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The Legal Intelligencer

McNees Wallace: How One of Pa.'s Biggest 'Midsize' Firms Straddles Two Worlds

In the first installment of what will be an ongoing series of Q&As with leaders of midsize firms in Pennsylvania, David Kleppinger, chairman of Harrisburg-based McNees Wallace & Nurick, discusses the "interesting position" of being a midsize firm in the national legal market while simultaneously being the largest firm in central Pennsylvania.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

False Advertising Suit Against Morgan & Morgan Can Proceed, Judge Rules

A federal judge has cleared Philadelphia personal injury lawyer Jeffrey Rosenbaum's false advertising suit against Morgan & Morgan to proceed, but dismissed claims against several of Morgan & Morgan's individual lawyers.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Nice Guys Finish First; Khuzami Makes a Big Move; A Former Kozinski Clerk Speaks

Holland & Knight partner Paul Kiernan on how it's not enough to be nice--you also have to win; Robert Khuzami is leaving Kirkland & Ellis for the SDNY, and a Wilson Sonsini partner who clerked for Kozinski weighs in.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

2018: Resolve to Modernize Law Firm Management

The turn of the year is the perfect time to think about starting fresh and trying something new. While you are busy working toward that six-pack, being more mindful, or learning a new language, why not commit to trying something new at your law firm or department? With most legal teams, rigid roles, hierarchical structures, and top-down management are still the norm.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

'Being Nice' and Finishing First

Nice or crabby, a lawyer who does not win his or her share of litigated matters is not going to be a survivor. Which is where being nice gives a lawyer an edge. Not nice-timid or nice-enabling--nice-smart.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig, the G.O.A.T. of Law Firms?

The high-powered Am Law 100 firm paid $15,000 for a goat. No, that's not a misprint.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Plan for 2018 Like a Rainmaker

Law Inc. columnist Robin Hensley says there are five secrets of success at the top of her New Year's Jump Start Planner for 2018.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Improve Your Networking Success at Industry Events

Janet Falk writes: At the start of the new year, your business development activities probably include a plan to attend more industry and professional membership networking events to meet more referral sources and potential clients.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How Criminal Defense Attorneys Can Level the Playing Field When It Comes to the Media

Throughout 2017, I was riveted by developments in three high-profile criminal prosecutions that were covered extensively by this publication and other media outlets in the region: former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams; Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian (who was at the helm of an Amtrak train on May 12, 2015, when it derailed), and the members of the Penn State fraternity facing criminal charges in connection with the death of sophomore pledge Timothy Piazza. Whenever there were developments in these cases, I consumed as much media coverage as I could. I checked out what people were saying on social media.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: The Good News (and Bad) About New U.S. Attorneys; Gibson Dunn Gets an A+

There's good news and bad in the list of 17 interim U.S. Attorneys appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday. The good: The Eastern…
9 minute read

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