Does Hillary Clinton need a criminal lawyer? And – if she does – will she do anything about it? The question has evidently been raised by a trusted legal adviser as the Clinton email scandal refuses to disappear off the political radar. It has, says the adviser (quoting Watergate’s John Dean) become a “cancer on […]
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Why earn a mere $1 million a year as a lawyer when there is so much more to make? Mark Herrman,, Chief Counsel at Aon wrote in the AbovetheLaw blog that there would be an “imminant capitulation” of big firms who generate their million-a-partner in profits but will never reach the $3 million per partner
We at LawFuel have written frequently about new law models, how technology is changing the way the law is delivered and of course the “curse” of the billable hour. The billing practices of law firms have done several things in recent years – for one, it has developed or enhanced an out-moded billing system that
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The balancing of a lifestyle law firm with – well, with “Lifestyle” -is something that attracts a lot of attention among some lawyers. The problem is that forming and sustaining a “lifestyle law firm” is a great deal more difficult than it may appear on the surface. Among other things, lawyers are often workaholics or
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The VW legal gold rush is on with law firms rushing to sue the auto giant in respect of the diesel emissions scandal with at least 25 lawsuits already filed. A number of class action lawsuits have already been filed and lawyers (not to mention the company) are waiting for the knock on the door
America’s lawyer population continues to grow – by 17.7 per cent in the last decade to be exact. Texas has a 28 percent growth over the same period, which was always considered the gold standard in attorney growth in the US, but it is in fact outpaced by 10 other states, the ABA Journal report.
The vast majority of cases that personal injury and accident attorneys handle are legitimate and very serious ones that deal with the safety and wellbeing of people who were hurt because of someone else’s negligence. But like almost every area of the law, it’s susceptible to truly weird and wacky cases that you have to
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Mike Morse is a lawyer on the make – making a difference to underprivileged children whose law firm is to invest over a quarter million dollars to provide school supplies for Detroit’s under privileged. The proposal is for Mike Morse’s firm, which has joined with a not-for-profit group called “Kids in Need Foundation“, to buy
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Asking hackers to play around with the law is not exactly something most lawyers would encourage, but in the case of V David Zvenyach, a former general counsel with the District of Columbia, it is exactly what he has done. And received plaudits for it. But why and how did this come about, exactly? The
Jimmy Carter’s constant attempts to influence foreign affairs made George W Bush’s life as President difficult, says one of his key advisors and it was something he vowed never to do to the Obama administration or anyone else. And his non-involvement in such matters has lead to an increase in his popularity, according to former
