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If The Rainmaker Is An Abuser

March 16, 2018

The challenge of dealing with an abusive law firm rainmaker is that rainmakers are in high demand and about as […]

Suspended Lawyer Sues Over AA’s God-Talk

March 8, 2018

An attorney with a drug problem, citing Alcoholics Anonymous insistence on the acknowledgment of a higher power, has sued the […]

Privilege Lost For “Underlying Documents” When Report Is Made Public

March 6, 2018

When a school board released a lawyer’s report about alleged sexual assaults by members of a high school basketball team, it had no desire to release the interviews and communications that…

Don’t Push Send

March 5, 2018

Every day, attorneys transmit spreadsheets, documents and PDFs, to courts and adversaries, to third parties, and to clients. Either they […]

In A Business Deal, When Does “Zealous Advocacy” Become Crime?

March 2, 2018

If a business transaction is later deemed criminal, what are the consequences for the outside lawyer who advised on the […]

Phishing: The Punch That Explodes

February 27, 2018

One of the most pernicious forms of cyberattack shows no signs of abating. On the contrary, it just keeps getting […]

Practical Law Firm Cybersecurity

February 26, 2018

With some ominous findings from the UK as a springboard, this article outlines major security threats to law firms and […]

Ex-Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Start Boutique

February 23, 2018

Philippe Selendy, Faith Gay, and eight other partners from Quinn Emanuel’s New York office have opened a new boutique law […]

$75 Ticket For Keeping Chickens, $5,600 In “Prosecution Fees”

February 22, 2018

A class-action has been filed against two CA municipalities that have “made a practice of taking residents to criminal court for exceptionally minor crimes, then charging them thousands to pay for the cost of their own prosecution,” according…

Why Not An “NTSB” For Cyber Attacks?

February 20, 2018

Like the NTSB when it investigates plane crashes and train accidents, the proposed agency would investigate an incident and…

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