As ABA debates, MDPs are spreading; NLJ survey finds lots of firms already have ancillary businesses

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The robust good health enjoyed by multidisclinary practices across the USis discussed, and this despite the reluctance of the ABA to throw its weight behind the idea. Most states permit multidisciplinary law firms controlled by lawyers as long as the latter are there to monitor conflicts and engineer limits on marketing.

Management, Multidisciplinary law firms

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Immigration reform a hot issue; deportation horror stories spur Congress to fix the problem

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The calls for reforms of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act are discussed. Discretion for immigration judges has almost disappeared under both laws, while the number of deportable offenses has increased. Prosecutorial discretion by INS agents has been proposed as a partial solution.

Innovations, Laws, regulations and rules, Deportation, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law

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Waging a war of attrition; some grew, some shrank, but the real game was turnover

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The National Law Journal's 1999 survey of the 250 largest US law firms is given, , and a key finding was that, on the average, 18.5% of associates at large firms left for other employment. Associate retention has therefore become a key concern for managing partners, as high attrition is the biggest cost factor which can be averted.

Human resource management, Law firms

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