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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines March 26, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source NLJ.com, March 26, 2009

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Study finds ABA ratings biased     

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 Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter
"Controversy over the American Bar Association's ratings of potential judicial nominees is likely to continue with the announcement that the bar group will resume its role of evaluating candidates before their nominations. In fact, a soon-to-be-released study by political scientists concludes what conservative groups have long charged: The ratings are biased against potential conservative nominees."

Layoff pain migrates in-house

 Lynne Marek / Staff reporter
"Law firms aren't the only ones pushing attorneys out the door to shrink costs. U.S. companies, both large and small and across varied industries, are dismissing attorneys as they retool their law departments to cut costs and adapt to slowing U.S. economic activity. Hyatt Corp., Cigna Corp., General Electric Co., eLoyalty Corp., Motorola Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Yahoo! Inc. are among those that have reduced the number of attorneys in their law departments during the past year as their companies seek budget cuts amid the U.S. recession"

Study: Reduced hours make more sense than cuts     

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 Karen Sloan / Staff reporter
"The Project for Attorney Retention has argued for months that having attorneys work reduced hours makes better business sense than layoffs, and now the group says it has the numbers to prove it. According to their latest analysis, reducing associate working hours ? and their salary in accordance ? actually will save a firm more money than cutting associate jobs"

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"Letters between David Maxwell Fyfe, British deputy chief prosecutor of Herman Georing, and his wife Sylvia will be opened at Cambridge University on March 20. Plus, other offbeat news in this week's column."

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