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Tricky Technologies That Could Spell Trouble For Attorneys

Balancing the use of modern technology to keep up with a changing industry with ensuring important client information is kept […]

BakerHostetler Abandons Lawsuit Against Obama After Tonight Show Treatment

The firm was skewered by Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon for representing House Republicans in their legal battle against President […]

Four Trends Reshaping The Legal Industry

One of the four is identified simply as mounting pressure for client services, and one way that firms are responding is by deploying specialized teams,consisting of partners, associates and paralegals.

Another Wilson Sonsini Employee Charged With Insider Trading

Federal authorities are charging an IT employee of law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with engaging in insider trading, […]

Firms “In-Sourcing” More Legal Work In 2014

Larger companies are keeping more legal work in-house, rather than outsourcing to law firms, according to an analysis by BTI […]

Review Your Malpractice Insurance

The time to review your malpractice insurance is before you need it. You owe to yourself as well as your […]

Lawyer’s Duty to Preserve Social Media Evidence

A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion found that as long as attorneys preserve the complete evidentiary record, including meta data, they may advise a client to restrict access to the client’s social media evidence, or remove social media content entirely.

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 […]

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