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Some of the Best Lawyers Are Contract Lawyers

The pandemic opened many lawyers' eyes to the lifestyle advantages of contract work. After careful deliberation, some of the best in the business decided to take the plunge into contract work. For the industry, that means access to an amazing pool of legal talent—talent that can help you strengthen and broaden your core capabilities.
5 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds' Konexo Hires 3 Former GCs to Expand Alternative Legal Services Offering

The ex-in-house lawyers, who hail from companies including Virgin Atlantic and HSBC, are expected to add an extra dimension to Eversheds' offering in the increasingly competitive ALSP market.
3 minute read

Law.com

Is a Surge of Mass Arbitration Really Coming?

Defense lawyers insist there's been an uptick in mass arbitration, but many plaintiffs firms remain cautious.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

UnitedLex Faces Class Action Suit in Florida Over March Data Breach

A Florida attorney says the alternative legal service provider failed to secure her personally identifiable information and more than 7,000 others.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

The 30-Mile 'Shakedown': Mediation Prep Lessons Learned From the Appalachian Trail

There's a lot written about how to prepare for mediation, but much of that centers on what to do. The focus over these next few paragraphs will be what to prepare not to do at mediation—issues and tactics to leave out of your backpack when you hit the mediation trail.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Five Indicators Mediation Is at a Tipping Point

More and more, countries, courts and states are turning to mediation to solve more complex disputes due to its collaborative, cost-effective, and confidential process. It allows all parties greater control over the outcome and greater speed to resolution. Mediation is proven to help courts decrease case backlogs and help businesses resolve legal disputes quickly and efficiently.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Debate Over Arbitration Reflects Gamesmanship That Draws Parties to ADR

Lawyers, litigants, witnesses and court officials slogging through depositions and motions in a case that an appeals court may eventually determine should always have been before an arbitrator—as directed by a contract between the parties—does sound like a huge waste of everyone's time and money.
6 minute read

International Edition

SRA's 'Bureaucratic Ineptitude' Stifles Industry Growth, Burford CEO Says

Christopher Bogart says it is a 'tragedy' that the UK legal regulator has caused the country to miss the opportunities of market liberalization reforms.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Arbitration Appeal Withdrawal Clears Path for Defendants to Collect $7.1M in Attorney Fees, Costs

Bankruptcy counsel for a Pennsylvania business' trustee agreed in a July 14 stipulation to withdraw an arbitration appeal that stood in the way of the defendants' collection of the money.
3 minute read

International Edition

Gilbert + Tobin Partner Karen Evans-Cullen to Stand In as PwC Australia General Counsel

Evans-Cullen's move to PWC marks a return to the Big Four accounting firm two years after she left, saying the firm was unable to attract big deals from major clients.
2 minute read

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