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US Tort System Costs $429B, but Plaintiffs Get Just 57 Percent of That, Report Says

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform released the report on Wednesday at its annual summit, along with a white paper that called on Congress to reform securities laws.
5 minute read

International Edition

More than one in three in-house lawyers unimpressed by law firm tech credentials

Thirty-seven percent of respondents dissatisfied with technology used by law firms
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Ops Increasingly Relied Upon for 'Business Discipline' Over Past 10 Years

The 10th anniversary Law Department Operations (LDO) Survey from the Blickstein Group Inc. shows how operations professionals' challenges, involvement, and even salaries have shifted over the past decade.
4 minute read

Law.com

Big Law Leaders Say Stigma Comes With Addiction and Mental Health Problems

The challenge for firm management is to increase lawyers' and support staff's comfort with seeking help.
7 minute read

Law.com

ALM Survey on Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Big Law's Pervasive Problem

ALM Intelligence's survey of Am Law 200 firm leaders about their attitudes and actions regarding addiction and mental health challenges reveals much work remains to be done to deal with the problem.
9 minute read

Law.com

Law Firms: You Can't Buy Yourself Out Of Risk

A survey of more than 160 law firm executives (from medium to large firms) found that law firms are among some of the highest spenders on security yet were susceptible to some of the most common risks. And the issue will grow over the coming years as the demands of the business drive the adoption of emerging technologies, such as cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Report: Shareholder Lawsuits Being Filed at Record Pace, and They're Getting Bigger

A record pace of shareholder class action filings continued during the first half of 2018—and the cases are getting much bigger, according to a midyear report released today.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Data on Trade Secrets Cases Can Point the Way for General Counsel

Claimants, primarily companies, won about 71 percent of trade secret cases, and a majority of the defendants are former employees, according to new research from legal analytics research company Lex Machina.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Boys' Network Slowly Making Room for Gender Diversity in MDL Leadership

Some female and minority attorneys have struck out on their own to get appointments, while many firms are diversifying their hiring or pitching new faces to MDL judges, who themselves are evolving into a more diverse corps.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Study Shows LA's Legal Market Has Recovered Following '08 Crisis

A new analysis by the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA looks at how law firms in Los Angeles have adapted to market conditions within the past decade.
4 minute read

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