Outside Counsel

You Can Take It With You: Bringing An E-Discovery Case To Your New Firm

Issues you should keep in mind before walking in the door of a new firm hoping to bring an e-discovery case with you, including asking about in-house document collection, review and production, and the general attitude toward e-discovery.

Cutting Corners and the Question of Quality

Searching for more efficient ways to do work does not have to mean a sacrifice in quality, says consultant Pam Woldow.

Study Finds Many Lawyers Clueless About Email Security Risks

A LexisNexis study has found that law firms are taking a significant security risk with email. Among the findings: Eighty-nine […]

Law Office-Auto Shop? Some Hybrid Firm Ideas Unlikely To Succeed

Could combining a law firm with another business increase business and client retention? It seems to work for some hybrid […]

Abandon Random Acts of Interviewing — A Structured Process Is Worth the Effort

Both the research literature and practice suggest that behaviorally based structured interviews are a significantly better hiring tool than unstructured interviews in which questions are unplanned and vary across candidates.

Decisions Do Not Apply “Jewel Doctrine” to Departed Partners’ Fees – Legal Fees Earned by Departed Partners in Now-Defunct Law Firms Determined Not to Be Property of the Bankrupt Firm

Two recent court decisions in California and New York call into question the continued viability of the unfinished business theory (the so-called “Jewel” doctrine) with respect to hourly matters earned by departed lawyers in firms that have dissolved.