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The American Lawyer

'Increasingly Rare': These Law Firms Still Maintain Smaller Partner Pay Spreads

A group of Am Law 200 law firms has partner pay spreads that are less than half of the median pay ratios across Big Law.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Noncompetes Ban May Create 'Dichotomy' in Health Care Space, Antitrust Experts Say

The agency's jurisdiction is limited to companies that operate for profit. In the health care industry, many medical faciilites are organized as not-for-profit entities and, thus, not subject to the FTC's rule.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Why Smartmatic Escaped Indictment: A Closer Look at the Charges Against Its Executives

"It adds a lot of the hallmarks of some of the ugliest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations that you could find," said Scott Greytak with Transparency International.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

ILTACON Day 4: Data Scientists Are In Demand, and Lawyers Are Daredevils

The final day of ILTACON 2024 highlighted how generative AI is changing how organizations hire and lawyers' risk tolerance.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'SEC v. Jarkesy': Constitutional Protections From Federal Agency Enforcement

"'Jarkesy' is another case in a line of cases that question the authority of administrative agencies," write Robinson & Cole's Benjamin M. Daniels and Ileana Polanco Cavazos.
8 minute read

Law.com

Kamala Harris Would Only Be the Second Lawyer-President With a Non-T-14 Law Degree

UC Law SF Dean David Faigman said legal education is "a hallmark of American presidents," noting that 27 of the nation's 45 past presidents were previously lawyers.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Amid 38% Head Count Growth, Pierson Ferdinand Pushing for Distributed Law Firm Model Evolution

"When we're working for other partners, we receive transparent, consistent compensation that we know about in advance right in our partner offer package," said co-chairman Joel Ferdinand.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

No-Fault Insurance Law Wrap-Up: Recent Decisions Concerning Arbitration Awards

"In this edition of the No-Fault Wrap-Up, we discuss several recent court decisions concerning no-fault arbitration awards," write David M. Barshay and Steven J. Neuwirth.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

'If Only We Had Full Staffing': This Legal Sector Is Spread Thin, but Negotiating Higher Rates

"It used to be a firm would put in a rate request, and it would take several weeks or months to get approved—now they're getting it approved within 24 to 48 hours," one recruiter said.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

ILTACON Days 2 & 3: Strike Zones, Bigger Context Windows and Prompting Olympics

At ILTACON 2024, generative AI integrations alone are no longer big news. Rather, many are highlighting the specific purpose of their AI use, the UI/UX that enables users to interact with it, and the soup of large language models that power their solutions.
5 minute read

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