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The American Lawyer

The 2018 Laterals Report

The American Lawyer's annual Laterals Report takes a deep dive into lateral hiring strategies, risk mitigation techniques, the hottest lateral hires of 2017, retaining women laterals and much more.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Minority Attorneys Take a Closer Look at the SCOTUS Clerk Diversity Dearth

U.S. Supreme Court justices should step up and state publicly that they want greater diversity among their law clerks, said Howard University School…
7 minute read

National Law Journal

#MeToo Movement Reframes Cosby's Retrial

As Bill Cosby's retrial looms, lawyers consider whether he can get a fair trial amidst the growing #MeToo movement?
11 minute read

International Edition

Male partners question 'hypocritical backlash' over men-only events as women set out grim reality of City networking

Male and female partners air their views as part of Legal Week's Big Question survey on corporate events
5 minute read

International Edition

Male partners question 'hypocritical backlash' over men-only events as women set out grim reality of City networking

Male and female partners air their views as part of Legal Week's Big Question survey on corporate events
5 minute read

Legal Week

New pricing strategy drives significant revenue boost at Hogan Lovells

The firm's pricing team delivered a 5.2% increase in revenue per litigator following adoption of new strategy
4 minute read

International Edition

New pricing strategy drives significant revenue boost at Hogan Lovells

The firm's pricing team delivered a 5.2% increase in revenue per litigator following adoption of new strategy
4 minute read

The Recorder

What I'm Learning About AI and the Law From #Legalweek18

It's the defining buzzword of this year's conference, but the legal profession is still parsing what it means and how it will affect what lawyers do. Here are three takeaways.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Credit Agreements, the New Tax Act and the Deemed Dividend

Secured Transactions columnist Barbara M. Goodstein writes: I'm happy that tax issues usually don't play a major role in most plain vanilla syndicated secured lending facilities. One area, however, that we finance lawyers have had to contend with, even in plain vanilla syndicated loan facilities, is §956 of the Internal Revenue Code.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bail Reform, Preventive Detention, and 'The Police State'

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn revisits the troubling practice of denying bail to arrestees deemed to pose a threat to public safety. He writes: "The deeply controversial nature of this form of preventive detention is largely lost in the current bail-reform debate, but it was only 30 years ago that the Supreme Court definitively addressed the issue. And it did so in a decision that lays bare the extraordinary constitutional implications of jailing people, often for years, who are presumed to be innocent on the supposition they will commit a future crime.:
11 minute read

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