Outside Counsel

Disguised BigLaw Partner Caught Selling Sealed Lawsuit

BigLaw attorney Jeffrey Wertkin asked for $310,000 in bitcoin in exchange for a copy of a sealed whistleblower lawsuit. Wertkin, […]

California’s Democratic lawmakers met with their new outside counsel this week: former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder and his […]

A Chicago attorney who primarily litigates “pro-life, pro-Christian and pro-family values cases” has been suspended for one year after he […]

Associate attorney took the cake as unhappiest job in America, according to a recent survey done by jobs website CareerBliss. […]

A class action alleging that PACER fees are excessive has been certified by U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle in […]

It’s not exactly a preference for female job applicants, but certain words in job postings are perceived as indicating a […]

The largest and most active support organization for victims of child abuse by clergy has been sued by its former […]

The vast majority of law firm work is done outside the traditional billable hour model, because of budgetary limits imposed […]

Overall, 36.7 percent of the lawyers promoted to partner last year were women, according to partnership announcements from the top […]

U.S. law firms put callers on hold for about six seconds longer than the national average, according to a new […]