Vanessa Blum

May 03, 2019 | Law.com

Fox Rothschild partner Joshua Horn describes what it's been like getting in on the green rush and how he keeps up with regulatory change. His first rule for cannabis lawyers is "Don't dabble."

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read

April 26, 2019 | Law.com

Reductions to the sticker price of legal services—whether taken off at the outset of an engagement or as write-downs when it comes time to collect the bill—end up costing Am Law 100 firms some $4.4 billion per year.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

2 minute read

April 19, 2019 | Law.com

Mike France, a former Big Law attorney-turned-partner at advisory firm Brunswick Group, talks about the fight—yes, fight—that he says law firms need to prepare for when reporters come calling.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

2 minute read

April 12, 2019 | Law.com

Law.com reporter Caroline Spiezio talks to former in-house leaders at top companies who pull no punches in saying what law firms need to do for their clients.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read

April 08, 2019 | Law.com

Clients are demanding more efficiency from outside law firms. But that doesn't have to place buyers and sellers of legal services at odds.

By Law.com Editors

2 minute read

April 05, 2019 | Law.com

A 1995 Yale Law School graduate, Acker was a litigator at a number of major law firms, but these days she's a judge on Hot Bench, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

2 minute read

April 01, 2019 | Law.com

Learn how to apply the efficiency principles from auto manufacturing to everyday legal tasks and cut wasted time from meetings, emails and other routine work.

By Law.com Editors

1 minute read

March 29, 2019 | Law.com

A recent court ruling raises the stakes for companies that collect facial scans, iris/retinal scans, fingerprints, voiceprints or any other identifier derived from biological characteristics. Avoiding liability means understanding a patchwork of state and federal laws, say Morrison & Foerster partner Julie O'Neill and associate Max Phillip Zidel.

By Vanessa Blum

9 minute read

March 29, 2019 | Law.com

This week's Legal Speak podcast is a revealing interview with U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who says he refuses to "candy-coat" the past when examining the evolution of his attitudes about race.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read

March 29, 2019 | The Recorder

This week's Legal Speak podcast is a revealing interview with U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who says he refused to "candy-coat" the past when examining the evolution of his attitudes about race in his newly published memoir.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read