Biography
Ameet Sachdev is a leading business reporter for the Chicago Tribune, where he covers legal affairs and law firms. His legal column can be ...
State Supreme Court clarifies law on noncompete agreements
December 23, 2011
In an era when workers change jobs frequently either voluntarily or involuntarily, clearly defining the rules of a competitive labor market is paramount.
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More graduates of elite law schools finding work outside law firms
December 16, 2011
Amid a growing debate about the value of going to law school in times of economic uncertainty, the University of Chicago is happy to report that its graduates are doing very well, thank you very much.
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Judge Richard Posner mocks attorney with pictures in opinion
December 2, 2011
Judge Richard Posner is not afraid to take lawyers to task in his written opinions for being lazy or inept.
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Judge's partiality questioned, but scrutiny might be undeserved
November 4, 2011
Eugene Wedoff, a longtime judge on the federal bankruptcy court in Chicago, faces questions about his impartiality in a trial, but the scrutiny may be undeserved, according to a fellow judge.
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Anne Murphy to succeed Max Brown as Rush University Medical Center general counsel
October 28, 2011
When Max Brown became a lawyer for a Chicago hospital 32 years ago, the biggest issue he had to deal with was the rising cost of medical malpractice.
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American Bar Association taking steps to ensure integrity of employment data from law schools
October 21, 2011
The University of Illinois' recent admission that it had falsified admissions data at its law school isn't the only controversy over data collection going on in legal education.
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Legal-aid charities, trying to address declining funding and rising demand, try to help each other out by merging
October 14, 2011
Legal-aid charities have felt the impact of the economic downturn with declining funding and increasing demand.
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U. of I. Law School under review for false admissions data
October 7, 2011
The first-year law school class at the University of Illinois is not as smart as the university said it was.