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Failing Law Firms and The Risk of Hiring Laterals and Minimizing “Jewel” Risks

Briefing, Law Firms / April 18, 2014

As more law firms fail the risk of hiring laterals has placed the hiring law firms in line for potential legal action by the bankruptcy trustee of the failed firm. Arnold & Porter partners wrote the following for Law360, dealing with issues about minimizing risk in lateral hires. By Lisa Hill Fenning, Pamela Phillips, Jonathan […]

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Why Lawyers Are Slowly Killing the Hourly Fees Habit

Featured, Law Firms / April 16, 2014

The death of the hourly fee has been predicted with varying degrees of confidence for some years – but will it ever happen? Well, it is occurring slowly but surely among a growing number of law firms who are continuing to experiment with alternative fee arrangements and to think outside the hourly fee square. The

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Good Ways to Deal With Bad Lawyers

Featured / April 15, 2014

The New York Times has taken aim at the lawyers – or more correctly, those who administer lawyers – to determine that at least in the highly lawyer-populated New York, the way in which bad lawyers are administered is both inconsistent and often hidden. The NYT considers that a state with 166,000 lawyers should be

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A “Thoroughly Contemptible” Lawsuit – The Sex Slaves Lawsuit

Featured / April 15, 2014

A lawsuit filed on behalf of two Japanese-American former Japanese sex slaves is one of the most controversial lawsuits filed in the United States. Forbes contributor Eamonn Fingelton writes about the little-known lawsuit that has enraged many, including many lawyers and legal bloggers. One, LA criminal lawyer Ken White calls the lawsuit “thoroughly contemptible.” Others

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Asking The Big Question About Law Firm Mergers: Do They Work?

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firms / April 15, 2014

There are more law firm mergers than ever in the US but an important – if not leading question – has arisen: Do they work? Law firm consultants Altman Weil has been tracking the legal marketplace for such matters since 2007 and 2013 saw the largest number of law mergers since they began, with a

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Loeb & Loeb Attorney Brittany Adkins Schaffer In Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 For 2014

Lawyers / April 15, 2014

Loeb & Loeb attorney Brittany Adkins Schaffer has been selected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30. Now in its sixth year, the Top 30 Under 30 program honors young professionals throughout Middle Tennessee who exemplify leadership qualities, are active in volunteer roles and have excelled in the business

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Katherine Heigl’s $6 Million Lawsuit

Featured / April 11, 2014

Katherine Heigl (cautiously pictured here) is on the legal warpath, issuing a $6 million lawsuit for the use of her image without permission. The picture included here is purely for identification purposes and nothing more. It may not be up to date and may not be representative of the Grey’s Anatomy actress, whose lawsuit is

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White & Case Lawyer Sano Named a Top Litigator of Intellectual Property in California

Law Firms / April 11, 2014

LawFuel.com – White & Case partner Jeannine Yoo Sano was named a “Top Litigator of Intellectual Property” in California by the Daily Journal, a California legal publication. The Daily Journal highlighted Sano’s work as lead trial attorney in winning a complete defense jury verdict on behalf of Autodesk, Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit in

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How To Get A Key Recruiting Edge For New Lateral Hires in Law Firms

Featured, Law Firms, Law Job News / April 9, 2014

By LawFuel contributor, Kevin Mackee. Law firms looking to recruit lateral partners should consider some key factors that can put them ahead of the competition when it comes to attracting quality candidates for their firms. Here are some key points that can lift your firm above the crowd in the search for good laterals prepared

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Law Firm Partners Who Jump Ship – Law Firm Culture to Blame

Featured, Law Firms / April 8, 2014

We knew it. The main reason partners leave law firms is the firm “culture”, that over-worked word that law firms usually employ in the positive sense. Unfortunately, it also has some major negatives when “culture” is negative, bad or just downright disagreeable for the jumping-ship partners. The survey, from legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa

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