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Recently Graduated from Law School? Think Small.

Summary: With the economy still recovering from the recession, small firms offer opportunity for recent law school graduates. As lawyers, we're often indoctrinated…

S&P Settles Claims for Over 1 Billion Dollars

Summary: S&P has settled claims stemming from the financial crisis with the Justice Department, many of the individual states, and other…

Report: US Economy on the Mend; Other Report: US Economy Headed for Irreparable Disaster

Two reports on the condition of the US economy were released earlier this afternoon. According to the first report, US…

Axiom Tries Some New Moves in the Legal World

In biology, the greatest changes in a species occur in a bottleneck, or a period of intense survival-of-the-fittest that isolates…

2013 Bacon Shortage!

There's a simple chain of cause and effect that could upset your breakfast for a whole year: world droughts deplete…

Suicide at an All Time High

It is common sense that when times are tough, such as in recessions, suicide rates increase. A recent study that…

Lawyer Once High-hitting Success Now Being Bled to Death by Recession and Ex-wife

In his heyday, David McLauchlan made upwards to $500,000 yearly, working for Lord Bissell Brook, but after 34 years, his…

Mitt Romney Explains Comment about the ‘Very Poor’

Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, said that he is "not concerned about the very poor," as he cited…

Small Law Firms Popping up Across Country

When the economy of the United States went in the tank back in late 2007, many lawyers began opening their…

Obama Announces Bid for Re-election in 2012

On Monday, April 4, current U.S. President Barack Obama announced his bid for re-election in 2012.  He said that he…

Morning Roundup

Good morning everybody! Today is Monday, November 8th. Here's a look back at Friday's stories. SolicitorsSearch.com released a report on…

NALP Cites Recession as Likely Factor in ‘Historic’ Decline in Law Firm Diversity

According to the National Law Journal, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its latest diversity statistics yesterday, which…