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The American Lawyer

Jones Day Alums Driving the Anti-Gay Agenda + More News

Time for another edition of quick and dirty news. Here's what's catching my eye.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

A Father's Lament

That weekend in August, Charlottesville, Virginia, where I live, became unsafe for me and my family because of our race.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

It's Not Just About the Work

Can minorities really overcome prejudice through sheer excellence?
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Conversation With Six General Counsel

Since the publication of the GC Open Letter, we've heard a lot of perspectives from the legal industry. But we haven't heard more about the Experiment from the GCs, themselves. So we talked to six of them to learn which hypotheses they're most interested in, as well as their motivations.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Big Law and the Old Gillette Strategy: a Response to the Open Letter From 25 GCs

As a group of GCs embark on a plan to track law firm business processes, one consultant urges them to examine their own internal hiring, too.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Big Business of Divorce

The "business of divorce" should be conducted outside the courtroom to minimize the negative emotional and financial effects. This can be accomplished by embracing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods and openly discussing the options with the client.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Rise of Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration

It is no longer a question of whether third-party funding will be used in international arbitration, but how we will tailor our processes to address the issues that come into play when third- party funders more frequently finance “bet the company” cross-border disputes and major investor-state claims.
7 minute read

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