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The American Lawyer

Immigration Practices Read Tea Leaves After Trump

Law firms with big immigration practices are fielding plenty of questions right now, but what comes next?
23 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cullen and Dykman Expands Newark Presence

New York-based Cullen and Dykman has rounded out its New Jersey growth strategy with the launch of an expanded Newark location and relocation of several of its attorneys to the city.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Dentons to Launch Free Web-based Public Affairs Network in 2017

Though not created with the 2016 election in mind, the network will aid clients in influencing the new administration's technology and policy initiatives.
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Collections Loom, Firms Seek Investors to Spread the Risk

As law firms race to collect from their clients and make their budgets this year, some may be considering another option: finding investors willing to buy their uncollected billings for cold, hard cash.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

E-Discovery Evolved: The Future of kCura's Relativity and E-Discovery Product Integrations

kCura's Relativity has grown into the main platform for e-discovery. Where has its evolution placed it amid the marketplace?
28 minute read

Texas Lawyer

One Lawyer's Work to Rebuild a Practice After Surviving Cancer

A few months after he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, Houston construction lawyer Thomas Barber decided to wind down his practice at Coats Rose. Six years later, after his cancer went into remission, the newly married Barber joined a new firm and has spent the last year embarking on the demanding task of rebuilding his practice.
21 minute read

Legaltech News

As AI Portends the Death of the Billable Hour, Law Firms Face New Reality

In this week's AI Round up, LTN explores how AI-empowered in-house counsel are changing firms' business dynamics, and how firms can adapt to a new market.
18 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney-Client Relationship and the Attorney Who Represents the Boss: Part II

The key feature of the attorney-client relationship is the reliance the client places upon the skill and expertise of the attorney. This feature does not exist when an attorney represents himself, or when he asks a subordinate attorney to do something without relying on the ­subordinate's superior knowledge or expertise in a particular area of the law. The independence of the attorney from the client is the hallmark of the relationship and is the lynchpin of the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Kay v. Ehrler that in order for there to be an attorney-client relationship there must be a principal (client) and an agent (attorney).
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Squire Patton Boggs Helps Chappelle Snag $60M Netflix Deal

The Cleveland-based Am Law 100 firm is advising Ohio native Dave Chappelle on his comeback tour, one that after a Saturday Night Live appearance this month has snagged the comedian a $60 million deal with Netflix Inc. for three standup specials.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Orders Review of Katten Documents in Shkreli Case

A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday ordered Cooley attorneys to quickly identify documents that might be turned over to Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive charged in a fraud scheme.
11 minute read

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