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The Legal Intelligencer

Playing Both Sides: Facing the Harsh Truth of Law Firm Service Duality

Recently, Hugh A. Simons wrote for American Lawyer an enticing argument advocating elite law firms increase their rates. In one striking comment, Simons suggests elite law firms jettison any and all commodity services.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With the Planned HQ2, Is Amazon's Legal Dept. Coming to a City Near You?

Although the number and types of lawyers at the new location is currently unknown and will largely depend on the business functions performed there, it's quite possible that the new headquarters would draw on local legal talent, creating new opportunities for in-house lawyers at the tech giant, experts said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Are the Top Go-To Law Schools Preparing Tomorrow's General Counsel?

Corporate Counsel asked the top five schools on this year's list how they are getting students prepped to be in-house counsel.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Top Lateral Hires of 2017

In 2017, law firms looked to pick up large groups for moves that aided expansions and helped bolster specific practice areas, one of which was a new—timely—practice area: institutional responses to sexual misconduct.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

A Look at What's in Store for GE's In-House Counsel After UnitedLex Deal

William Deckelman, general counsel of DXC Technology, drew on his own recent experiences with UnitedLex to tell Corporate Counsel what GE's legal department might be in for after inking the agreement.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why I Moved Laterally: It Was About More Than Money

. Technology and the ease with which people can travel is shrinking the world in which we live; and other market forces are being fundamentally altered by the way people view the world. For this reason, an accomplished legal career looks significantly different than it did 10 years ago. Because lawyers are using different metrics to evaluate success, law firms must do the same to maintain longevity.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Proposed EEOC Enforcement Guidance Updated in Light of #MeToo Movement

Now, more than ever, employers need specific universal guidance on how to prevent and remediate sexual harassment, as well as other forms of workplace harassment.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Best Practices to Promote Lateral Partner Integration

Lateral hiring continues to be a central strategy in how law firms grow. According to a recent legal-industry transition survey for 2017, more than 95 percent of law firms indicated lateral growth was a key initiative, but it's a strategy full of risk, unknowns and pitfalls.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Merck & Co. Names Covington's Jennifer Zachary as New General Counsel

A partner in Covington & Burling's food, drug, and device practice group and a former associate chief counsel for enforcement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Chief Counsel is named GC at the pharmaceutical giant.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Facebook's Paul Grewal No Stranger to Data Privacy Fights

Paul Grewal, the Facebook in-house lawyer who has had the unenviable task of being the company's public voice addressing the Cambridge Analytica scandal, has a history of engaging with thorny privacy issues going back to his days on the federal bench in San Jose.
3 minute read

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