Pro bono work among Am Law 200 lawyers slid for the second consecutive year—even as law firm revenue climbed. Both total pro bono hours and average hours per lawyer both…
With a record number of nominations, online legal research company Fastcase chose its latest class of 50 legal innovators and visionaries to honor in 2013. They include legal…
Strong law firms routinely lay off partners, having adopted the General Electric model of annually dismissing those individuals who are under-performing compared to their…
Japanese bureaucrats and journalists admittedly failed to set privacy guards when using Google Groups to chat and share documents online, inadvertently revealing confidential information to anyone who accidentally happened upon…
A former partner of Sidley Austin says in an answer (PDF) to an ethics complaint that he used approximately $69,000 from fabricated cab-fare reimbursement claims over a five-year…
Schiff Hardin has announced the addition of 11 new lawyers in its New York offices, through its acquisition of Mazur Carp & Rubin. The firm, which is particularly known for…
Richmond School of Law is touting its selectivity and employment statistics in an ad that uses a text message format, complete with abbreviations and lingo.
If a potential client invites Thomas Goldstein for a meeting, he makes sure he can discuss the issues of their case–without any notes–for at least one hour. That works much better than glossy marketing materials, or focusing the discussion on this firm, says the U.S. Supreme Court lawyer. He speaks with ABA Journal reporter Stephanie Francis Ward in this month's podcast.