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Trend Continues With Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Set To Merge

Two of the country’s largest law firms are getting set to consolidate, continuing a trend of mergers in the U.S. […]

The Growing Role Of Paralegals

Once a role that required basic word-processing and Internet research skills, the modern paralegal’s purview has grown to encompass a […]

Gains In U.S. Legal Jobs In August

The U.S. legal sector added 3,300 jobs in August, an employment boost that brought the sector to its highest job […]

Why Lawyers Should Network With Non-Lawyer Professionals

It’s easy to gravitate to others in your profession, especially when the profession is somewhat beleaguered and prone to speak […]

Celeb Photo Scandal A Teachable Moment For Lawyers

A leading theory of how hackers were able to steal naked photos of female celebrities is that the pictures were […]

Fee Award Nixed After Client Abandons Case

The Delaware Supreme Court dealt with a “Kafkaesque” situation by reversing a fee award of $300,000 to plaintiff’s counsel, who intervened in the case over defendant’s opposition.

Ahead of the Curve: Three Big Innovators in BigLaw

Finalists for the 2014 International Legal Technology Association Most Innovative Law Firm award are highlighted: Bryan Cafe, Seyfarth Shaw, and Littler Mendelson.

Visualizing Employment by Law School

A visual chart comparing ABA’s employment data for 2014 to U.S. News rankings of jobs shows how passing the bar is a boon for jobs at the top.

Getting Lawyers To Share Customer Data

Inherent tension between the rainmaker business model and many practices that would enhance the collective financial welfare of the law […]

Apparently Shrugging Off Departures, Dickstein Shapiro Tightens Ship

Dickstein Shapiro has shrunk by 40 percent in five years, but new leaders for the Washington firm say key changes […]

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