Litigators
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Federal Judges, Technology
Federal Judge Sez Judges Are All Too Old To Understand Technology
Every litigator ruefully nods their heads. -
Benchslaps
Judge Benchslaps Class Action Firm
This judge does not take kindly to this class action law firm's antics... - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms, Trials
Always Try Your Case -- So Get The Trial Experience Any Way You Can
One of the most basic practices of the best litigators is getting ready for trial immediately, no matter how far away or unlikely trial may seem -- but that also means knowing what a trial involves.
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Litigators, Television
Standard Of Review: All Episodes Of Suits Should Include The Round Mound Of Rebound
Television critic Harry Graff has hope for this season of Suits. -
Benchslaps, Litigators, Pornography
Benchslap Of The Day: Your Client Is Winning Despite Your Best Efforts To The Contrary
You can see the judge's patience wearing thin as he is writing the words. -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
Easy Writer (Or: An Analogue To Pile-O'-Crap Syndrome)
Many court rules are designed largely to hedge against inept litigators heaping piles o’ crap on the court, according to veteran litigator Mark Herrmann. -
Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Opposition Research For Litigators (Part 2)
Just as it is important to research your opponents, it is just as critical to investigate the “faces” your opponents will present at trial -- their testifying witnesses and experts. -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
Serve The Client. Do Justice. But Have Fun.
Law is a service profession with a special obligation to the public and to justice -- but lawyers can and should still have fun, according to columnist John Balestriere. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Opposition Research For Litigators (Part 1)
An important part of preparing a case involves learning your opponent, as columnist Gaston Kroub explains. -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Legal Ethics
Biglaw Partner And Associate Destroyed Evidence, Suborned Perjury
What Biglaw firm is in hot water for ordering the destruction of dox? -
Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Trust Is All We Have
Clients are not the only audience whose trust litigators must win, as columnist Gaston Kroub explains. -
Litigators, Minority Issues, Racism
In Praise Of Prejudice
What do you say, dear readers -- is this clever marketing and intelligent defense of lawsuits, or offensive bigotry? -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
The 'Looney Tunes' Rule Of Litigation
What is this rule, and how does it apply to lawyers? Columnist John Balestriere explains.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Litigators, Patents, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Picking A Side In The Patent Wars
Patent litigators: no matter whom you represent or what you are doing on that client’s behalf, expect vocal criticism of your actions from some quarter. -
Small Law Firms
Do You Have A Red Team?
What's a Red Team, and why is having one essential for lawyers? -
Canada, Litigators, United Kingdom / Great Britain
The View From Up North: Who’s More Litigious, Canada or the United States?
How do the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. compare in terms of litigiousness, litigation spending, and types of cases being brought? -
Document Review, Small Law Firms, Technology
Why Data Visualization Is Becoming An Important Legal Trend
As more data gets accumulated, the legal community needs to look at more creative ways to sort and organize it so that it can actually be used, as legal technology columnist Jeff Bennion explains. -
Litigators, Small Law Firms, Technology
Beyond Biglaw: The End of Paper Filing in the S.D.N.Y.
Change is constant, as columnist Gaston Kroub notes: starting yesterday, filing civil cases in the S.D.N.Y. will be done electronically in the vast majority of cases. -
In-House Counsel, Litigators
In Praise Of Compulsive Nutcases
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann asks: Why do (serious, sophisticated, top-notch) litigators actually do things right, while the rest of the world seemingly doesn't care about deadlines or accuracy? -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
Win By Figuring Out What's Best, Then Worry About Cost (But Always Worry About Cost)
According to columnist John Balestriere, private litigators must always strive to be efficient -- but we only serve our clients by figuring out what's the absolute best job we can do, and then analyzing the costs.