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The American Lawyer

Crowell & Moring Blends Professional Development and Diversity in New C-Suite Position

Don Smith will serve as the firm's chief talent & inclusion officer, a role that combines recruiting, professional development and diversity.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Q&A: How to Tackle the 'Guessing Game' of Emerging Technologies

Jennifer Straton and Meredith Coleman will co-lead the new Emerging/Disruptive Technologies group at Kissel Hirsch & Wilmer, which will focus on how cryptocurrency, blockchain and machine learning will impact the insurance industry.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Finds No Vicarious Liability in Case of Husband-Wife Attorneys

The split panel found there was no partnership between the husband-wife team to make a claim of vicarious liability for legal malpractice.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

NY Hire Caps Eight-State Expansion for 'Hybrid' Law Firm

After adding its first partner in the Northeast this week, Atlanta-based Taylor English Duma says it's finding success with its quasi-virtual firm model.
4 minute read

Law.com

In the Legal Profession's Mental Health Movement, Law Firm Staffers Feel Left Behind

Recent suicides have highlighted the degree to which law firm professional staff face many of the same pressures as their lawyer colleagues, yet many feel they are being neglected.
5 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Mid-Market Recap: The Realty-Free Reality of Virtual Law Firms

How do you maintain the dynamics of a workplace without actually having everyone working in one place?
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

CKR Law Negotiating With Chinese Firm to Create New US Practice

Beleaguered firm CKR says it had struck a tentative deal with China’s Yingke Law Firm to create a new entity that would focus on the U.S. market.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

After Deloitte Alliance, Epstein Becker Reels In a Big Fish From Proskauer

Erika Collins, who was co-chair of Proskauer's international labor and employment practice, says she reached out soon after reading about Epstein Becker's deal with Deloitte on LinkedIn.
3 minute read

Law.com

Open Letter From Dentons Partner: Mental Health Crisis Requires Rethinking Firm Business Models

Jana Cohen Barbe argues the industry needs to revamp the billable hour structure, change the performance metrics it tracks and look at compensation in a different way.
6 minute read

The Recorder

How This Silicon Valley Startup Firm Gets the Big Law Associates

In 2019, small firm Silicon Legal Strategy has hired three associates—two from Fenwick & West and one from Goodwin Procter. Since the start of 2016, the firm has hired 14 associates from Big Law.
6 minute read

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