2011, 06:26 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/perpetuities_rule_finally_ends_100m_waiting_game/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Trials & Litigation
Bob Dylan Tops Beatles, Bruce Springsteen as by Far the Most-Cited in Court Opinions
May 9, 2011, 05:07 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bob_dylan_tops_beatles_bruce_springsteen_as_by_far_the_most-cited_/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Rajaratnam Defense Lawyer Tells CNBC in No Uncertain Terms What He Thinks of the Network
May 12, 2011, 06:46 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/rajaratnam_defense_lawyer_tells_cnbc_in_no_uncertain_terms_what_he_thinks_o/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Legal Ethics
Aggressive Tax Lawyer or Criminal? Jury to Decide re 2 Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Partners
May 10, 2011, 07:11 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aggressive_tax_lawyer_or_criminal_jury_to_decide_re_daugerdas_other_ex-jenk/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Law Practice Management
Much Shelist $13M Settlement Paves Way for Receiver's Suit Against Insurer
May 10, 2011, 10:43 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/much_shelist_settlement_paves_way_for_receivers_suit_against_insurer/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Milbank Spends $5.8M a Year on Biz-School Classes, Finds 'Retention Sweet Spot'
May 12, 2011, 08:21 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/milbank_spends_5.8m_a_year_on_b-school_classes_and_finds_retention_sweet_sp/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
The New Normal
More Legal Jobs. But Will They Last? What Is Your Plan Beyond Holding on to Your Job?
May 10, 2011, 08:30 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/more_legal_jobs._but_will_they_last_what_is_your_plan/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Law Students
Average Annual Law School Loan Jumped 50 Percent Since 2001
May 9, 2011, 09:32 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/average_annual_law_school_loan_jumped_50_percent_since_2001/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus: Virginia 3L Admits He Made Up Racial Profiling Claim; University Won't File Charges
May 9, 2011, 06:32 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/virginia_3l_admits_he_made_up_racial_profiling_claim_university_wont_file_c/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Judiciary
Judge Says Molestation Defendant Is 'Gayer than a Sweet Smelling Jock Strap'
May 10, 2011, 06:05 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_says_molestation_defendant_is_gayer_than_a_sweet_smelling_jock_strap/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Plus:
Federal Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Well-Known Defense Lawyer, a No-Show for Client's Trial
May 10, 2011, 12:49 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judge_issues_arrest_warrant_for_well-known_defense_lawyer_a_no-show/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Defense Counsel in Murder Case Is Handcuffed and Jailed for Lunch Hour After Dispute with Judge
May 12, 2011, 01:36 pm CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/defense_counsel_in_murder_case_is_handcuffed_and_jailed/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Family Law
North Carolina Mom Loses Custody Because of Advanced Breast Cancer
May 12, 2011, 08:53 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/north_carolina_mom_loses_custody_because_of_advanced_breast_cancer/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
Women in the Law
About 25 Percent of Lawyer Moms Leave the Workplace, Study Finds
May 9, 2011, 09:02 am CDT
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/25_percent_of_lawyer_moms_leave_the_workplace_study_finds/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email
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Question of the Week
Have You Ever Witnessed a Meltdown in Your Office or in Court? What Did You (Or the Judge) Do?
http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/have_you_ever_witnessed_a_meltdown_in_your_office_or_in_court_what_did_you?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default_email
This week at the blog Divorce Discourse, North Carolina family lawyer Lee Rosen wrote about what to do when you find yourself with an angry client in your lobby. "This is not an extraordinary happening in a family law practice," he writes. "If it hasn't happened yet, it's going to happen soon. It's just part of doing this work."
The thrust of his advice is for a staffer to get the person into a conference room, out of the earshot of other clients, and leave the room immediately to find the pertinent lawyer without himself or herself engaging with the angry client -- because that is likely to only make things worse.
This post got us wondering: Have you ever witnessed a meltdown -- of either a client or another lawyer -- in your office or in court? If so, what did you (or the judge, if the meltdown was in a courtroom or chambers) do about it?
Answer in the comments.
Read the answers to last week's question: Do You Ever Notice Copyright / Trademark Infringement? Does It Bother You?
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_often_notice_copyright_trademark_infringement_does_it_bother_you/";
Featured answer:
Posted by ThreeStateLawyer: "I am constantly running across copyright / trademark infringements, and I am actually proud of one that I brought to light. A small but up-and-coming microbrewery in the Washington, D.C., started selling one of their beers with a label that was uncannily similar to the St. Pauli Girl beer label, which is copyrighted / trademarked. I spent three weeks working my way up the Anheuser-Busch InBev legal structure trying to bring it to somebody's attention in the hope of taking the case or something, and eventually handed over my documentation to an in-house legal counsel. They sent a rather threatening letter, and the microbrewery changed their label. Unfortunately, I didn't get the case, and didn't even get a thank-you -- not even a case of beer for my trouble. But, it was an interesting education in intellectual property law. Not sure I would do it again without some incentive ..."
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