What do lawyers earn? Well, ranked by the largest markets in the US, the ABA Journals has published its rankings showing New York, Washington and Los Angeles are the biggest markets with the biggest payrolls. And law practise management and issues continue to evolve rapidly, driven by technology, social change and new challenges driven by
Spectator columnist and former barrister Harry Mount stirred a hornet’s nest with an article about legal aid cuts in Britain. His thesis: They don’t go far enough. Shakespeare took it a little far in Henry IV, Part II, when Dick the Butcher said, ‘Let’s kill all the lawyers.’ Chris Grayling hasn’t made the same proposal
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HONG KONG, Nov. 27, 2013 LawFuel.com Law News Daily — LexisNexis® recently acquired Greater China’s leading practical legal information provider, LegalStudio®. With an extensive library of fully bi-lingual Chinese commercial contracts supported by daily legal and tax news updates, articles and commentaries, LegalStudio® offers critical support to legal professionals in companies and law firms across
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It’s not Grisham. Nor is it Alan Dershowitz, but former Big Law partner Steven Harper has nevertheless written a grim tale of impending doom about the business of law. His book, “The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis” outlines the decline of the business of law due to the rapid increase in lawyers, spurred forward
Law firms are facing a record year of mergers, notwithstanding the canning of the proposed merger between Orrick Herrington and Pillsbury Winthrop, announced today. Reuters reported that Orrick Chairman Mitch Zuklie and Pillsbury Chairman James Rishwain said in a joint interview that a conflict of interest between clients in Orrick’s public finance practice and
Working out the most innovative law firms in the US is no easy task, but the Financial Times were up to it with a revised list of their ‘order of service’ for the rankings, which saw Skadden Arps take out the top position. The list includes most of the AmLaw 100 who submitted their best
LawFuel.com – Skadden again ranked as the No. 1 firm in the country for innovation in the legal sector in the Financial Times’ annual “US Innovative Lawyers” report, published November 21. [wp_ad_camp_1] We are the first firm to receive this honor twice and have ranked as one of the top two firms all four years
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No divorce is easy, we all know at least one couple who has gone through this process. Even the most amicable divorces can quickly turn ugly once it is time to figure out who gets what. In the case of a military divorce, the process can be even more difficult and can take more time.
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When you’re injured from an accident, negligence, or even an attack, chances are you are justified in filing a lawsuit against the wrongdoers. However, when you have a ridiculous case on your hands, suing isn’t necessarily the best route to take. Especially when the incident is as bizarre (but entertaining) as these five. [wp_ad_camp_1]
LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – Donald Schultz, 35, of Playa Vista, the former host of Animal Planet’s “Wild Recon” television show, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of violating the Endangered Species Act by offering to sell, and selling, two live desert monitor lizards (Varanus griseus) in interstate commerce. [wp_ad_camp_1] In the plea
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