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This is your definitive weekly summary of legal news brought to you by law.com  and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.   [IMAGE]  New Security Procedure Delays Access to Courts  New York Law Journal New security measures put into effect this week at courthouses statewide caused delays in Manhattan Supreme Civil Court beyond what court administrators had expected, as lawyers joined jurors and the public in lines that extended a block and a half from the courthouse.  Full Text  Pro Bono Effort Targets Small Businesses  New York Law Journal  Corporate lawyers from more than 80 of Manhattan's biggest firms have become pro bono volunteers for the Small Business Legal Initiative, an emergency program of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York to aid mom-and-pop enterprises devastated by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.  Full Text  ADVERTISEMENT  FREE Products From OfficeMax.com!  For a limited time, you can pick up as much as $400 worth of FREE products with any Microsoft Windows XP purchase at OfficeMax.com! Any customer purchasing Windows XP Professional Edition by Nov. 3 will receive a FREE digital camera, scanner, CD-RW drive, virus software and 256 MB of memory after redeeming a $50 mail-in rebate. Don't miss this unbeatable offer! For more information about Windows XP and these special savings, visit OfficeMax.com  today!  [IMAGE]  Former Deputy Attorney General to Speak at Bar On Monday, November 12, 2001 at 7 p.m., Eric Holder, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, will deliver the Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street. The topic of this year's lecture will be "The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Profession." For more information, please call (212) 382-6660.  Association of the Bar of the City of New York Calendar   THE BAR---> [IMAGE]  Teamsters Do Not Sufficiently Allege the Existence of a Pattern of Racketeering Activity  Southern District The International Brotherhood of Teamsters brought this action pursuant to the RICO Act, alleging that defendants defrauded it of funds that were used improperly to promote a defendant's 1996 candidacy for re-election as plaintiff's general president. The court dismissed plaintiff's 18 U.S.C. ?1962(c) claim, finding that plaintiff did not allege facts sufficient to support open-continuity and therefore has not sufficiently alleged the existence of a pattern of racketeering activity.  Full Text  You can read daily Decision of Interest case summaries subscribing to law.com/ny. Click here  to learn more.  [IMAGE]  Professional Schizophrenia  Miami Daily Business Review  The American Bar Association and every state bar, except the District of Columbia, have strict rules against multidisciplinary practice, or MDP, whereby lawyers and nonlawyers partner and split fees for providing legal services. Even so, in the last few years the Big Five accounting firms have stepped up their hiring of lawyers, and the difference between what lawyers and accounting firm consultants do has become very murky.  Full text   Business Casual Backlash Texas Lawyer  The business casual backlash, it seems, has begun. No, there has not been any across-the-board rescinding of the business casual policies that in recent years have taken over the workplace. Dressing like a Gap ad was OK during boom times -- but with major firms telling workers to watch out, lest they find themselves back in pantyhose and pinstripes, "biz cas" may wind up as just another casualty of the down economy.  Full Text  [IMAGE]   World Trade Center Attack -- or Attacks? Billions of Dollars Are on the Line  The Associated Press  When two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, was the ghastly destruction one attack or two? SR International Business Insurance, which is responsible for 22 percent of the $3.5 billion in insurance covering the World Trade Center, has filed a suit in New York to head off any plans by the building's owners to define the assault as two attacks in order to avoid paying twice. Full Text Visit the Litigation Practice Center   [IMAGE]  Ethics and the Internet 2001  Law.com Online CLE  Fulfill your ethics CLE requirement by registering for Ethics and the Internet 2001. This online seminar will address issues about the ethical implications of the Internet as well as how the Internet is changing the day-to-day practice of law. With our award-winning online seminars, you will save excess travel expenses and retain billable hours. 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