It looks simple enough. Divorce lawyer James A W Mahon’s card is straight forward enough – even boring. But look closer. Through the middle is a perforated strip permitting the card to be torn in two, with both sides displaying the lawyer’s details on both. It was a hit on Reddit, with the card designer
There’s nothing if not interest, intrigue, sex and the unexpected in President-Elect Donald Trump’s rise to the most powerful position in the world, but the latest release of a document from a former British intelligence officer and linking him to Russians who allegedly have explosive information about Trump is something that has drawn more criticism of Buzzfeed than
Legal technology issues abound, but the release of a keyboard for lawyers has got the legal world in a state that fluctuates between super-excited tweeting more frequent that even the President Elect, to those who wonder why it was developed in the first place. The keyboard is nothing that could realistically be compared to an
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Today most attorneys still have archaic organizational methods. Every email they send and receive is printed out and placed manually in a folder. Unfortunately, these firms are still living in the 20th century, with an office buried in piles of books crowding the entryway. This is inconceivable in a wireless modern world. Most law firms
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What should millennials – lawyers included, obviously – expect in 2017? the fact is the mixed messages coming from employers can be distressing to job seekers who are told that robots will soon be handling more complex legal work and that there is still demand for those with key skills. Forbes contributor Caroline Beaton, who
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President Obama, once president of the Harvard Law Review, has now published an article in the Review on criminal justice reform. The proposal for the article reportedly came from Harvard law dean Martha Minow, according to reports in Law.com, the Harvard Crimson and Politico. “The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform” said his administration made progress in reforming
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Leading Tax Attorney Gregory Roberts Joins Nationally Renowned State Tax Team NEW YORK (January 5, 2017) – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Gregory Roberts as a partner in the firm’s State Tax Group in New York. Roberts was most recently a partner at Morrison & Foerster. Reed Smith’s New York office has
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Some of the greatest comeback stories in history, involve an athlete who persevered after suffering a serious injury, only to find themselves in an exciting new career as a coach, trainer or sportscaster. When it happens in professional sports, it is looked at as a successful transition; somehow when it pertains to an average
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Forbes have released their “30 Under 30” list, featuring lawyers who have made – or will make their mark in the legal arena. Among the list are lawyers who you may well not have yet heard of but who are making their mark in the magazine’s “Law and Policy” list. The llistees: Adina Appelbaum (pictured) who launched
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News that Chinese hackers had breached law firm security to secure highly sensitive data shows that law firms remain highly exposed to such attacks. Many major UK and US law firms have increased their cyber security vigilance, but many also remain highly vulnerable as recent reports on cyber security have shown. A survey last year
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