Law Firm As Collaboration Station
What are the benefits of collaboration for law firms?
ILTACON Exhibits: The End of Fairy Tales (Part 2)
The news out of the big ILTA conference in Las Vegas keeps on coming, as chronicled by tech columnist Sean Doherty.
Private Practice Lawyers: Rater Your Work With In-House Counsel
Please share your thoughts in this brief and anonymous survey.
Judge Trolls Lawyers Without Saying Anything At All
A novel approach to benchslapping overzealous attorneys.
Chubby Checker Sues Computer Companies For Putting A Chubby In Your Palm
Did you associate "Chubby Checker" with a penis-sizing app? Well, now that he's made a federal case out of it, you will!
Morning Docket: 11.27.12
* In case you missed this yesterday during the Cravath bonus-mania-palooza, David Kappos, the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, announced that he’d be stepping down from his position in January 2013. [Blog of Legal Times] * And speaking of bonuses, somebody’s not probably getting one this year, because here come the lawsuits: Hewlett-Packard just got slapped with a securities class action suit as a result of the company’s allegedly fraudulent Autonomy acquisition. [Reuters] * Will Penn State’s former general counsel be able to testify against Gary Schultz and Tim Curley in post-Sandusky criminal proceedings? Considering she’s “a key witness,” she better be. [Corporate Counsel] * Of course Vermont Law School is considering offering voluntary staff buyouts, the school has a freakin’ $3.3M budget shortfall. In other news, they’ll be upping LL.M. programs to make up the cash. [National Law Journal] * Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he owns half of Facebook, has been indicted on federal wire and mail fraud charges. He’ll appear in court this Wednesday, but who knows if he’ll have a lawyer by then. [Bloomberg] * Jay Jaffe, law firm public relations pioneer, RIP. [PRWeek]
Non-Sequiturs: 11.21.12
* I’m thankful every time an anti-gay lawyer gets arrested for child pornography. Lesbian child pornography. [Huffington Post] * I’m thankful for people like the lawyer who rushed to the defense of Shabazz Muhammad. [L.A. Times] * But I’m not thankful for the NCAA and the way it harms poor, young athletes with stupid, anachronistic rules. [Forbes] * I’m thankful for the separation of church and state. [Slate] * I’m thankful I don’t own Hewlett-Packard stock. [DealBook / New York Times] * I’m thankful that threatening people with umbrellas is just as stupid in real life as it is in the Batman comics. [Legal Juice] * Mainly, I’m just thankful it’s Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday. [Atlantic Wire]
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
Under New Internet Rules, URLs Like AboveTheLaw.YourMom Will Soon Be Available
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been busy lately. First, the Southern California-based non-profit responsible for the Internet’s address system created a porn-only, top-level domain. And on January 12, ICANN will start allowing people to register top-level domains of whatever they want. .Com, .net, and .org — your days of tyranny are […]
Size Matters: Exit Strategy
Small law firm columnist Valerie Katz contemplates whether it is possible for a small-firm associate to go in-house, or if the small-firm associate will be required to follow her path and find a new exit strategy....
Hewlett-Packard Picks New In-House Lawyers Fresh Out of Law School
In the movie The Untouchables, Sean Connery counsels Kevin Costner: “If you don’t want to get a rotten apple, pick one fresh off the tree.” Apparently, Hewlett-Packard is taking the same advice; instead of hiring in-house attorneys seasoned in Biglaw firms, HP is getting its next crop of legal help directly from the nation’s top […]