Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines November 18, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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Firms in Charlotte, N.C., and Boston lay off attorneys and support staff </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Law firms around the country are continuing to lay off attorneys and staff. Moore & Van Allen, based in Charlotte, N.C., let go three attorneys last week, while Boston's Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge laid off almost 60 support staff members, the firms have confirmed. Moore & Van Allen attributed its cuts to the economy, while Edwards Angell said improvements in technology and efficiencies have allowed the firm to reduce staff."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 24, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRABRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE
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From associate to partner, women lawyers still paid substantially less than male counterparts </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Women lawyers continue to earn less than their male counterparts at every level of a law firm, from associate to equity partner, with the gap widening to $87,000, or 13% less, at the highest level, according to results of the latest annual National Association of Women Lawyers survey. "While promotion to a higher position provides increased status and compensation, it also promotes lawyers to the level of greatest compensation differences between men and women," the third annual report said". </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 18, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRABRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Greenberg Traurig trims five associates </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">Greenberg Traurig is the latest large firm to trim its associate ranks. The firm laid off three full-time associates from its real estate practice in New York on Friday. Two additional part-time associates were laid off on Monday, according to a person in the firm who declined to be named." </font><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 18, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRABRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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A key lawyer behind Proposition 8 talks about hate mail now, and the litigation ahead </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Charles LiMandri, the general counsel of the National Organization for Marriage California and West Coast regional director of the Thomas More Law Center, has been a key spokesperson for Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that amends the state constitution to ban gay marriage in California. LiMandri, from his law office in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., talked about protests against the initaiative, the reasons why California voters passed Proposition 8 and the legal challenges before the California Supreme Court." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 18, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRABRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Legal services industry trims 1,100 jobs in October; down by 15,800 from one year ago </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the legal services industry trimmed 1,100 jobs in October, leaving a total of 1,163,900 workers. The latest numbers are hardly surprising, since law firm layoffs have almost become a daily occurrence. October marks the sixth straight month in which the legal services industry has seen jobs shrink". </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 18, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRABRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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14 attorneys to serve on Obama's justice and civil rights team </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Among the transition teams set up by President-elect Barack Obama are 14 lawyers picked from around the country to serve on the justice and civil rights team, which will evaluate agencies working in those areas. The list includes a former California Supreme Court justice, four lawyers from big firms, a woman once appointed by Alabama Governor George Wallace, five law professors and a disabilities rights specialist." </font><br/></font></p>
