Email Is One Of The Worst Ways To Communicate In An Office
Tech columnist Jeff Bennion argues that we could communicate more effectively and de-clutter our inboxes if we stop using email as the only method of communication in the office.
Prosecutor’s Pooch Spawns Epic Email Bitchfest
A prosecutor brings his dog into the office on the weekend. An amusing email exchange ensues.
Lexis’ CounselLink+™: A One-Stop Shop To Streamline Your Law Department
Recent CounselLink upgrades integrate the full in-house workflow with the broader suite of LexisNexis products.
3L At Top Law School Writes ‘Derogatory’ Anti-Gay Email, Hits ‘Reply All’
Bigotry on open display thanks to a "reply all" mishap.
Is Walter Kubitz The Greatest Lawyer Of All Time?
Becker & Poliakoff issues yet another statement about how they won't fire a homophobe.
Umm… We’re Gonna Need Some More Diversity Scholarships
And now, time for some damage control.
Senior Lawyer Unleashes ‘Old School’ Homophobic Rant, Hits ‘Reply All’
"Reply all" hate speech like it's 1982.
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.
Another Biglaw Partner’s ‘Reply All’ Misadventure
Is this partner's firm-wide email message funny, or offensive, or both, or neither?
In Defense Of The Kirkland Partner’s Controversial Email
People come to the defense of an email message they view as both hilarious and necessary.
Did This Biglaw Partner Act Like A Big Tool? Let’s Discuss
Is this partner's firm-wide email awful, or entertaining, or both?
The Secret Law Dean Rules For Participating On The Deans’ Listserv
What are the rules for when deans email in secret?
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
A Clifford Chance Senior Associate Begs a Colleague to Stop Masturbating to Him Via ‘Reply All’
A senior associate at Clifford Chance uses the reply-all email function to send an angry, masturbatory message to his coworkers...
A Quinn Emanuel Partner’s Lecherous ‘Reply All’
A Quinn Emanuel partner recently sent a "reply all" email that was, er, not very politically correct. What on earth did he write (to the entire New York office)?
MoFo Partner Offers Cautionary Tale in Use of ‘Reply All’
A partner at Morrison & Foerster accidentally "replied all" to an email on which "List/Attorney/All" was cc'd. Emails sent to "List/Attorney/All" go out to all 1,000-plus MoFo lawyers around the world. What the partner wrote in the email was probably not something that should have been shared with the rest of the firm....
Skadden Partner Accidentally Emails Confidential Evaluations to Entire Department
Those of you who have been in the legal profession long enough remember the tale of Jonas Blank. While working as a summer associate at Skadden, he inadvertently sent an irreverent email, intended for a single friend, to the firm’s entire underwriting group (partners included). Whoops. But the firm was forgiving of young Jonas. He […]