May 21, 2015 – Locke Lord LLP is pleased to announce that 59 Locke Lord lawyers and 28 practice areas have been recognized for excellence in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA, including four lawyers who earned a national distinction. Locke Lord expanded its recognition with five lawyers and one practice area achieving new rankings
Chambers USA 2015 Recognizes 59 Locke Lord Lawyers and 28 Practice Areas Read More »
LawFuel.com – County Admits Misconduct; Will Spend Approximately $10 Million on Capital Improvements to Come Into Compliance with the Law County Will Pay More Than $1.1 Million Civil Penalty – the Largest Civil Penalty Ever Imposed Under the Safe Drinking Water Act on an Operator of a Public Water System – and Spend Nearly $700,000
Westchester County to Pay $1.1 Million Penalty for Water Violations Read More »
“Breaking Bad” created waves in the legal and ‘non-legal’ community, but now a law student has addressed the issue of just how its characters might have fared if a real-life legal system was imposed. The New Mexico Law Review has released an edition that examinees a range of issues relating to Walter White, attorney Saul
Running A Real-Life Legal Rule Over “Breaking Bad” Read More »
Houston — Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Duston K. McFaul has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in both its Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy, and Energy practices. Mr. McFaul is an experienced restructuring lawyer with a concentrated practice built around complex business restructurings, negotiated workouts and contested proceedings. Mr. McFaul takes a
Sidley Austin LLP Adds New Restructuring, Energy Partner in Houston Read More »
May 18, 2015 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Lisa Jacobs, partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office, has assumed the role of chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section for the 2015-2016 term. Jacobs has served on the executive committee of the Section for the past four years. In years prior,
Lisa Jacobs named chair of Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section Read More »
Hodgson Russ – Jordan Walbesser – There’s something off about Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion. Purchasing patents is not new. In fact, Google has a long history of buying patents. What’s new is the idea of a limited-time solicitation. To me, Google’s announcement evokes a stereotypical used-car ad—“Get a great deal on your patent, but you
Who Wins With Google’s New Patent Purchase Marketplace – Other than Google? Read More »
A legal malpractice case being closely watched by corporate lawyers has involved a further development with the an issues that is dividing corporate counsel from Big Law attorneys. A group of 74 law firms argued that a firm’s internal communications about responsibilities and duties to clients are actually privileged from those clients. The Association of
Tom Rubin is a lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, former Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft, on the Board of Directors at Creative Commons, and on the Board of Advisors of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. This opinion piece appeared in Huffington Post. Welcome news this week from the
Does making partner make you happy? According to new research the answer appears to be “No”, and it’s a somewhat resounding answer, too. While the rewards of partnership in a major law firm are well known – the money, power, status and so forth – the actual correlation between them and happiness are totally misaligned,
Lawrence S. Krieger* with Kennon M. Sheldon, Ph.D.** George Washington Law Review ABSTRACT This is the first theory-guided empirical research seeking to identify the correlates and contributors to the well-being and life satisfaction of lawyers. Data from several thousand lawyers in four states provide insights about diverse factors from law school and one’s legal career
What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A DataDriven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success Read More »
