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Mid-Market Recap: Growing Without Walls, Firm Touts Big Margins

A big decision for any midsize law firm is how to manage their geographic footprint, and the firm identity that goes along with that—stay centralized in one city, go regional, or open a few offices in key markets across the country?
6 minute read

National Law Journal

How the Supreme Court's Internet Tax Case Was Built 'From the Ground Up'

"We built the case from the ground up," Goldstein & Russell founder Tom Goldstein said at a Georgetown University Law Center panel discussion. "We designed the legislation. Got the legislation passed. We went into court. We told the courts that 'hello, we want to lose.'"
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Litigator Moves Seamlessly to Mediator

Construction litigator Keith Lichtman built a healthy practice helping clients address disputes, then he followed his passion and launched a mediation practice, too.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Client Asks for Liability Judgment Against Morgan Lewis in Conflict Case

Former Morgan Lewis client Towers Watson Delaware argues that the firm cannot deny its allegations in a $30 million lawsuit.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I saw an article recently about competency and the need for lawyers to become proficient on electronic discovery or else face disciplinary rule violations. I am an older lawyer. What should I do?
9 minute read

International Edition

India Says 'No' to Foreign Law Firm Offices but Allows Foreign Lawyers to Advise Clients on a 'Casual' Basis

The nation's Supreme Court upheld the "fly-in, fly-out" rule, which allows foreign firms to give ad hoc international law advice.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Manafort Boosts Defense, Hiring Epstein Becker & Green's Richard Westling

Richard W. Westling, a litigation and health care partner in the firm's Washington and Nashville offices, filed a notice of appearance Wednesday evening. Westling was once on the defense team for U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, impeached in 2010 for misconduct.
4 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Boutique Firms Gain Momentum in the Legal Industry

As the legal industry searches to find solutions to its historical inefficient delivery of services, corporate counsel are evaluating approaches to the engagement of outside counsel best suited to meet their legal and business needs.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

What It's Like to Be Ben Brafman: Confessions From a Big-Time Criminal Defense Lawyer

"People ask how I spend my days," criminal defense lawyer Ben Brafman said. "They think I'm clubbing with Puff Daddy or throwing passes to Plaxico Burress in my backyard. I'm not."
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Ropes & Gray Lawyer, Now SEC's NY Director, Reveals $2.4M Partner Share

Marc Berger, formerly co-leader of the firm's global securities and futures enforcement practice, provided legal services to companies that included Morgan Stanley & Co., FMR Corp., Pfizer Inc. and Pacific Investment Co., according to a newly disclosed financial disclosure report.
4 minute read

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