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From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer’s guide to matter management solutions
In today's fast-paced world, in-house teams require robust tools to manage the complexities of their daily workflows. Matter management software fills this gap and provides…
2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord are in merger talks to create a law firm that could take a spot in the Am Law…
Send in the paralegals
And what about the paralegals? Who are they? What can they do?
The word “para” is a Greek word meaning “beside,” or “alongside.” In many…
Lawyer reprimanded after mistakenly emailing opposing counsel with plan to avoid judge’s call
A Massachusetts lawyer who mistakenly copied the opposing counsel on an email has been reprimanded for its message to a bankruptcy attorney.
The Board of Bar…
‘I don’t play well’ judge who threatened to track down, jail misbehaving litigant gets tossed from case
An Ohio judge who bragged about his history as a boxer and his intimidating presence on the childhood playground has been kicked off a case…
4 data security considerations for GCs when engaging contract lawyers
Contract management. Compliance updates. Discovery responses. Intellectual property portfolio management. These rote, often-time-consuming tasks can all be part of an in-house counsel’s day-to-day schedule. The…
The future of DEI programs in the legal industry
The legal professional lacks diversity. In other news, the sun is hot, law school is expensive and junk food is bad for you.
Not…
Which judges are most likely to issue nationwide injunctions? Party of appointing president makes a difference
Fifty-nine out of the 64 nationwide injunctions blocking Trump administration policies were issued by judges appointed by Democratic presidents, according to a study in the…
Judge allows BigLaw partner’s suit alleging lawyer filed ‘highly inflammatory’ affidavit for use in negative news article
A federal judge in Connecticut has refused to toss a lawsuit filed by a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and his wife alleging that…
Should ABA strike ‘nonlawyer’ from its vocabulary? Petition says it’s time
The word “nonlawyer” fails to acknowledge the wide range of contributions of all legal professionals and should no longer be used by the ABA, according…
Law dean Chemerinsky condemns ‘blatant antisemitism’ of caricature, confronts ‘rude’ protester with law prof wife
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is viewing a disrupted law student dinner in his backyard Tuesday…
It’s a quick goodbye for many departing associates, new NALP Foundation report finds
Eighty-two percent of associates who left their law firms in 2023 did so within five years of hiring, a figure that is at "an all-time…
David Boies can’t ignore clients’ liability releases by ‘simply invoking’ name ‘Epstein,’ sanctions bid says
Co-executors of the estate of convicted sex offender and multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein are seeking sanctions against two Boies Schiller Flexner leaders for filing a…
‘Sense of entitlement’ led BigLaw partner to ‘brazenly’ appear at deposition and act ‘obnoxious,’ sanctions bid says
Alex Spiro, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, wrongly appeared at a Texas deposition without pro hac vice permission and then proceeded to…
Users Keepers: Pirates, zombies and adverse possession
"Trespassing plus time equals adverse possession," Paul Golden writes in his new book, Litigating Adverse Possession Cases: Pirates v. Zombies. When someone has occupied or…
Former Schnader Harrison partner sued for alleged secret videos
A former partner at the now-closed law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is facing an amended lawsuit claiming that he made secret recordings with…
Wisconsin bar redefines ‘diversity’ to settle challenge to clerkship program; both sides claim success
The State Bar of Wisconsin has agreed to redefine “diversity” as it applies to its Diversity Clerkship Program to settle a challenge filed by the…
2 lawyers and client die in law office shooting; 1 attorney was alleged gunman
A lawyer and his wife were shot and killed during a deposition at the office of the Prince Law Group in Las Vegas on Monday.…