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... national forum for liberal lawyers and law students. (That's due in no small part to the hard work of folks like Executive Director Lisa Brown (below right); director Dawn Johnsen, an IntLawGrrls guest alumna; and director Patricia Wald (left), formerly Chief Judge of the U. ... public, in order to find out what in fact happened these last 7 years. By that same reasoning, however, it seems equally premature to close ranks against any single avenue for accountability even before the facts are known.

... beat California, with 61,409 consumer fraud complaints and 43,892 identity fraud complaints. Unfortunately, my own state of Maryland ranked 6th in terms of consumer fraud complaints and 10th in terms of identity fraud complaints. Interestingly, at least in terms of consumer fraud complaints, Maryland ranked behind Alaska, which came in at number 5. One the one hand, the survey does suggest that there may be places to which one can ...

The Financial Times recently published what it called its "definitive ranking of the world's 50 most powerful and successful female chief executives." The list, created in collaboration with recruitment group Egon Zehnder Indernational, profiles executives ... than some individual companies. Since the list is global, but limited to CEOs, the list is distinct from Fortune's annual ranking of the 50 most powerful women in the U.S. However, there is some overlap. For example, PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi ...

... each company's responses about its culture. I take it part of the survey aimed to determine the extent to which a company's rhetoric about its culture was consistent with the reality as perceived by its employees. On the one hand, Google's first place rank should not come as a surprise. After all, it touts itself as the "do no evil company," and all of its corporate documents are replete with rhetoric about its commitment to employees and maintaining a fun work environment. On the other hand, I ...

... of Tobin's Q), Bebchuk looks at the executive compensation question from a different angle, providing a new perspective regarding why increased CEO pay may be problematic. Indeed, instead of wondering about the impact of increased CEO compensation as compared to rank-and-file salaries, Bebchuk's study raises the possibility that when CEOs get paid more than their fellow executives it has a relationship to the company's ability to effectively exploit its assets. For example, perhaps the fact ...

The consumer confidence drops in December to the lowest level of 74 in more than five years in Florida. The jobs increased slowly in the state of Florida. The economic report released by the state Agency for Workforce Innovation shows that the ranks of the unemployed statewide have increased 33.8% since last year, that's 100,000. About one third of the unemployed spread in West Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The state unemployment rate was 4.3 percent last month, 0.1 percent higher ...

... . The number of jobless persons went up to 10.1million, increasing 603.00. In the last 12 months, the number of unemployment persons has increased by 2.8 million. Among the unemployment increasing rate, the adult men account for 6.3 percent, which was ranking number one. Secondary to adult men, adult women is 5.3 percent. The unemployment rate for whites increased 5.9 percent while Hispanics rose 8.8 percent. In October, the number of long-term unemployment is 2.3 million, increased by 249.000. ...

... the legal directories marketplace. Martindale, owned by LexisNexis, is the gorilla in this group. Lexis' parent company is Reed Elselvier, acquires legal technology just like any other technology: they grow by acquisition. My prediction? Reed's going to starting snapping up international law directories. Dare I say Chambers? Stay tuned . . . Well, doggone: just googled it. Here's the release: LexisNexis, Chambers and Partners Announce Agreement to Feature Chambers Rankings on martindale.com

... major papers are letting go of their print publications and turning to online media. One of the most well-respected papers in the U.S., the Christian Science Monitor shut down their print publication and are now completely online. Joining the online ranks are the Kansas City Kansan, San Francisco's AsiaNews and both Detroit newspapers--the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Face it, when the advertising dollars flee to online--as they already are--the papers will follow. They already are. The ...

... Inspector General BUDGET/APPROPRIATIONS 02/20/2007 FY 2008 Unfunded Priority Lisa (UPL) Feb 2008 (PDF 936 KB) Report provides the FY 2008 unfunded ... 02/20/2007 Letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach from the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Subcommittee on Oversight and ... 02/20/2007 Letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach from the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Subcommittee on Oversight and ...