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The American Lawyer

Growing Associate Ranks, Lingering Demand Put Big Law in Holding Pattern

Rising compensation expenses meet low demand and excess capacity as record-breaking summer associate classes are making way for a healthy quotient of incoming first-years.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Employee's Double Dealing Lands Him in Serious Legal Trouble

In a recent decision, Metro Storage International, v. Harron, C.A. No. 2018-0937-JTL (Del. Ch. May 4, 2022), the Delaware Court of Chancery made clear that executives who engage in double dealing will pay a high price for their bad acts.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

The Relevance of Commercial Reality in Interpreting Charters and Bylaws

Where a literal reading yields a result at odds with what the drafters would have reasonably intended (which itself derives from the commercial context evidenced in plain terms throughout the instrument), literal meaning gives way to a more nuanced "objective" meaning. This article explores the application of this key precept in the interpretation of charters and bylaws.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Q&A: Greenspoon Marder Leaders Reveal the Strategy Behind New Practice Areas and Geographic Expansion

In spite of recessionary headwinds, co-managing director Gerry Greenspoon and deputy managing partner Rebecca Faith Bratter are forecasting a record year for the Am Law 200 firm.
8 minute read

Law.com

How I Started My Own Law Firm: 'Our Caring Culture In My View Is Central to Our Success,' Says Darryl Cooke of Gunnercooke

We also wanted to create a business that allows ambitious lawyers to thrive, have autonomy over their practice area and enjoy a positive work-life balance on their terms.
8 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'My Reliability Is Valued by Both Clients and Partners,' Says Wesley Robinson of Ballard Spahr

My resiliency through tough times is something I constantly rely on when the going gets tough.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How to Maximize Your In-House Legal Technology Investments  

Technology investments are best positioned for success when the right organizational structure is in place and partnerships are solidified—if not in practice yet, then certainly through future-state design.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Wither Pompeia: 'Diep v. Trimaran Pollo Partners'

Delaware Supreme Court affirms dismissal on SLC's motion, refusing to apply "Caesar's Wife" standard of "above reproach" to multi-member SLCs.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Thanks to the SEC, Law Firms See Increasing Business in ESG

Demand is up in ESG and corporate practices as clients sweat the SEC's proposed climate risk disclosures.
5 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'The Firm Was Familiar With My Practice, Experience and Abilities,' Says Angela Gomes of Sullivan & Worcester

I had to believe in myself even when others didn't. I had to be resilient and persevere.
5 minute read

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