By Roy Strom | March 7, 2018
Michael Poulos, a Chicago-based rainmaker at DLA Piper and until recently the firm's co-managing partner of the Americas, is poised to take a team of lawyers to McDermott Will & Emery.
By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 7, 2018
Litigation is often contentious by its very nature. But perhaps no aspect of litigation is more contentious than a deposition. While the parties and their counsel typically understand that a certain level of decorum must be maintained in the courtroom, some attorneys believe that anything goes when it comes to depositions.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | March 7, 2018
Pittsburgh's Meyer Darragh can recover nearly $15,000 from a firm that took over an estate case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found.
By David Gialanella | March 7, 2018
"It was a disappointing year because our productivity was up. The billable hours of the average lawyer was up. And the rates were up," managing partner Edward Deutsch said. "But I think everybody's got a problem with slow-paying clients."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | March 6, 2018
Eric Meyer said cloud-based lawyering offered greater flexibility and a bigger platform for his practice.
By Jenna Greene | March 5, 2018
Lawyers from plaintiffs powerhouse Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd called out “a cadre of firms responsible for a dramatic explosion of federal deal litigation,” and urged a federal judge in San Francisco to reject a fee request by fellow plaintiffs' counsel.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | March 5, 2018
The court's decision in A.W. v Mount Holly Bd. Of Ed. is an important reaffirmation that the bargaining power between lawyer and client is often uneven, and as a consequence the fee charged is always subject to a review for reasonableness regardless of the terms of the negotiated fee agreement.
By Jonathan Erway | March 5, 2018
New Jersey firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti's Corporate, Securities and Tax Groups are advising the Government of India on its partial divestment of its equity interest in RITES Limited (“RITES”), a multi-disciplinary public sector transportation and engineering consultancy, the firm announced Feb. 6.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | March 5, 2018
Prosecutors in Bill Cosby's criminal trial said the lawyers made false allegations to the court and "have not earned the right to practice here in Pennsylvania," but the judge allowed them to stay in place for now.
By Zack Needles | March 2, 2018
It doesn't—or at least it shouldn't—take an army of business consultants to explain why law firms lacking succession plans are probably headed…
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