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Legal aid groups see rise in cases for low-income clients

Economic factors result in more people who can't afford to pay for a lawyer
April 26, 2012
Chey Scott
Groups here that provide free, civil legal services to low-income residents say they're seeing a rise in cases while funding support for their programs has tightened. More than 600 attorneys here, out of a total of about 1,500 licensed attorneys
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Study says firms ask for feedback, often fail to act on it

Overwhelming majority of respondents classified client input as important
April 26, 2012
Marketwire
A new study of leading Canadian business-to-business law practices has found that while firms understand the value of asking clients for their views, a significant minority remain lukewarm about the value to be obtained from feedback survey of 58 a
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Isolate assets to reduce litigation exposure, lawyers say

Measures to make targets smaller can prevent, soften potential blows of lawsuits
April 26, 2012
Mike McLean
People and businesses with exposed assets can be targets of lawsuits, so it's as important as ever to take preventive countermeasures ahead of time to help protect assets from judgments or even discourage would-be plaintiffs from filing suit, here
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ABA panel stands pat on nonlawyer firm ownership

Decision follows extensive analysis of alternative legal practice structures
April 26, 2012
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20 has decided not to propose changes to ABA policy prohibiting nonlawyer ownership of law firms. It made the decision at a meeting earlier this month in Washington, D.C.Co-Chairpeople Jamie
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Legal billing rates still sprinting well ahead of inflation

Priciest lawyers widen gap over least expensive counterparts, report finds
April 26, 2012
Marketwire
Despite the economic climate, lawyer billing rates continue to grow well past the rate of inflation, with the most expensive lawyers getting increasingly more expensive, according to the 2012 Real Rate Report.Jointly released last week by Legal
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—Staff photo by Treva Lind

As tribes grow, legal needs expand

Indian law expertise includes focuses on commerce, intergovernmental complexities
April 26, 2012
Treva Lind
Legal counseling in a practice area called Indian law is growing as U.S. tribes continue to step up economic development, say attorneys here.K&L Gates LLP, a Pittsburgh-based global law firm, does legal work regionally and nationally for owned a
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Employment at large firms grew in '11

Last year's 1.7 percent gain reversed a decline over the two prior years
April 26, 2012
Business Wire
Headcount among the top law firms in the U.S. increased marginally last year, based on data compiled for the National Law Journal's recently published 35th annual ranking of the nation's 250 largest firms.Those top firms collectively employed in
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-Staff photo by Kim Crompton

Next-gen succession

Younger leadership guides Lukins & Annis as firm turns 40
April 26, 2012
Kim Crompton
At age 47, Bryce Wilcox now is one of the oldest members of the management team at Lukins & Annis PS, which is among Spokane's largest law firms and is observing its 40th anniversary this year.Of the three lawyers who make up the firm's revamped
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Spokane HVAC company opens North Idaho office

R&R Heating leases space in Hayden for satellite, moves five workers there
April 26, 2012
Mike McLean
Spokane-based R&R Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. has opened a satellite office in North Idaho.Randy Hastings, owner of R&R Heating, says five employees work out of the 1,200-square-foot space at 9030 N. Hess, in Hayden."I felt the need to an
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Inland Asphalt bids lowest for $1.6 million road rehab

Project involves repaving several residential streets in Franklin Park vicinity
April 26, 2012
Chey Scott
Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, is the low bidder on a $1.6 million project to rehabilitate a half-mile stretch of Columbia Avenue between Division and Post streets, as well as several surrounding residential streets in the Franklin Park on North
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