By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 5, 2017
Doctor Denied Motion to Disqualify Patient's Counsel; Motion Appears to Be Tactical Move
By Mark Dubois | September 5, 2017
The "no-fee" letter comes into play when a lawyer provides a service but doesn't charge a fee. By its very terms, the rule only applies to clients, but a "client" can be anyone who receives legal services from a lawyer.
By Robin Hensley, Raising the Bar | September 1, 2017
As far as building business when a government attorney comes on board, it's just a matter of leaning back and waiting for the phone to ring, right?
By Mike Scarcella and Cheryl Miller | September 1, 2017
From one U.S. attorney general to another, Eric Holder Jr. recently offered Jeff Sessions some leadership advice. Holder's observations were not solicited. "I urge you not to force them to further defend the indefensible—the president's inhumane and unjust executive orders," the Covington & Burling partner wrote to Sessions. Holder's letter, written on behalf of the California Senate, was attached to an amicus brief California lawmakers filed in support of Chicago's challenge to Trump administration immigration policies.
By Meghan Tribe | August 31, 2017
Maria Sharapova is set to take the court Friday night at the U.S. Open in New York, the latest step in a return to the court for the five-time Grand Slam champion following a 15-month ban for taking the banned substance meldonium. Cheering her on will be Fox Rothschild's litigation co-chair John Haggerty.
By Alisha Marks Tischler, Schwartz Media Strategies | August 30, 2017
Law firms intent on branding themselves around their community, culture and clients are missing an opportunity to tap into a base of users that's 700 million strong—and growing.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 25, 2017
Former Client Denied Judgment in Lawyer's Pro Se Action to Recover in Quantum Meruit
By Vivia Chen, The Careerist | August 25, 2017
Who wants to read serious, long-winded pieces about the legal profession in late August? No one. Certainly, not moi. So here's the beach edition of the latest news
By Todd Cunningham | August 24, 2017
"If I'm in a courtroom, something has gone very wrong," joked attorney Steve Sidman as he described his unique practice, built on a client list populated by celebrity and acclaimed chefs, top-of-the-line restaurateurs, emerging and avant-garde musicians and creatives of all sorts. In fact, things are going quite well for Sidman, who is settling into his new digs in the Atlanta main office of Carlton Fields, the newest addition to that firm's intellectual property group.
By Robert D. Lang and Lenore E. Benessere | August 23, 2017
Robert D. Lang and Lenore E. Benessere write: Like Blockbuster succumbing to Netflix or Kodak film being replaced by digital, attorneys do not want their firm to become a case study for how the billable hour was replaced by alternative fee arrangements. While the complete rejection of the fee-for-service model is probably an overreaction, practitioners should learn from the paradigm shift at Microsoft how to successfully enter into, and profit from, AFAs.
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