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Why Big Law Firms Are Hiring National Security Experts

Several of the largest U.S. firms have been bringing in lawyers with national security backgrounds as client demand mounts in […]

Trump’s New Security Advisor Was A Class Action Defense Attorney

Robert C. O’Brien, selected by President Trump to be his fourth national security advisor, is the co-founder of a California […]

A Precarious Future For “Unbreakable Commercial Encryption”

People who follow this debate are seeing signs that the battle over unbreakable commercial encryption has turned in favor of […]

In-House Counsel, PR Consultants And The Privilege

Formerly PR, and PR crises in particular, were handled internally and with extensive involvement of the legal department. Today the […]

Cyber Insurance Said To Be Fueling Ransomware Attacks

An article from ProPublica makes the case that the economics of the insurance business is resulting in decisions that effectively […]

Fair Pay Audits Can Help In The Event Of Litigation

The pay gap between men and woman persists even though the federal Equal Pay Act has been on the books […]

Lawyer Sues MI Bar Over Mandatory Dues

A Michigan attorney has sued the state bar over a requirement that all practicing attorneys join the bar and pay […]

Sour View Of Lawyers From Multinational Corporate Group

A jaundiced take on the legal profession from its purported origin as a loose association of medieval scribes, in an […]

Trump “Opportunity Zones” Are A Bonanza For High-End Real Estate Lawyers

The opportunity was supposed to accrue to people living in low-income areas of certain cities, but this investigative piece from […]

An Old Judge Kavanaugh Opinion Prevails In A GC Privilege Case

In the Northern District of Illinois, a general counsel’s emails to various in-house parties were ruled privileged when the court […]

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