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National Law Journal

Sotomayor's Embrace of Mandatory Pro Bono Garners Praise and Pushback

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is winning praise for re-energizing the movement toward mandatory pro bono for lawyers with her recent remarks on the subject, but some advocates in Big Law think the requirement poses significant challenges and won't work for everyone.
16 minute read

Legaltech News

An Ocean of Work, but Not an Associate to Be Found: Can Analytics Help?

New software solution Salladore attempts to tackle assignment workflow inefficiencies through analytics.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Allow Attorney Fee Awards Without Victory on Merits

In a ruling that could mean more attorney fee awards for employers in workplace discrimination cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said defendants don't have to win on the merits to be counted as the “prevailing party.”
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright to Shift 170 Support Jobs to SE Asia

The firm plans to move nearly 5 percent of its global support roles to a new back-office center in the Philippines. The U.S. and Canada will bear the brunt of local job cuts.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Eric Holder Joins Board of 'Storied' Civil Rights Group

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., the first African-American leader of the U.S. Justice Department, is joining the national board of directors of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "Those who make it unnecessarily difficult for some of their fellow citizens to cast a ballot are on the wrong side of history and will be considered harshly by it," Holder recently told a graduating law school class in Wisconsin.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

5 Disaster Recovery Issues Law Firms Need to Consider

Law firms charged with the protection of sensitive client data need to achieve business continuity through reliable data backup and recovery.
5 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields Leads Midea's $4.5B European Robotics Buy

The Chinese home appliance maker is acquiring Germany's Kuka in a bid to upgrade manufacturing and logistics systems.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Facts Behind the Figures in Atlanta Firm Financials

Our Atlanta Firm Financials project presents a mountain of data, so here are some caveats and definitions of terms to use as grappling hooks.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lifetime Achievement: Akerman Chairman, CEO Leads Child-Focused Pro Bono Project

Andrew Smulian is coordination a project combining donations and pro bono work for the national Court Appointed Special Advocates Association.
2 minute read

International Edition

Gadens Closes Singapore Office Following Dentons Combination

The Australian firm's former Singapore managing partner Marc Rathbone has joined U.K. firm Nabarro in the city-state.
12 minute read

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