4 Questions About The Future Of Litigation Finance
Litigation funding is booming; where is it heading from here?
Closing Of WSJ Law Blog Signals Strength Of Law Blogs, Not A Decline Of Blogs
The problem was that the WSJ Law Blog was diverting readers from the paper's main content pages.
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
Law Bloggers, Now With Sound: Converge Podcast Round-Up
Audio highlights of the 2015 ATL Converge conference.
How Can You Get The Media To Cover Your Story?
Come to our conference, where experts will tell you how to garner media mentions.
Dewey Know Where the Firm Leaders Are Going? Heads of Departments Head for the Exits
Two of Dewey & LeBoeuf's leaders, both members of the Office of the Chairman, are abandoning ship. Where are they going?
Dewey Still Have the $6 Million Man? Nope: Mort Pierce Is Out the Door (Plus Other Partner Departures)
M&A star Mort Pierce is decamping from Dewey. Where's he heading next?
First Draft To Final: How To Use AI To Accelerate Legal Drafting Workflows
Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ transforms legal drafting into a strategic collaboration between lawyers and AI—enhancing quality, speed, and defensibility.
Dewey Have Good News To Report? Quite Possibly
LeBoeuf is not yet done. What's the good news cooking over at Dewey & LeBoeuf?
Dewey Have Any Updates? Some Say Silence Is ‘Deafening’
Aside from a report that some partners want criminal charges brought against chairman Steven H. Davis, as noted in Morning Docket, things have been relatively quiet on the Dewey front over the past day or two. Perhaps too quiet, for some people….
Lawyerly Lairs: Dewey Have An Exorcist In The House?
(Plus more potential partner departures.)
Are Dewey's offices in Silicon Valley... haunted? No, seriously....
Associate Bonus Watch: Milbank Matches — or Beats? — Cravath and Skadden
Milbank Tweed matched the Cravath bonus scale for 2011. But wait -- did Milbank perhaps beat the Cravath and Skadden bonus scales? Let's look at the details of the Milbank bonus announcement....
The Trump Gold Card: A New $1 Million Pathway To A U.S. Green Card
A new proposal would let wealthy foreign nationals secure an opportunity for a U.S. green card with a $1 million 'gift' to the government, sparking legal and ethical debate.
Supreme Court Justices: Accidents Happen
Are justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gods, or men? There’s evidence on both sides. Their brilliant legal minds and dazzling résumés weigh in favor of deity designation. Their ability to make mistakes suggests that they’re mere mortals. Supreme Court justices: they’re just like us! They get into accidents — as Justice Stephen Breyer did […]
A Trend in the Making: Shrinking Law Schools?
Critics of the legal-education industrial complex would probably like to see some radical changes in the U.S. law school system. They’d probably want a few dozen law schools to shut down entirely, to reduce the glut of lawyers in this country. Barring that, they might want to see law schools reduce tuition dramatically — not […]
I, For One, DO NOT Welcome Our New Computer Overlords
I should have written about this days ago, but the pain was still too near to me. The humans have lost to the machines. We might as well start digging towards the Earth’s core, where it’s still warm, and start building our own Zion. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the terrifying […]
Non-Sequiturs: 02.09.11
* Hey Elie, check this out: “Money Tips for Young Lawyers.” The top tip: “Get on top of student loans.” [Alpha Consumer / U.S. News & World Report] * What matters more, experience or grades? [Lawyerist] * Who should use a legal recruiter — and who shouldn’t? Recruiter Dan Binstock explains. [The Careerist] * Sports […]
Law Firm Merger Mania: Squire Sanders and Hammonds Tie the Transatlantic Knot
A hot trend for the law firm world in 2010: transatlantic mergers. This year we’ve seen the creation of Hogan Lovells, from Hogan & Hartson and Lovells, and SNR Denton, from Sonnenschein and Denton Wilde. Today we learn of a third U.S./U.K. law firm merger: the combination of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and the British […]