The news came in late yesterday that the Yahoo Board of Directors fired CEO Carol Bartz even though she had about a year to go on her contract. There are various angles to the story. One is the way Bartz…
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Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Blog http://www.pennsylvaniamedicalmalpracticeblog.com/ http://www.pennsylvaniamedicalmalpracticeblog.com/index.xml Discusses medical malpractice news, cases and reports in Pennsylvania. Published by Beasley Reiff Law Group New York Business Litigation Attorney Blog http://www.newyorkbusinesslitigationattorneyblog.com/ http://www.newyorkbusinesslitigationattorneyblog.com/index.xml Discusses business litigation cases, news and updates in New York. Published…
Friday Fun on Saturday: Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
Another Onion News Network report on legal developments not covered by other mainstrean media outlets like the Colbert Report. Wonder what Civ Pro profs have to say about this politically incorrect ruling. [JH] Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried…
Law Grad Jobs, The ABA, And U.S. News
Two stories on the law student job market caught my eye today. One is from the Associated Press via Google News. It’s called Law Schools Lure Fewer Students As Jobs Dry Up. It relates how law schools in Missouri are…
Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
Denver Divorce Attorney Blog http://www.denverdivorceattorneyblog.com/ http://www.denverdivorceattorneyblog.com/index.xml Discusses family and divorce cases, news, and legal opinions in Colorado. Published by Plog & Stein, PC Examines divorce news, opinions and related matters in Florida. Published by Whitney Lonker, of the Apple Law…
Creating a Total Package to Compete with Wolters Kluwer in the 21st Century: BLaw+BNA and BGov+BNA in the Specialist Law, Regulatory and Business Marketplace
Assuming a majority of BNA former and current employee-shareholders tender their shares, an assumption that must take into account that many current employees are union-represented, Bloomberg, a company not known for acquiring other companies, will have made its largest acquisition…
Friday Fun: Congress Considers Cutting 12 States from the Union to Reduce Spending
The Onion News Network’s Brooke Alvarez gets reaction from ordinary Americans. [JH]
Google Drops Some Content and Search Features
Google has made a number of quiet de-enhancements to its news and search services recently. One, highlighted by ebrandz.com is that the Google News Archives search is no longer available as a direct search, nor will there be any new…
Bloomberg To Acquire BNA!
I’ve written that I thought Bloomberg Law should acquire BNA. In Philly, I even asked BLaw execs if I would get a “finder’s fee” if “we could make that happen,” LOL. It just makes sense. BNA only has about 1%…
Are BigLaw Firms Gaming AmLaw Rankings?
We all know that some, many, most, whatever, law schools game placement stats for US News Law School Rankings but Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group is reporting that more than half of the nation’s top 50 law firms could…