<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Law Firms</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/industries/legal?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><description>Law Firms</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[New Law to Limit Class-Action Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33211-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33211-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Measure will rewrite the rules for class-action lawsuits; swift passage in the Congress illustrates the expanded influence of Republicans and their business supporters.]]></description><author> John F. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In CEOs' Trials, the Risks Of Going Negative]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27609-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27609-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Today, lawyers for former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard J. Ebbers are to begin cross-examining Scott D. Sullivan, Ebbers's onetime friend and finance chief. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson  and Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Firm Accused of Discrimination]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8201-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8201-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The law firm Sidley Austin Brown &#38; Wood LLP illegally discriminated against older employees by forcing partners out because of their age, federal regulators alleged yesterday in a lawsuit.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asbestos Claims Solution Sought]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45654-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45654-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Congress reconvenes Tuesday, the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will set out to accomplish what no one on Capitol Hill has been able to do: resolve the question of who pays how much to whom for injuries tied to exposure to asbestos.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Groups Find New Ways to Push Their Agendas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38184-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38184-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A growing number of advocacy groups are blurring the distinction between legitimate media and propaganda to promote their causes.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers In the Limelight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63824-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63824-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By all appearances, Steven Woghin was a lawyer at the top of his game. After years in government service, the former Justice Department attorney had worked his way up to a comfortable six-figure salary and the chief legal job at software maker Computer Associates International Inc.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Finds Halliburton Settlement Unacceptable]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13102-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13102-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal judge in Dallas yesterday rejected a $6 million settlement in a shareholder suit that alleged Halliburton Co. engaged in accounting fraud, saying the lead plaintiffs' lawyer mishandled the case and may have settled for too little money.]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C., Boston Law Firms to Merge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47963-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47963-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shea & Gardner, a District law firm with 73 lawyers and deep roots in federal affairs, will combine with Boston-based Goodwin Procter LLP, a 500-lawyer operation, the firms said yesterday.]]></description><author> Lauren Bayne Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EEOC Suit Should Get Attention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32607-2004Jul6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32607-2004Jul6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 340 women who held top positions in Morgan Stanley's institutional equities division include some of Wall Street's highest flyers. Some made millions of dollars a year a year as executives, saleswomen and administrators.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters  and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business's Brush With the Blues]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24537-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24537-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Time was, a shopkeeper caught doing business on Sunday could wind up paying a fine or worse. These days, to hear business owners and lobbyists tell it, failing to serve shoppers, diners and drinkers seven days a week is akin to economic malpractice.]]></description><author> Ben White and Lauren Bayne Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restraining the Gavel's Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16022-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16022-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Supreme Court decision could prompt white-collar criminals to challenge recent sentences made harsher by judges' consideration of factors such as how much investors lost as a result of corporate crimes.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson  and Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Bias Case Moves Forward]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62004-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62004-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that a sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could proceed to trial as a class action because of evidence the nation's largest employer paid female workers less and gave them fewer promotions.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HMOs Welcome Ruling Limiting Suits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58975-2004Jun21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58975-2004Jun21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Supreme Court ruling Monday limiting the right of patients to sue managed-care companies for malpractice was a major victory for the firms, but industry spokespeople said it will benefit patients, too.]]></description><author> Raymund Flandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studies Show U.S. Trails on Sick Leave]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44644-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44644-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States lags behind the rest of the world in giving workers paid leave to stay home sick or to take care of ill family members, and almost half of all private-sector employees have no paid sick days, according to two new studies.]]></description><author> Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges Beset Low-Cost  Paralegal Aid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A113-2004May29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A113-2004May29.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Firm's do-it-yourself approach with living trusts, uncontested divorces and bankruptcy draw challenges from law enforcement agencies.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Influential Law Firms to Merge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25543-2004Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25543-2004Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP, a venerable Washington law firm whose partners include counselors to three former presidents, announced yesterday it has agreed to merge with Boston-based Hale and Dorr LLP by the end of May.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaw Pittman, Akin Gump Break Off Merger Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21128-2003Oct26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21128-2003Oct26.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two of Washington's largest law firms have broken off talks after months of tentative discussions about a potential merger, the managing partner of one of the firms said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Shelters Are a Boon To Agencies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61515-2003Oct21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61515-2003Oct21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A disguised witness at a Senate hearing on  tax shelters yesterday described how some government agencies, including the Washington area's Metro system, supplement their  budgets by leasing property such as subway cars to private entities that earned large tax breaks.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Ernst Worker Arrested]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2072-2003Sep25.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2072-2003Sep25.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A former Ernst &#38; Young audit partner was arrested yesterday and charged with altering documents related to his work for an Internet credit card company whose finances were being probed.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABA Eases Rule on Informing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46465-2003Aug11.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46465-2003Aug11.html?nav=rss_business/industries/legal</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 23:05:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association's House of Delegates voted to loosen confidentiality rules and allow lawyers to turn in corporate clients  that are committing fraud.]]></description><author> Brooke A. 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