One size does not fit all: Law firm subscription plans come in all shapes and sizes

Home movies are dominated by Netflix. And Amazon Prime’s subscription-based free shipping model has shaken up online commerce. Are law firms ready to move to a subscription-based model, too?

Jul 1, 2019 9:08 AM CDT

Navigating ‘introvert hell’: You don’t have to be hard-charging to be an impactful legal networker

Instead of forcing extroversion in high-pressure networking scenarios that naturally drain our energy and cause unnecessary internal conflict, introverts can be powerful connectors by recognizing and capitalizing on our inherent strengths.

Jul 1, 2019 2:00 AM CDT

#AppellateTwitter lawyers chat, help one another and even develop business

AppellateTwitter has become a community for appellate lawyers looking for help, information or friendship. In recent months, lawyers have taken to #AppellateTwitter to seek help with the rules for amicus briefs in Minnesota state court, post orders of the Texas Supreme Court, discuss getting chastised by a judge, post employment opportunities and catch up with colleagues who have been too busy to post.

Jul 1, 2019 1:30 AM CDT

Law firms are investing in innovation through venture capital services

Ari Kaplan spoke with Alex Nwaka, a principal with Touchdown Ventures, which provides venture capital services on behalf of leading corporations.

Jun 21, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

What one thing do you wish you were told about legal practice?

Mark Herrmann takes on a flinty, severe persona to lay down the law on legal practice in the real world. But as law grads draft their first pleadings, the former Jones Day partner advises a light touch. “Law schools, they don’t tell you how ferociously busy judges are,” Herrmann tells…

Jun 12, 2019 3:34 PM CDT

Would-be clients with white-sounding names got 50% more lawyer responses in California, report says

Lawyers in markets with less competition might be more likely to racially discriminate against clients seeking legal representation, a Yale researcher has concluded. Yale University lecturer and postdoctoral associate Brian Libgober drew that conclusion from a series of studies in which he sent emails requesting representation to lawyers in private…

Jun 6, 2019 3:26 PM CDT

Integration of the legal profession and voice assistants is just a matter of time

Ari Kaplan spoke with Matthew Volm, the co-founder and CEO of Tali, a voice-enabled time capture software tool.

May 17, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Associate pay raises push law firm expenses higher; demand softens while rates rise

Law firms are facing rising expenses that are partly fueled by associate pay raises, according to two reports on the economic outlook for law firms in the first quarter of 2019. Expenses are rising amid a period of stalling demand and productivity, the American Lawyer reports. On the bright side,…

May 16, 2019 3:28 PM CDT

Deloitte to offer advice on US employment issues for overseas clients through law firm alliance

Deloitte’s legal division is expanding its legal services for international clients by creating an alliance with a U.S. law firm that will advise on employment issues and workplace management in the United States. The nonexclusive alliance is between Deloitte Legal and Epstein Becker Green, which bills itself as a national…

May 9, 2019 2:44 PM CDT

Lawyer who secretly changed origination credits to his benefit should be suspended, ethics panel says

An Illinois lawyer who inadvertently discovered he was able to alter origination credits on his office computer should be suspended for making changes that added more than $200,000 to his book of business, according to an ethics hearing board. Michael Joseph Shifrin should be suspended for one year for making…

May 6, 2019 7:00 AM CDT

This is not your father’s firm; suit pits dad against son over right to use first and last name

A personal injury law firm in South Carolina founded by George Sink Sr. contends in a federal lawsuit that Sink’s son, George Sink Jr., has no right to use the George Sink name for his own legal practice. The April 25 lawsuit by the elder lawyer’s law firm, George Sink,…

May 2, 2019 7:30 AM CDT

How do you make meaningful social media connections?

A law practice is built on referrals, and many lawyers build their online presence to meet that basic business development need. But how does an attorney make productive connections online? In a Your Voice essay, lawyer-writer Wendi Weiner gives tips for building a legal brand on LinkedIn, the business-focused social…

Apr 25, 2019 4:01 PM CDT

Coding legal applications with no code can be ‘easy and intuitive,’ says app developer CEO

Ari Kaplan spoke with Kim Massana, the new president and CEO of Neota Logic, a no-code application development platform used by a variety of organizations throughout the legal community.

Apr 12, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Manatt Phelps sues Brown Rudnick for share of contingency in former partner’s case

Manatt Phelps & Phillips claims that it is entitled to share in a $10 million settlement in a case handled by a former partner who jumped to Brown Rudnick. Manatt Phelps sued earlier this month in Washington, D.C., Superior Court, the National Law Journal reports. The suit claims that former…

Mar 19, 2019 1:46 PM CDT

Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for nearly $2M in unpaid legal fees

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit against the Trump Organization on Thursday that alleges that the company violated an agreement to pay his legal fees and related costs. Cohen filed the suit in New York state court, report the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,…

Mar 7, 2019 3:19 PM CST