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
Law specialties are varied and many. Some, like sports and technology law, have moved center stage and become mainstream for both law schools and law firms alike. A newer area however is fashion law, which was started by Fordham University Law School in 2010. Now the university has followed up with another first: a degree
The same-sex marriage ruling has been euphorically received, however does it contain more than just the seeds of despair for LGBT rights generally. Scott Lemieux is Guardian US correspondent and blogger at Lawyers Guns & Money as well as being a professor of political science On the anniversary of its decisions striking down laws banning
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In terms of its length, the lawsuit between American Apparel Inc and its founder Dov Charney has not been long. But in terms of its accusations, intrigue, bitterness and graphic details it surely takes at least part of the cake. The lawsuit continues to twist and turn, this time with Charney filing a suit that
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Skadden Arps – As the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-15 term draws to a conclusion, the Court has resolved — or will resolve in a matter of days — several cases with potentially wide-reaching implications for a range of important policy and business issues. On June 25, 2015, the Court handed the Obama administration a major
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mark G. Peters, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the arrest of HARRY FLETCHER, an employee of
(HOUSTON, June 25, 2015) Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to admit MdME as the exclusive member firm for Macau. MdME is a leading full service law firm with a strong reputation for providing its clients with high-quality and practical legal advice, following international standards of responsiveness and efficiency. Since its foundation, MdME and
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