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The best career advice Boston attorney Janet Kenton-Walker got some 20-odd years ago as a new attorney involved fees and shoes. A mentor told her that the most important discussion a lawyer has with a client is about legal fees. ...

New legal dilemmas brought on by hurricanes Katrina and Rita – ranging from government response to disasters, racial and ethnic equity for victims, and structural and environmental ramifications – are among the topics slated for the American Bar Association 2006 ...

As Clarence Hill lay strapped to a gurney in Florida last week, intravenous lines connected and fatal chemicals ready to flow, the nation’s highest court agreed to hear his case on how inmates may challenge lethal injection as cruel and ...

Lawyers put a lot of time and effort into marketing, technology and other areas of their practice, but often give short shrift to the people who keep their firms running – their secretaries, assistants and paralegals. The price of this ...

Attorneys who didn’t work at law firms earned a median annual salary of $100,000 in 2005, according to a recently released survey from the Illinois-based law firm Abbott, Langer & Associates Inc. The average 2005 salary for these attorneys, according ...

The Pacific Northwest can expect a big boost to its cement supply this fall. Ash Grove Cement Co. last week announced that it has acquired a new import terminal facility from Goldendale Aluminum in Portland – a move, Ash Grove ...

Venturing into other states can be a good way to expand one’s business, but construction attorneys are warning owners, contractors and subcontractors to know what they’re getting into before tackling those out-of-state jobs. Tim Droel, an attorney with Eden Prairie, ...

In a precedent setting case, a Connecticut jury found an international construction company 100 percent liable for the actions of a subcontractor whose actions left an employee paralyzed more than a decade ago. It took eleven years for Norman Pelletier, ...

In the legal world, even the word “SLAPP” is a term of art. SLAPP, or “strategic lawsuit against public participation,” is the acronym used for cases filed with the intent of silencing defendants who are exercising their First Amendment rights. ...

As more and more employers hire workers who don’t speak English or speak it only as a second language, workplace conflicts and consequent complaints about discrimination have dramatically increased. Some businesses have begun mandating that workers communicate in English as ...

A fourteen-year old boy and his parents were awarded $150,000 in damages against a school bus company after a jury trial in the City of St. Louis. On Nov. 25, 2002, Robert Zumwalt, aged 11 at the time, who was ...