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Retirement center sees shift in age, patient acuity

Royal Plaza's staff say assisted-living residents enter needing more help

April 26, 2012

During the past several years, directors at Royal Plaza Retirement Center, on Spokane's North Side, say they have seen a noticeable shift in the characteristics of residents who live in its assisted- and independent-living units. Because of they

Boomers exit; employers try to fill void

Many are ramping up their training, benefits, new poll results show

April 26, 2012

A new joint poll released by the Society for Human Resource Management and AARP shows that U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed at closing skills gaps left when baby boomers retire, and at retaining and older in

RV sales recovering from recession swoon, dealers say

Retirees are expected to drive continued increase in demand

April 26, 2012

Mike McLean

Some recreational vehicle dealers here expect sales to rise in 2012 for the third consecutive year, and despite concerns over rising fuel prices that are affecting travel patterns, they say further sales increases will be led by a surge among baby

Well-rounded wellness

Integrated program focus takes holistic aim at health of seniors' mind, body, spirit

April 26, 2012

Treva Lind

Residents at Rockwood Retirement Communities South Hill can choose between a mind aerobics class that has challenging mental quizzes or a session in modified yoga. Another time, they can hear a nutritional speaker, get a posture analysis, or go on

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

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

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

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

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

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