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Despite the axiom that anyone who represents himself in court has a fool for a client, self-representation is booming--especially in family court. Cities that keep track say 60% to 90% of their divorce, custody and abuse cases include at least one party without a lawyer. In some places, that's an increase of about 50% over the past decade...
...work-life balance." Translation: it has dawned on them that working you to death may hurt their profits. "It costs us 150% of an annual salary to replace an employee in terms of retraining a new person, the turbulence it causes in a unit and the impact on our client," says Denny Marcel, associate director of the burnout-prevention unit at Ernst & Young. Miller calls the accounting firm, which offers three to five vacation weeks to its 20,000-plus employees, one of the better companies when it comes to lightening the load...
...After losing much of his client base in the move, owner Fred H. Humphreys was finally forced to close his family's store two weeks...
...that aspect of his conviction. But in Texas, a murder conviction alone is not a capital crime; the killing must be accompanied by an aggravating crime, like rape, in order for the perpetrator to end up on death row. McGinn's lawyers are challenging the prosecutorial evidence linking their client to Flanary's rape, claiming the old-style DNA tests performed on evidence collected from her body were inconclusive. The defense attorneys are demanding a test using improved methods - which they feel would exonerate McGinn of the ruinous second conviction...
...mahogany tables, picture multiple areas for groups to convene and collaborate--from indoor gardens, playgrounds and cafes to what designers term contemplative caves. Even the lowly office kitchenette might be wired by 2025. Say you're having a spirited debate with a colleague about a pitch to a prospective client just as you're grabbing a cup of joe. By 2025, according to John Seely, director of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, you should be able to expand the conversation right there on digital whiteboards that line the walls and then have your ideas instantly e-mailed to your...