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Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible: Veterans Legal Aid Week

By | November 01, 2016
It's great to honor veterans by having a day off work and attending a Veterans Day parade. But a practicing lawyer could go farther and pay "ultimate respect" by providing veterans with a much needed service—free legal advice or representation, said Betty Balli Torres, executive director of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation.
24 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fitzpatrick & Hunt Merges With Pino & Associates

Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Pagano, Aubert, an 18-lawyer firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Princeton, New Jersey, announced Monday that it plans to merge with a 9-lawyer firm based in White Plains, New York.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Firms Fight Pay Gap With Sunshine

For some Connecticut firms, open compensation systems are the key to ensuring gender pay equity.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Working From Home: The Good, the Bad and the Laundry

More people are telecommuting than ever before. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 37 percent of U.S. workers have telecommuted, four times greater than the 9 percent found in 1995. The arrangements vary, and for some it is full time and for others limited to a few days a week. Recently, a client of mine with a portable workload was asked, along with her entire department, to telecommute as a strategy for the company to lease a smaller space. While this would have many jumping for joy, it was unwelcome news for her as she enjoyed daily interactions with coworkers. It required a shift in expectations, ­attitude and proactivity to create new rituals and routines to replace those of a traditional workplace.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

20 Minutes to Marketing Success: Things You Can Do Right Now

Yes, now. The very minute you're done reading this article, you can pick one of these eight quick tasks and accomplish it, in 20 minutes or less. I promise, it will have a positive impact on your marketing.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Comedy Sets the Stage for Female Attorneys to Bring Business to Duane Morris

A comedy show from Carlos Mencia is part of a serious push to provide networking opportunities for female attorneys.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Baker & McKenzie's Leite Stepping Down as Firm Chairman

Baker & McKenzie Executive Committee Chairman Eduardo Leite will step down at the end of October after six years in that post to focus on the firm's growth in Latin America and New York.
25 minute read

The American Lawyer

New Hinshaw Practice Aimed at Advising Other Law Firm Leaders

The former leader of Hinshaw & Culbertson has taken his years in management coupled with the firm's legal work on behalf of law firms to form a law firm consulting practice. Dewey & LeBoeuf's former general counsel, who joined Hinshaw last year, is part of the group.
9 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Looks to Boost US Capital Markets Practice in Asia

Linklaters has relocated London partner Patrick Sheil to Hong Kong to boost its U.S. capital markets offering in Asia.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

The New Law Firm Investment Opportunities Outside our Windows

ABSent outside investment, does true innovation even stand a chance? A look at the ABA's Commission on the Future of Legal Services.
8 minute read

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