Malpractice rate hikes to spread? N.Y. firms are hit first
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Law firms in New York and eventually those throughout the nation are expecting significantly higher malpractice insurance rates as a result of large sums paid by Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler and several other major firms to settle suits arising from the savings and loan debacle. Consortia of law firms practicing self-insurance are also going through financial hard times as one of them, the Professional Liability Underwriters Group, decided not to write any more new policies as of late 1992.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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Minority programs succeed in N.Y., S.F.; a lesson for law firms: the tougher the goals, the more likely are big gains
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The largest law firms in New York have exceeded their goal of 10% minority associates only halfway through a 6-year program but they lag San Francisco firms in promoting minorites to partner. Both increases resulted in part from aggressive policies; experts say the tougher the goals set in such matters, the greater the change achieved. Since 1992 New York's 25 largest firms have hired 16% minorities, but the increase is also due in part to smaller staffs overall.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Bar: discipline rules should cover firms
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The Assn of the Bar of the City of New York has recommended that the Appellate Division adopt rules disciplining law firms as well as attorneys for ethical violations. This would make New York the first state to discipline not only attorneys but also law firms. The Appellate Division would have this two-fold disciplinary power with an amendment of New York Judiciary Law 90(2). Proponents think the change would encourage firms to police their own lawyers.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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