Biglaw Firm Picks Up 20 Partners From Neighboring Competition
It's going to take more than a little poaching to scramble Holland & Knight.
In Shaky Economy, Polsinelli & UnitedLex Team Up To Help Companies Monetize Existing Assets
Seeking out new revenue streams is the name of the game.
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.
Biglaw Partner Found Dead After Police Search
Unfortunate things like this happen far too often in the legal profession.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.15
* I guess 15 minutes of fame can really mess with you. The "cute mugshot girl" who took the Internet by storm a while back managed to get arrested again. Negative attention is still attention. [Gawker] * The DOJ is about to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez. Corruption in New Jersey? [CNN] * With the assistance of the pro bono legal teams at WilmerHale and Polsinelli, 303 conservatives filed a historic amicus brief in support of marriage equality. [WilmerHale] * A nice review of "A Conversation on Clerking" moderated by U.S. Supreme Court reporter Anthony Mauro of the National Law Journal, with panelists including our own David Lat; Judge Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Lucas Townsend, an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. [American Bar Association] * Looking for an extra $1,000 this year? Enter this legal fiction writing contest. Maybe you'll write the next Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [The Expert Institute]
Husch Your Mouth: Managing Partner Talks Trash About A Rival Firm And A Former Colleague
Check out these amusingly catty comments from a law firm leader.
An Exorcism at Bryan Cave?
Last month, Midwestern firm Polsinelli Shughart raided Bryan Cave. Approximately 22 attorneys from Bryan Cave’s Phoenix, D.C., and Chicago offices spread their wings and flew over to Polsinelli. The Phoenix flock was the largest, consisting of 12 partners and associates. When a big group of attorneys leave, it sometimes spooks those left behind. We hear […]
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.
Biglaw Perk Watch: Sabbaticals
We have a law professor friend who’s basically getting this entire year off. With pay. It’s one of the nicest perks in academia, and it’s called a sabbatical. As it turns out, some law firms offer them too — although they’re not usually quite as grand. They’re more like longer-than-usual vacations (the subject of yesterday’s […]