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Lawyer Stole Confidential Info For His Side-Hustle

A Houston law firm is accusing one of its former lawyers of stealing confidential client information to use at the […]

Associate Attorney Rates Outpacing Partners’

Year-over-year rates for associate attorneys grew at more than double that of partners in 2015, according to a report issued […]

Gutting Of Internet Privacy Regs Renews Interest In VPNs

Congressional approval of a bill that repeals pending internet privacy rules has sparked interest in an old internet technology, virtual […]

The Specter Of Cyber Breach Lawsuits When There Is No Breach

A lawsuit targeting a Chicago law firm raised caused some alarm in professional service circles, because it made what at […]

Deutsche Bank Won’t Pay For Work By Junior Attorneys

Deutsche Bank has informed law firms in the U.K. that it will no longer pay for work done by junior […]

A.I. Threat To Lawyers Overblown

The demise of the flesh-and-blood attorney has been greatly exaggerated, according to this discussion of what A.I. (artificial intelligence) is […]

Can FOIA Get To Private Emails?

What looked like a clear answer in a 2016 appeals court decision was qualified by a federal court earlier this […]

CA State Bar Says No Sex With Clients

Some exceptions are noted, as this rule updates and expands a previous rule that allowed consensual sex, as long as…

Trump Budget Cuts Legal Services Corp.

In his first budget proposal as president, Donald Trump would eliminate 19 agencies, including the Legal Services Corp. The American […]

Three Lessons About Digital Threats

A panel of legal technology experts took up a number of key cybersecurity questions: What are the common gateways to cyber attacks? What steps can an organization take to address…

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