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Futurist: Lawyers Will Become Obsolete This Year

April 2, 2014

A novelist and professional futurist predicts that (human) lawyers will be taken entirely out of contract law – well, we’re […]

Have We Learned Nothing About Emails?

March 31, 2014

The incriminating emails exchanged by Dewey & LeBoeuf attorneys since charged with larceny and securities fraud are just the latest examples of the fact that even smart and powerful people have not yet learned one of the basic tenets of eDiscovery: What you email can, and will, be used against you.

Credit-Rating Agency Reform Languishes

March 24, 2014

During the period leading up to the housing bust, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s were giving high grades to mortgage […]

New Commercial Arbitration Rules Provide Predictability

March 17, 2014

In 2013, the American Arbitration Association introduced two new sets of rules that apply to commercial arbitration disputes. The AAA […]

If Your Law Firm Suffers a Data-Breach, Maybe You Do Too

March 17, 2014

Lawyers often have access to clients’ sensitive commercial, operational and other information. But lawyers can also possess similar information about […]

UK’s Top Judge: Women Better Counsel Than Overworked Men

March 14, 2014

The legal industry’s 24/7 work style was created by “obsessive, testosterone-driven” men, who are ultimately not as professionally effective as […]

In Shifting Law Firm Landscape, Generation Gap Widening

February 27, 2014

As the legal industry faces a period of major change, old-school preferences of Baby Boomer senior partners and ascendant decision-maker […]

Public Infrastructure Investment Approaching Historic Low

February 18, 2014

A liberal research and advocacy group, citing the weakness of U.S. labor markets and the persistence of long-term unemployment, argues […]

Banish Citations From Main Text, Pleads Lawyer/Author

February 17, 2014

Legal writing should put case citations in footnotes, and keep those footnotes free of any discussion, argues Bryan Garner, president […]

U.S. Legal Developments To Watch In 2014: The Take From Linklaters

February 13, 2014

Heading the list is the Supreme Court’s reconsideration of the fraud on the market theory. But the UK-based behemoth also […]

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