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The Pandemic Is The Time For Biglaw To ‘Double-Down’ On Diversity

Diversity is important, now more than ever.

Biglaw May Soon Have Some Financial Troubles Thanks To COVID-19

They need to keep an eye on their cash -- before it disappears.

Attorneys Connecting Through Social Media In Times Of Isolation

Here all of it is shared and it feels like a safe space where one can finally feel heard and understood.

Court Rules ‘BOOM SHAKALAKA’ Is Not An Argument

Please note, 'BOOM SHAKALAKA' is not compelling.

Meet Embroker, The Insurtech Company That’s Turning The Malpractice Insurance Game On Its Head 

Applying and purchasing insurance for law firms is awful. With Embroker, it doesn't have to be.

Don’t Replicate – Create: How Lawyers Succeed In The New Normal

Instead of using tech to replicate our old experience, let’s use it to ameliorate how things have always been done and create an improved experience.

Judge Puts Debevoise In Charge Of Michael Flynn Case Because Bill Barr Can’t Do His Job Right

Come on, the guy HAS ALREADY ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA. Twice.

Am Law 200 Firm Asks Associates To Make ‘Temporary Financial Sacrifice’

Associates will take a 20 percent cut.

Three Legaltech Companies, All In Contracts, Have Financing Rounds, For Total Of $26M

Investment money is still going into legaltech.

Ropes & Gray Offers Voluntary Buyouts Amid Coronavirus Crisis

A kinder, gentler way of parting with employees during a pandemic.

Internet Legal Research On A Budget

This book is a great resource for law firms seeking to trim the fat from their budgets.

Turns Out Investment Banking Doesn’t Require Quite So Many Investment Bankers

Wall Street can print money without you.

Morning Docket: 05.14.20

* A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for posting a client’s criminal history in a negative online review. Guess the disciplinary review board told the lawyer: “you’re not ‘Yelp’ing”… [ABA Journal]

* Tons of my fellow Garden State attorneys in the Morning Docket today. Another New Jersey lawyer is in hot water for “friending” a litigant on Facebook to collect dirt. [New Jersey Law Journal]

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More Associates Find Their Salaries On The Chopping Block — See Also

Perkins Coie Reverses Course: Austerity measures ahoy.

Faegre Drinker Makes More Cuts: Associate salaries are getting cut.

Hey, If Slashing Salaries Works… Why didn’t Biglaw do that in 2009?

Law Students Working For A Good Cause: COVID-19 edition.

Say Goodbye to Sports (And Normalcy) In The Fall: Cal State system goes virtual.

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