When clients don’t have cash, many get creative in offering to barter something else for legal services. And, perhaps surprisingly, lawyers often take them up on the offer, reports the…
Greenberg Traurig has said it will stop working with so-called political intelligence firms after a U.S. senator questioned whether one of the law firm’s lobbyists obtained and shared confidential information…
DLA Piper has reportedly settled, on confidential terms, a case over a disputed $675,000 in legal fees in a corporate bankruptcy case that brought embarrassing email to light when the…
A new survey from public relations firm Greentarget finds that in-house counsel are frequently using LinkedIn and lawyer blogs to determine who they will…
A federal judge in New York has tossed a lawsuit by a former legal secretary at Thompson Hine who claimed she was defamed when a partner and his wife exchanged…
At LexThink.1 at ABA Techshow last week, one memorable quip came from MyCase co-founder Matt Spiegel: “The office is dead,” he said. “If we can only advise…
Many law firms in recent years have boosted the salaries of their star lawyers, creating larger gaps between the highest and lowest paid partners. Shearman & Sterling, however, is apparently…