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Chadbourne Women Dispute Gender Discrimination Suit

Fourteen female partners from Chadbourne & Parke LLP are disputing a lawsuit filed last month by a former litigator for […]

Diversity In The Legal Profession

While some company legal departments may think they are taking a risk in pursuing diversity, evidence suggests the opposite is true. Diversity is “the font…

Minimizing Discovery Cost Through Effective Trial Strategy

New federal rules are likely to help curb the high cost of e-discovery in litigation, but the most effective means […]

Jury Selection Using The Internet And Social Media

Beginning with the premise that potential jurors may not reveal their biases and personal experiences during voir dire, a look at some other avenues…

BigLaw Firm Pushes Arbitration For Its Own Gender Pay Lawsuit

The international law firm Sedgwick, sued by a partner over alleged gender pay inequality, maintains that the case is subject […]

How An Executive Becomes An Enforcement Target

Recent precedents and government investigations that implicate individual corporate executives, including a Fifth Circuit ruling that…

Ten Tech Mistakes Lawyers Make

At least 80 of the largest U.S. law firms by revenue have been hacked since 2011, according to a Bloomberg […]

$3M In Sanctions For E-Mail Deletion

In a Delaware antitrust case, a reminder that giving into the understandable impulse to…

Restrictions in Severance Agreement Draw SEC Fire

The SEC imposed sanctions along with a cease-and-desist order on a company that included what the SEC considered unlawfully restrictive […]

Law Firm Revenue Increase Driven By Billing, Not Demand

In the first half of this year law firm revenues increased by 4.1 percent, compared to the 3.3 percent growth […]

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