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Slowly Moving the In-House Legal Department Towards Time Measuring Metrics

Law Firm Management / January 18, 2016

Stephen Kaplan* For decades, legal departments of most corporations suffered from an “us” vs. “them” mentality with the business. In-house practitioners have since come around, understanding their role in the overall corporate scheme and learning the importance of each executive function. But many of us still fail to evaluate ourselves as other departments do. Like

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“Star Wars”: The Empire Sues Back

Briefings / January 16, 2016

Foley Hoag, David Kluft* – Haven’t seen the new Star Wars movie yet? The pop culture zeitgeist recommends that you binge-watch all six of the prior Star Wars movies before going to see Episode VII, The Force Awakens and, according to the Washington Post, there is some controversy about the proper binge-watching order. Should you watch them

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12 Documentaries To See if You Love “Making a Murderer”

LawStars / January 16, 2016

BuzzFeed have outlined the 12 docos similar to Netflix’s “Making a Murderer”, which will make you wanting more – much more – if you loved “Murderer”. So what did BuzzFeed’s list include? Netflix 1. The Central Park Five Sundance Selects This 2012 documentary tells the story of the 1989 Central Park jogger case, in which

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Can Risk-Averse Lawyers Learn to Embrace Change?

Featured, Law Firm Management / January 16, 2016

Ogletree Deakins – Larry Richard, J.D., Ph.D., is the founder of and principal consultant at LawyerBrain LLC. A former trial lawyer since trained as a psychologist, he now provides organization development consulting to large law firms using behavioral science and psychological research findings. JATHAN JANOVE: For many years, you have conducted research into the psychology

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DLA Piper Have Silicon Valley Addition

Press Releases / January 16, 2016

DLA Piper – Kevin Morris joins DLA Piper as West Coast Venture Pipeline Executive, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. In this role, he will work to enhance the funding prospects of early and emerging growth companies by leveraging the firm’s relationships with the investor community. He was previously in the Technology, Media, and

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The Lawyers Who Could Help Determine The Next US President

Lawyers / January 15, 2016

We read daily of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton’s runoffs in the current presidential campaign, but there are lawyers involved here and there too – including Cruz, a former lawyer himself. LawFuel has provided a quick-fire list of some of the attorneys most prominent in the current runoff. Let’s start with the biggest lawyer of

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Lex Mundi Convene For Top Level Business Training for Lawyers

Press Releases / January 14, 2016

(HOUSTON, January 14, 2016) In a continuing effort to increase the impact and effectiveness of lawyers working with their clients, Lex Mundi recently presented the third annual Lex Mundi Institute Business Management Program in collaboration with the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. The Business Management Program is designed to increase the impact and effectiveness

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Immigration Attorney Arrested Over Alleged Immigration Fraud Offenses

Law Firms / January 14, 2016

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Glenn Sorge, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Timothy Houghton, Acting District Director of the New York District of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), announced today the

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Butler Snow Opens First Office in Asia

Press Releases / January 12, 2016

SINGAPORE, Jan. 11, 2016– Butler Snow, a law firm with more than 300 practicing lawyers and 18 offices throughout the U.S. and London, has opened its first office in Asia in Singapore and a virtual office in Hong Kong. Butler Snow’s Singapore office will concentrate on delivering U.S. tax and estate planning advice to ultra-high

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Superman Wins in Power of Parody Fight

Briefings, Featured / January 10, 2016

Dorsey & Whitney – Superman has triumphed yet again, this time with help from the federal court in the Central District of California. It wasn’t actually Superman that scored this particular victory, but DC Comics, owner of the trademark rights in Superman’s iconic shield design. On December 15, 2015, the court in DC Comics v.

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