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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

REBUTTAL – In response to this week's Minds Over Matters article, Constantly on Call, in which several lawyers attributed mental health problems in law firms to client demands, some in-house leaders are pushing back. Kristen Rasmussen reports that their rebuttal was prompted by NetApp GC Matt Fawcett, who in a LinkedIn post earlier this week, said he took issue with labeling in-house counsel as a reason for the high levels of addiction, depression and suicide that have plagued the legal industry in recent years. “To me, the major stressors inside law firms are willfully self-imposed,” Fawcett wrote.

GOING SOUTH – Wilson Elser is expanding southward with eight lawyers from Baker Donelson. Samantha Stokes reports that two partners and three of counsel attorneys will join the firm's existing Birmingham, Alabama, office. The three other partners are based in Jackson, Mississippi, where they will launch Wilson Elser's 38th office.

TECH DEAL  – LexisNexis has formed a venture with data analytics company Knowable, a spinoff of legal service company Axiom. Zach Warren reports that Knowable, focused on contract analytics, has more than 25 million contract data elements analyzed each quarter and engagements with more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500, according to its website.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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Kagan Rallies Gerrymandering Foes to 'Go For It—Because You're Right'

Video Shows Florida Judge Grabbing Court Employee by Neck

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

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AUSSIE GROWTH – Hogan Lovells says it is planning to expand in Australia in the next three years, with the expectation of 15 partners and a total of 50 or 60 fee earners, Christopher Niesche reports. The Australian office now has six partners and focuses on energy, natural resources, financial institutions, projects and infrastructure.

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WHAT YOU SAID

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“If it weren't real and somebody tried to write it, the author would be accused of not being believable.”

—  HOWARD WASSERMAN, LAW PROFESSOR AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, ON THE MURDER FIVE YEARS AGO OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR DAN MARKEL, WHO WAS SHOT IN HIS DRIVEWAY IN TALLAHASSEE BY AN APPARENT HITMAN.

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