By Adolfo Pesquera | November 29, 2022
"No lawyer should be permitted to place himself or herself, in a position where, even inadvertently, they could be tempted to take advantage of confidences placed in that lawyer," wrote counsel for the former head of a publicly traded REIT in a disqualification motion.
By Dan Roe | Justin Henry | Jessie Yount | November 29, 2022
As an aging lawyer population confronts a profession mostly devoid of mandatory retirement policies, territorial equity partners—and the managers who enable them—threaten the future of small and midsize firms.
By Andrew Maloney | November 29, 2022
If it used to take 30 days for a payment, it's now taking 60; if it used to take 60 days, it's taking 90, said Citi's Gretta Rusanow.
By Justin Henry | November 28, 2022
"In order to do a good job of connecting with people in general, you need to share something about yourself," said Sunstein managing partner Kerry Timbers. "You need to decide what to share and how vulnerable to be and how to really be yourself, your authentic self, while still navigating all of the issues that bias injects into every interaction that we have."
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Patrick Smith | November 28, 2022
Years in the making, the firm has become prolific in its work on the most important transactions for companies of all types and sizes.
By Hugo Guzman | Trudy Knockless | Maria Dinzeo | Greg Andrews | November 28, 2022
"This feels more like law firms throwing spaghetti up against a wall and seeing what sticks," said Jason Winmill, managing partner of Argopoint.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stacy West Clark | November 23, 2022
You can totally capitalize on your attendance at these nonbillable events—from a business development standpoint. They are fantastic (and highly underutilized) marketing opportunities dropped in your lap.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | November 21, 2022
Typically, when someone in a group email mistakenly hits "reply all" and broadcasts a private message to the larger group, the error will simply elicit a few chuckles and eye rolls, but in the legal field, it can present risks, particularly when attorneys include their clients on email communications with counsel for other parties.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Marcie Borgal Shunk | November 21, 2022
Reality: The 80-hour in-office work week has gone the way of the rotary phone. Lawyers and professional staff alike are refusing to be bound by hard-and-fast rules chaining them to their desks. This shift was inevitable—and the pandemic accelerated it to a whiplash pace.
By Michael P. Maslanka | November 21, 2022
We were gifted this holiday season with attorney-client privilege issues at both the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and the Texas Supreme Court.
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