By Margot da Cunha* Published initially by Wordstream. I’ve been writing PPC guides for specific industry verticals for a while now, and naturally law popped into my mind whencontemplating which industry to explore next. A good chunk of our clients at WordStream happen to be in the field of law, and I can testify that […]
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The key to a firm’s international success is strong client relationships, believes Robert West, Partner at multinational law firm Baker & McKenzie. Speaking earlier this month to an audience of law students for London School of Business and Finance’s (LSBF) Great Minds Live series, Mr West said: “We follow our clients around the world, practicing
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The Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA) today announced a new brand identity as it officially joins forces with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). The alliance expands global benefits and connectivity to members while also retaining local focus and content in programming. Originally announced in December, the alliance between ACLA, the preeminent Australian in-house
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America’s same-sex marriage law has not pleased everyone, including a lot of conservative lawyers. A case in point is Ken Paxton, attorney general in Texas who has said he will personally defend any marriage clerk who refuses to marry gays upon religious grounds. Paxton’s claims have started the inevitable speculation of a raft of lawsuits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today joined a bipartisan lawsuit challenging the federal government’s attempt to seize regulatory control over large categories of state waters. The joint lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Georgia, is one of multiple lawsuits across the country filed by attorneys general in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection
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Harvard professor and legal celebrity Alan Dershowitz has filed a defamation lawsuit in both the US and the UK over the ‘sex slave’ case involving Prince Andrew‘s alleged paramour, Virginia Roberts. But Professor Dershowitz, 76, who wrote “Attack is the Best Defense”, is going further. He is also seeking the disbarment of the lawyers who
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LexBlog’s Annual Benchmark Report finds the 200 largest law firms are publishing almost 1,000 blogs SEATTLE, June 30, 2015 — LexBlog, Inc., the world’s leading provider of blogging technology and strategy to large law firms, released its 2015 Am Law 200 Blog Benchmark Report, and the results are clear: the United States’ top law firms
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Law firm incomes and structures continue to change. And the gap between the ‘rich’ and ‘not-so-rich’ lawyers continues to grow. As more equity and non-equity partnerships develop and as law firms like Slater + Gordon and others develop new remuneration models, the way in which law firms share their profits is continuing to change. The
Heidi K Gardner is a Distinguished Scholar at Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession and is writing a book about the legal profession. True rainmakers don’t need to be convinced to collaborate: referring work to colleagues and developing a loyal team capable of extraordinary client service is the only way they can build
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Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the White House has sparked another debate about unpaid interns. The “overworked and underpaid” (or unpaid) mantra has been something that has developed into lawsuits against major corporations in the past few years. Tales of exploitation and hardship have been aired and many younger voters are attracted to the opposition to
