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Skadden Appellate Head Shay Dvoretzky On Making Business Arguments to a Textualist Supreme Court

"I think that's even more true now than it used to be the court seems more willing to follow the statutory text wherever it leads, even if that has adverse policy consequences for businesses," says Dvoretzky, who moved to Skadden to launch its Supreme Court and appellate practice about 18 months ago.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

'GCs Hire Lawyers, Not Firms': Why This Big Law Sports & Entertainment Lawyer Went Midsize

Flexible rates and transparent compensation helped midsize global law firm Rimon PC lure Holland & Knight's Paul Loving.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Evolving International Class Action Landscape Poses Challenges for Law Firms

As plaintiff firms evaluate risks of international class actions, rules in various jurisdictions are often still patchy. Often faced with lengthy trials, litigation funding gains relevance, especially across the E.U.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

BASF Legal Chief on Driving Diversity at Law Firms: Carrots Are More Effective Than Sticks

"The whole idea of firing the firms or hitting them with a punitive measure like that undermines what we're trying to achieve together, honestly," Matt Lepore said.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Make Sure Your Working Wellness Plan Is … Working

Just as in any legal project, monitoring is a continuous event, and Lean Adviser's core methods apply just as well to monitoring employee working wellness: Observation, Evaluation and Correction.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

An Associate Lost in Space Will Be an Associate Lost Forever

The old paradigm of dropping a 20-pound stack of files on a young associates desk at 4:30 pm on a Friday with no instruction other than "it's due Monday morning" just doesn't fly anymore? Why? It's inefficient. It's wasteful, stressful, and it's demoralizing. This doesn't drive productivity, it drives the talent war.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

There's More to Working Wellness Than Weekly Yoga

Real working wellness is about the work itself; the way of doing the work. The question which eats at the stressed associate each morning isn't "what work will I do today" or even "how much work will I do today?" it's always "how will I do the work today?"
6 minute read

National Law Journal

US Judge Set to Eye Emails in Privilege Dispute Over Perkins Coie's 2016 Election Work for Hillary Clinton

U.S. District Judge Christopher "Casey" Cooper agreed to privately review emails related to Perkins Coie's work on behalf of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reed Smith, Dentons Target Latam Disputes with Miami Partner Hires

Former Akerman partners Francisco Rodriguez and Sandra Millor moved to Reed Smith this month while Dentons added partners Angel Cortiñas and Jonathan Kaskel from Gunster.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ousted Hong Kong Pol Teams Up With Departing Phillips Nizer Partners to Form New Boutique

"I'd been standing strong on human rights," Kwok told the Law Journal. The Chinese government said that "is not bearing allegiance to my oath of office," he said.
4 minute read

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