August 2009

* A French company is suing Google for giving out its maps for free. [Yahoo] * Japan will have its first jury trial in more than 60 years. [BBC News] * Ford Explorer rollover class action finally settles. The plaintiffs aren’t exactly thrilled with the settlement: discount coupons for new Fords. [Associated Press] * Cleary […]

Welcome back to our occasional series on career alternatives for attorneys — i.e., things you can do with a law degree that don’t involve working for a law firm as an associate or contract attorney. If you feel like your knack for being hospitable is wasted in the law, you might be interested in this […]

[Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] This is getting ridiculous. Every week we come closer and closer to the promised land: a week without layoffs. But still no dice. This […]