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Review Your Malpractice Insurance

September 15, 2014

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

September 12, 2014

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

September 11, 2014

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

September 11, 2014

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

September 10, 2014

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

September 4, 2014

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

September 2, 2014

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

August 29, 2014

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

August 29, 2014

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

August 29, 2014

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.

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