The annual Judicial Conference of the 9th Circuit grappled with ways to get more courtroom training for young lawyers. The call was raised for more use of a little-known 9th Circuit rule that guarantees young lawyers, whose firms accept a pro bono appellate appointment, an oral argument opportunity before a circuit panel. The advantage for […]
An attorney’s courtroom behavior has earned him a four-month stay in a Missouri jail. Greene County Circuit Court Judge Tom Mountjoy sentenced Kansas City lawyer Carlos D. Romious to 120 days in jail because of Romious’ “rude and angry” demeanor toward the judge.
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A federal judge in Atlanta has refused to allow multidistrict litigation arising from salmonella-tainted peanut butter to proceed as a class action. Certifying hundreds of product liability cases as a class action against ConAgra — the producer of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter — would make little sense because doing so in these […]
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On Wednesday, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced that it was laying
off 96 lawyers. A spokesperson at the firm said that it would provide
the laid-off lawyers with career counseling assistance, but according to
several legal recruiters, the attorneys enter a challenging market where
the standard job search may not be enough. Recruiters say that the key
to success is […]