Craig Johnson, the Silicon Valley lawyer-entrepreneur who brought you the Venture Law Group, is onto his next big thing: a virtual law firm. Johnson and 14 other lawyers unveiled the new firm, called Virtual Law Partners, on Friday. The idea is to have more work-life balance, work from home, save on overhead, charge clients less, […]
Lawyers won’t have to be slaves to the billable hour for much longer, according to the panel of experts participating in “Flexing the Workplace,” a roundtable discussion held in the New York offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell and sponsored by the National Association of Women Lawyers. Timed to coincide with NAWL’s annual awards luncheon
A federal judge in Washington has refused to halt the war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver. The action clears the way for what is expected to become the first trial of a terror suspect via military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamden had asked US District
Score one for the Web. A judge’s decision in favor of electronic commerce giant eBay on July 14 is being heralded as a victory for companies across the Internet that rely on advertising or the buying and selling of goods. Luxury retailer Tiffany & Co. had sued eBay, accusing the site of not doing enough
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Monday asked for an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President Omar al-Beshir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. Beshir had “personally instructed” his forces to annihilate three ethnic groups in the western Sudanese region, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told journalists in The Hague. “His motives
According to reports by cruise ship accident attorneys website over here, the Spirit of Glacier Bay ran aground earlier in the week in Tarr Inlet while in route from Juneau to Ketchikan. The cruise ship was on its way to Ketchikan for scheduled repairs when it began to take on water. The company, Cruise West
The ABA Journal recently called the billable hour “the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.” The billable hour billing system has been criticized for fostering inefficiency and putting the interests of lawyers and clients in conflict. Now an Ohio firm is joining a few law firms that are changing the way they
A Web site featuring “hot” young female associates at several prominent law firms quickly pulled the plug Monday after some of the women on the site discovered that their photos and profiles were posted. The Web site, Hot Attorney, included photos and biographical information of young women associates at law firms such as K&L Gates,
A federal appeals court struck down the regulatory cornerstone of the Bush administration’s efforts at controlling air pollution on Friday, agreeing with the utility industry that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its authority when it established the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule. North Carolina and some companies that produce electric power opposed some parts
The average City lawyer rakes in 572,800 pounds ($1.13 million) a year, ranking them in third place behind traders and bankers as the top earners in London. Average earnings in the City rank the legal profession as the third-best payer, behind traders, who pocket an average of 1.45 million pounds ($2.86 million) a year, and
