By Rhys Dipshan | October 29, 2020
A Law.com survey found that the upcoming election is weighing heavily on legal professionals, and pushing many to openly express their political views. Still, political conflicts in the workplace are rare. Legal professionals' personal lives, however, is another story.
By Victoria Hudgins | October 27, 2020
Unlike other parts of the legal industry, such as alternative legal service providers (ALSPs), many small and midsize firms haven't adopted new methods or technology to track their employees' productivity.
National Law Journal | Analysis|Commentary
By Penelope Scudder | October 26, 2020
Courts in the United States are wrestling with the language and minimum standards for pension and healthcare plans of the Employment Retirement Security Income Act and how change needs to be made.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | October 19, 2020
In separate op-eds Charles Fried, sided with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's wait-and-see approach to the "court packing" issue, and J. Michael Luttig suggested that a 2009 precedent may require U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to step aside from election-related cases that could decide the 2020 presidential election.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Patrick Smith | Sarah Tincher-Numbers | September 30, 2020
Lobbying in the first half of 2020 has seen pandemic-fueled changes while still dealing with issues of perception and methodology.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Jacqueline Thomsen | September 30, 2020
President Donald Trump has waged a legal war on asylum and now judges he appointed are becoming skeptical.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Marcia Coyle | September 28, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, has only one Second Amendment opinion—a dissent. But that thorough exploration of the issue in the case, some scholars said, reflects an approach that could result in a sea change in the way lower courts analyze, and largely uphold, gun restrictions.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 25, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Barbara Lagoa, who served for more than a decade in Florida's state courts before joining the Eleventh Circuit in 2019, have different approaches to class actions, torts and arbitration, according to a review of their decisions.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Christine Simmons | September 11, 2020
The firm's partner compensation system—from the highest paid to the lowest paid—has been roughly 3-to-1 in recent years, from roughly $6 million to about $2 million.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Packel | September 2, 2020
Altman Weil consultant Eric Seeger has spoken with roughly three dozen managing partners over the last month. Every one is looking into a head-count reduction.
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