Survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting who hired a Philadelphia-based law firm to represent them are criticizing recruiting tactics by the firm and its office manager.
May 1, 2018 3:10 PM CDT
Businesses have been paying for outside social media help for years, but attorneys are just starting to supplement their social media needs—and it appears to be paying off.
May 1, 2018 1:05 AM CDT
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Jessica Hoerman, an attorney with TruLaw: “I spent years studying how other law firms use their voice in social media. Some do a good job, but most do a really bad job.” Photograph by Wayne Slezak.
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A lawyer who was disbarred in Pennsylvania for using nonlawyers to market and explain living trusts to elderly people has received a two-year suspension in New Jersey for the…
Apr 17, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
Justia, an online legal information and lawyer marketing service, has added lawyer ratings and reviews to its attorney directory.
Apr 11, 2018 4:31 PM CDT
Lindsay Lohan is back in the public eye as a spokesperson for
Lawyer.com, where she pokes fun at her own brushes with the law.
Mar 22, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
While the world around us is evolving with increasing rapidity, lawyers and law firms are still making fire with flint and dry straw.
It wouldn’t be a stretch for me…
Mar 15, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
A Philadelphia lawyer isn’t done litigating false advertising cases against law firms, though he wasn’t able to persuade a federal judge last month that Larry Pitt & Associates was entitled to damages for a rival Philadelphia firm’s ad claims.
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 AM CDT
Lawyerist, an online blog and publisher, announced a new path for the company, which will now focus on helping small and solo firms build a community and improve their…
Mar 6, 2018 5:00 PM CST
A Louisville lawyer is creating some bar associations on paper that have no actual members.
One of entities created by personal injury lawyer Richard Breen is the Shelby County Bar…
Feb 26, 2018 7:30 AM CST
A law firm that used the P and M initials in its name didn’t infringe the trademark of another law firm that used the same initials, a Texas judge has ruled.
Feb 14, 2018 8:00 AM CST
Law firms have managed to maintain profits per equity partner and increase billing rates, but they shouldn’t be complacent. Those achievements could be masking weaknesses and preventing law firm leaders from adapting to new challenges, according to the 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market.
Jan 12, 2018 7:00 AM CST
Corrected: Keith Lee, founder and moderator of Lawyer Slack, is updating and rebranding the online community as LawyerSmack.
“I made this change to ensure quality of the community,” says Lee,…
Dec 7, 2017 3:05 PM CST
The Florida Bar argues that a former bar president should be disqualified from representing a Florida startup in its antitrust suit against the bar.
The bar filed a disqualification motion…
Dec 5, 2017 5:04 PM CST
Each law firm has to decide the right course of action regarding website design based on its services and the type of client it wants to attract.
Dec 1, 2017 12:08 AM CST
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by an Illinois lawyer who was ordered to pay up to $4.2 million for sending junk-fax newsletters without an opt-out provision.
The…
Nov 16, 2017 3:19 PM CST