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...that turns in part on how serious the crime suspected is—and ordinary marijuana possession might well not be serious enough.”Still, says Stephen Hrones ’64, a managing partner at Hrones, Garrity, and Hedges, a Boston-based law firm that specializes in criminal law, getting a warrant is relatively easy.“You just make a call to somebody—a judge is always on duty,” he says. “Police just call him at home, and he can authorize [a warrant] right from his home...
...lookout for microinequities--a term that has bounced around academia since a professor at M.I.T. coined it in 1973--is a cheap way to hold on to hard-won recruits. After all, says Andrea Bernstein, diversity chair at the New York City-- based white-shoe law firm Weil Gotshal, "you never know, when somebody leaves, if she would have been the next rainmaker." And no company wants even a single good idea to fall through the cracks because a manager has subconsciously written off the employee making the suggestion...
...used to be that these tone-deaf moments were used to buttress discrimination claims. Now they are becoming the basis for those claims, according to Marko Mrkonich, managing director of Littler Mendelson, a San Francisco--based law firm that defends management in disputes with employees. "People are saying, 'I just feel really unwelcome,'" he says...
...heels after she meets Bandini. However, Camilla is willing to endure the societal stigma against immigrants and interracial relationships to be with Bandini. Despite a few raunchy love scenes, Towne, well known for his stellar screenplays including “Mission Impossible,” “The Firm,” and “Tequila Sunrise,” manages to send a poignant message about the struggle between personal identity, love, and societal acceptance. The romantic tug-of-war he creates between Bandini and Camilla is artfully executed—not through blunt, explicit lines...
...Though recent French governments have a tradition of yielding before student protests, Villepin vows to remain firm. Some within his ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party - particularly those close to Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, a likely rival in next year?s presidential elections - have called for dialogue or even a suspension of the measure. But backing off would put Villepin, whose poll numbers have dipped steeply in the last month, on the defensive for the rest of his term. Whether he has to sweeten the deal somehow will become clear over the next few days: even high school...