Lawyers Advising Business Owners May Find Value In Investment Banking Services
A new study offers insights about whether and how investment bankers add value to middle-market transactions.
Hot Law Firm Practices In A Trump Presidency
Am Law firms are sharing with Lateral Link recruiters their predictions for the legal practice areas that will experience growth in a Trump presidency.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Making Corporate Law Great Again: Intelligize Sold, alt.legal Entrepreneurs Cheer
The alt.legal industry is a booming, vibrant, and viable part of the legal ecosystem.
5 Tips For Executing Major M&A Transactions
Advice for in-house counsel on how to handle some of the most important events in a company's existence.
What Will (And Won’t) Get Your M&A Deal Killed
When dealing with government regulators, it's all about the facts.
Evaluating Global M&A: A Bad Year… Except For One Firm
How are we going to afford all those raises?
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Morning Docket: 09.15.16
* Judge Posner tells lawyer for Mike Pence: "You are so out of it." Was he talking about the case or the election? [LA Times] * Vibrator sparks class action of bachelorette party attendee class. [Corporate Counsel] * Bayer is looking to buy Monsanto and multiple Biglaw firms are working on this headache. [The Am Law Daily] * Former Simpson Thacher clerk gets 46 months for insider trading. [Law360] * Guess who is funding the battle over pot legalization? [The Intercept] * The next Brown v. Board? [Law.com] * The least shocking lawsuit award goes to this suit claims Georgia's voter registration laws violate federal law. [ABC News]
The Best Law Schools For A Career in M&A (2016)
Which law schools will give you the competitive edge to make your dreams of a career in M&A come true?
The Best Law Schools For A Career in M&A (2016)
Which law schools will give you the competitive edge to make your dreams of a career in M&A come true?
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Mass In-House Layoffs After Mega-Merger
How many in-house counsel are expected to lose their jobs?
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Yes, No, Or Maybe? Did Aetna Threaten The DOJ Over Their Proposed Merger?
So did Aetna actually threaten the DOJ?
This Week In Legal Tech: What Microsoft’s Purchase Of LinkedIn Means For Lawyers
The combination contains great potential but also raises ethical and privacy concerns, according to Robert Ambrogi.
Finance And Law: A Missed Opportunity in M&A Deals?
For attorneys who work on mergers and acquisitions, regression forecasting is a great tool to use.
Morning Docket: 06.09.16
* Let's just cut to the chase. You want to know what salary news you may have missed since you last checked in with us. Here's the roster of movement news -- good, bad, and indifferent -- from yesterday: Cleary, Simpson, Holwell, Covington, Debevoise, Quinn Emanuel, Winston, SullCrom, Kirkland, Skadden, Freshfields, Cooley, Davis Polk. If you're ever worried that you've missed any of our coverage, check out our omnibus 2016 salary page where we collect all these stories. [Above the Law / 2016 Salary Increase] * Speaking of a firm that hasn't announced salary changes yet -- seamless transition! -- Dentons is having to field some tough offshore tax scandal questions. That said, since they employ 4 out of 5 lawyers in the world things like this were inevitable. [Am Law Daily] * Former Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez hires Casey Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, and Thabo Sefolosha's lawyer, Alex Spiro. No word on Hernandez and Baez's fee arrangement. [Fox61] * The Justice Department offers 6 tips for presenting your client's merger to federal agencies. Being a top campaign bundler inadvertently left off the list. [National Law Journal] * "Trump's Terrifying Relationship With the Law." It's the bimbo he just can't leave. [Rolling Stone] * Dumb political reporting tries to make something out of an O'Melveny lawyer attending some Hillary events while working on the Trump University case. [Politico] * If you need to get your white slippers of albino African endangered rhino back home, don't book tickets on Delta. [Courthouse News Service] * In New York, there's new ethical guidance on advertising after changing firm names to reflect new partners. [Law360]
In M&A News, Warren Buffett Interested In Yahoo Because Why Not At This Point
The Oracle of Omaha has had his interest piqued by whatever’s left of Marissa Mayer's company.