Karen Sloan

March 09, 2010 | Legaltech News

A recent report concluded law firms -- attractive targets because they maintain sensitive client data -- are being targeted by sophisticated and well-funded teams of cyberattackers. But firms don't often realize they've been infiltrated and rarely go public with security breaches.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

November 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

The Kentucky Bar Association is the latest regulatory body to wade into the murky issue of social media and lawyer advertising rules. The bar's commission on attorney advertising has proposed regulations that would bring lawyers' Facebook and MySpace communications under the bar's advertising rules.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

January 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

March 27, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Up until a few weeks ago, third-year law student Elijah Watkins assumed he would show up for his law firm job starting in the fall after graduation — just as class after class of newly minted lawyers before him had done.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

November 11, 2010 | Law.com

American Bar Association President Steve Zack has written to the White House, urging President Barack Obama to press the Indian government to drop its ban on foreign lawyers maintaining offices or practicing law in India.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

January 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Numerical rankings could be coming to the law schools that U.S. News & World Report categorizes as third tier -- meaning those 42 schools would be subject to the same up-and-down fluctuations watched so closely among the top 100.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

October 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Instead of nursing hangovers or sleeping in, the eight Northwestern University law students in Paul Chadha's class have been spending their Saturday mornings hashing out a complex business deal.

By Karen Sloan

7 minute read

July 13, 2009 | Law.com

When Cleveland-based Tucker Ellis & West formed in 2003, its attorneys "made an institutional decision to move toward alternative fee arrangements," says managing partner Curtiss L. Isler. The approach seems to be paying off. Isler says revenue has grown every year and 2009 is looking strong as well. It has been easier to move away from the billable-hour model in part because firm attorneys are paid based on a closed compensation model where the managing partner sets salaries using a number of factors.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

May 04, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Across the country, lawyer assistance programs are seeing demand for their services grow as lawyers who already had emotional problems or addictions are being pushed over the edge by the added stress of the slow economy and its ramifications.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

May 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Earning an LL.M degree no longer requires showing up on campus. A growing number of traditional law schools are offering master of laws degrees entirely or primarily through online classes.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read