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Keep It Simple: How SimpleLegal Is Transforming Legal Ops

Is your legal department having a hard time keeping up with the pressure and demands of e-billing? Thankfully, SimpleLegal has an easy solution. Read on to see how simple it can be.

Letters Of Recommendation: An Ethical Conundrum?

Most aren’t, but it’s worth thinking about when they could be.

Biglaw Spinoff Firm Removes, Then Sues Co-Founding Partner, Citing Allegations Of His ‘Alarming Rage’

There was allegedly a lot of screaming and yelling taking place here.

Finding Your Own Career Happiness And Path To Success In Law

Remember, we are all running a marathon, and our careers are not a sprint.

Nikola Statements That Short Seller Report Was Full Of Inaccuracies Appear Themselves To Be Full Of Inaccuracies

That whole bit about the 'so-called ‘report’ replete with misleading information'? Yea, we might have spoken too soon about that.

Morning Docket: 03.02.21

* The Massachusetts Attorney General is suing an orthodontist who allegedly filed false claims worth millions of dollars. Guess the attorney general thinks she’s taking a “bite” out of misconduct… [NBC News]

* Governor Andrew Cuomo has purportedly hired a criminal defense lawyer after recent sexual harassment allegations were made against him. [Fox News]

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I Get To The Emergency Room Faster When I Can Speed — See Also

Was It For Distracted Driving?: A doctor showed up to traffic court from the operating room. People are dragging the lawyer but from what I understand of traffic court, this guy probably HAD to show up mid-incision to get any reprieve at all. If he’d asked for a new date they’d probably have just entered a default judgment and moved on because the institution exists mostly as a formality for appropriating people’s money.

Take A Look In The Mirror: A cool new tool from LexisNexis allows you to look up insights on opposing counsel, but I think the more interesting experiment will be looking up yourself. A big firm should run all their people through it and see if there are any glaring consistency issues.

You Can Take My Freedom, But You’ll Never Take My Biglaw Retirement Account: Actually, no, they can take that too. Scott Wolas managed to stay on the run for 20 years before law enforcement caught up with him. Now he’s being forced to hand over his retirement account.

And Things Were Going So Well!: Supreme Court kicks the Kraken to the curb. What the MAGA people never really understood about Trump is that the real conservatives always thought he was a useful idiot and plan to rule just fine from the bench without having his embarrassing sideshow overshadowing everything.

Biglaw Attorneys Are Not Being Replaced When They Leave Firms

Biglaw isn't growing.

Thriving In A Post-2020 Workplace: How Lawyers Can Leverage Lessons Learned

The past year has forever shifted how attorneys and firms work. But with unprecedented challenges came new lessons and opportunities.

Sleep Is Not Currency

Your clarity of mind is critical and directly related to your sleeping habits.

The Dark Side Of The Justice System Gets A Shout-Out At The Golden Globes

If you 'care a lot' about fixing conservatorships, this is the film for you.

Kraken Cracks Up At SCOTUS

Justices Will Pass On The Rancid Calamari.

Barclays Business Model Of Fraudulent Misrepresentation, Serious Deceit Legal Under British Law

You can say and do whatever you want to a dolly-bird tart in old Blighty, as long as she can’t raise the money you need.

Are You A Trial-By-Videoconference Champion? 

We want to know about your approach to remote litigation.

‘Cancel Culture’ Was Always A Term Without Meaning

It is difficult, if not impossible, to find greater hypocrisy on any issue than the kind exhibited by cancel culture alarmists.