Longtime K&L Gates chair Peter Kalis will step down once his current term ends in early 2017.
In a Tuesday press release, the firm announced that Kalis would not…
Sep 6, 2016 12:15 PM CDT
DLA Piper will eliminate 180 jobs in the United Kingdom as it seeks to move more of its business support roles to its new Warsaw office.
In a Friday post…
Sep 2, 2016 11:55 AM CDT
Putting AI in law practice
Sep 1, 2016 11:45 AM CDT
Starting in September, retired and inactive attorneys in Ohio will be able to do some pro bono work under a new rule that’s meant to make it easier for folks…
Sep 1, 2016 3:40 AM CDT
While advertisers, marketing companies and political campaigns routinely glean personal information about consumers and voters from databases, such data remain largely untapped when it comes to jury duty.
Sep 1, 2016 3:20 AM CDT
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Yield rates for jury summonses are now as low as 12 percent, so court administrators must spend more on postage and staffing. iStockphoto.
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Anyone who’s ever been in a law school lecture hall knows the feeling: Your foot has fallen asleep and your mind is wandering to a sunny beach when you realize…
Sep 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT
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When V. David Zvenyach was general counsel for the Council of the District of Columbia, a local activist named Tom MacWright asked for help making the Code of the District…
Sep 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT
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If the plan of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services earlier this year was to get people talking about two of the most controversial issues relating to…
Sep 1, 2016 1:20 AM CDT
Get reacquainted with the ABA Journal’s 2016 Legal Rebels: women and men who are remaking their corners of the legal profession. This cover story was recently given a Best Cross-Platform Package of the Year Top 10 Award by the American Society of Business Publication Editors .
Sep 1, 2016 12:30 AM CDT
A partner has filed a $100 million class action alleging Chadbourne & Parke has “a culture of discrimination against female attorneys” that was perpetuated by an “all-male dictatorship.”
The Aug 31, 2016 4:07 PM CDT
A phony invoice scheme that allegedly bilked the Vedder Price law firm out of $7 million has produced another guilty plea.
The fourth and final defendant, Deborah Acuna, 63,…
Aug 31, 2016 9:00 AM CDT
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required would-be lawyers to complete at least 50 hours of supervised pro bono work before admission to the…
Aug 31, 2016 8:50 AM CDT
Midlevel associates at Paul Hastings gave their firm the highest satisfaction rating among the nation’s top 200 law firms, according to a survey released this week.
Paul Hastings earned its…
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 AM CDT
It’s not unusual for lawyers at top law firms in the United Kingdom to leave by age 55.
In the United Kingdom’s top 14 law firms, only 4 percent of…
Aug 30, 2016 7:45 AM CDT
Nearly half of the partners in the nation’s top 200 law firms are Baby Boomers or members of the older Silent Generation. And that means there will be a wave…
Aug 30, 2016 7:00 AM CDT