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The American Lawyer

Ex-Reed Smith Partner Gets Candid About the Back End of Legal Careers

In a conversation about his new book, Douglas Wood pushes firms to help support aging attorneys as they come to "embrace irrelevancy."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Novel Suit Calling Workday's AI-Driven Hiring Tool Biased Advances, Setting Up Precedent-Setting Showdown

"We're going to be talking about this a lot as employers and companies rely upon technology like this to make their jobs easier," said Jason Tremblay, a partner at Saul Ewing.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Tackles International Business Dispute in 'Eccles v. Shamrock Capital Advisers'

The Court of Appeals recently handed down a significant decision that clarified the choice-of-law principles governing alleged breaches of fiduciary duties in international business disputes. The case questioned whether Scottish law or New York law should govern the fiduciary duty claims that arose from the merger.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rough Skies Ahead: Legal Options for Turbulence Injuries

Recent severe turbulence events have caused serious injuries and deaths to passengers, generating an upswing in public interest over a natural phenomenon that is now more dangerous than ever before.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Shifting Between Guarantees and Fixed Shares, Law Firms Gets Flexible in Lateral Pay

Some firms are moving between guarantees and fixed shares to pay laterals, or using a blend of both.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Record Law Firm Office Vacancies in San Francisco, Downturn in Los Angeles

Commercial leasing in LA is down 20% in the last two quarters, according to data from JLL.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Am Law 100 Firms Struggle to Meet Plans for Office Efficiency

"As much as people are trying to skinny-down their offices, getting rid of workrooms, getting rid of administrative stations, the experience of relative inefficiency is still happening," said Thomas Fulcher, chair of the legal tenant practice group at Savills.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans' $45M Settlement Over Ponzi Scheme Entanglement in Doubt After SCOTUS Scraps Purdue Pharma Deal

"The Supreme Court in Harrington made it clear that federal courts can no longer 'look the other way' and issue such free passes to mass tortfeasors such as Eckert who refuse to place their assets on the settlement negotiation table," argued attorney George Bochetto.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Viewing AI Through Cheaper/Faster Lens Misses Its Full Potential

"The challenge and the excitement is that it gives us an opportunity to reexamine what it is we thought was important and valuable, and to actually try to justify it," said Kate Orr, global head of practice innovation at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

WhatsApp Bans, Billions in Fines Haven't Fixed Finance Industry's 'Off-Channel' Communications Problem

"It is seldom a lack of rules or policies that causes non-compliance, but an individual's unwillingness to follow them," according to Global Relay's Compliant Communications Report 2024.
5 minute read

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