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08-08-2014

Companies Giving More M&A Work to Mid-Sized Law Firms

This week, CounselLink published a report titled “ELM Trends Report: Growth in M& A Billings Benefits ‘Second Largest’ Law Firms.” The report found that companies have continued to consolidate their legal work and pare down to a few trusted providers, and in doing this the clear trend is to ....[more]
08-06-2014

What Women Attorneys Can Learn from the 50 Best Law Firms for Women Report

The 50 Best Law Firms for Women, 2014 report created by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers is out. In essence, like most other reports there is a list of law firms considered best for women, and that is a good resource for any woman attorney deciding to make a lateral move, or join the profession....[more]
08-04-2014
08-02-2014

Industry Reports in 2014 Provide Clues to the Surge in In-house Attorney Jobs

Recently, we have been witnessing a surge in the demand for in-house attorney jobs and the shrinking of many traditional law firms, or those unable to adapt fast to shifting dynamics in the legal market. And it seems the word is clearly out that in-house law departments of big corporate companies ar....[more]
07-30-2014

Federal Diversity Jurisdiction Trumped by 'Stateless Partners' in Law Firms

Recently the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit brought by the court-appointed receiver for the estate of the Stanford Ponzi scheme. (Ralph S. Janvey v. Proskauer Rose) Among other reasons i....[more]
07-29-2014

NY Code Dispute Suit Criminalizes IP Theft

IP litigation is about to take a sharp turn, now that Wall Street could lose money. Though the bank executives responsible for the 2008 recession escaped prosecution, others are getting hit, as large firms have changed the way IP law works, criminalizing it, instead of regarding it as a dispute of c....[more]
07-29-2014

Clippers Owner Takes on Wife Regarding His Competency to Sell His Team

Whether or not Donald T. Sterling is a bitter old racist who, known for his general gross life-style of walking nude before visitors of his household, and for the $1.8 million house he bought for his mistress last year, there is plenty of reason to wonder whether the owner of the Clippers is compete....[more]
07-26-2014

Why Winston & Strawn Created an In-House e-Discovery Group

Winston & Strawn’s e-discovery group may lack glamor, but it is definitely justifying its existence as one of the fastest-growing department of the law firm. The success of the department has drawn so much industry attention that The Washington Post recently carried a feature with an interview of ....[more]
07-23-2014

Florida’s GrayRobinson Adds New Practice Group to Handle Marijuana Issues

Even before any conclusion has been reached on Amendment 2 in Florida, or it has gone to the ballot, (November 2014), full service law firms are gearing up to tackle issues that may arise once the Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative is passed. The approval of the proposal seems to be as mu....[more]
07-21-2014

New Jersey Law Firm Sued By Paralegals for Overtime Pay

This week, the New Jersey Law Journal published the news of a law firm being sued in a collective action brought by paralegals for not paying for overtime. The news was interesting enough for the ABA Journal to pick up, because the law firm, in this case, is one that specializes in Fair Labor Standa....[more]