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'New Law' Lures Overworked Lawyers

September 1, 2015

BigLaw’s long hours and poor work-life balance have led to a growing trend in legal services called ‘New Law.’ It […]

"Troubled Past" Of TV Shooter Highlights Conundrum For Employers

August 31, 2015

The horrific on-the-air murder of a tv news crew again raises the conundrum faced by employers, as they try to […]

Despite PR Fiasco, Useful Management Lessons At Amazon

August 27, 2015

Amazon took a big PR hit recently from a New York Times exposé of facilities where pressure on workers sometimes […]

Bus Destroys Law Office

August 26, 2015

A Resorts World Casino bus swerved to avoid hitting a car, and instead plowed into the building housing Queens, NY […]

Late Adapter Finds Three Cool Apps

August 19, 2015

Some amazing apps, free or dirt-cheap. One will translate from and to selected languages just by holding your phone in front of the text. Another turns your iPhone into a scanner.

Diversity-Driven RFPs Can Help Secure Your Preferred Outside Firm

August 14, 2015

With a well thought-out RFP process, a law department can probe “probe both subtly and quite blatantly an outside firm’s […]

Avoid Headaches – Use a Hashtag

August 11, 2015

When it comes to lawyers using social media, posts and tweets should include a disclaimer any time your words would […]

Ignorance Dissed In Cal Bar’s E-Discovery Opinion

August 11, 2015

Attorneys unfamiliar with how to handle electronic discovery are at risk of breaching their ethical duty of competence, said the […]

Using Budget Analytics In Litigation

August 11, 2015

Today’s General Counsel columnist Jeffery Cross looks at the use of an old and powerful tool that has been updated […]

What the Pao Case Says About Diversity

August 10, 2015

Despite the outcome, the Ellen Pao case has sparked a necessary and overdue national conversation on workplace discrimination in the male-dominated world of Silicon Valley.

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