New York’s Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz sent a call to arms this week to clients. In the memo, the M&A powerhouse urges U.S. securities regulators to be more aggressive…
Concerned that professionals are double-dipping into public payrolls, New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has sent 200 letters throughout the state letting individuals know that their employment arrangements have raised…
Legal marketer David Freeman has a depressing view of law firms, but he says managers can change the “cultural microclimate” by aspiring to be above average.
A lawyer’s idea for creating lasting goodwill with his supervisors is being cited by the authors of a new book, Sway, about the psychological impulses that cause people—and hiring managers—to…
In a civil theft verdict that could hit two attorneys with some $2 million in damages, a Florida jury found late last month that two longtime associates of a well-known…
Like any business that is built on print advertising, LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell has seen the Internet take a bite out of its business. The venerable catalog of lawyers has been online…
The economic downturn didn’t lead to a cut in pro bono hours at the nation’s top law firms last year. In fact, the poor economy may have helped boost the…
When electronic discovery disputes get heated in his courtroom, Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse of the U.S. District Court in Kansas has a simple strategy: “If someone comes to me…
Experts see a lesson for the legal profession in the criminal case against a Los Angeles lawyer accused of paying private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap a client’s ex-wife.
About 60 women lawyers and summer associates from Greenberg Traurig gathered at the Manhattan home of partner Judith O’Neill last night for a chocolate-tasting billed as a networking opportunity.