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Former Baker Botts Lawyers Launch Hong Kong Boutique

With agile legal offering, hands-on partner support and flexible fee arrangements, GPS Legal sets out to be more efficient than Big Law.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Swimming With Sharks—Well, Sort of

 St. Mary's Law School professor Bill Piatt and his son Bob Piatt, a San Antonio attorney, completed a San Francisco swim that has claimed…
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyers Battle Over Special Prosecutor Role in Gambling Cases

A former state attorney general claims an Atlanta lawyer who works as a special assistant district attorney leverages the threat of criminal prosecution against vulnerable business owners to lay claim to their assets.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Willful Blindness Doesn't Hold Up for Lawyers Accused of Crimes

Another Connecticut attorney has gone to jail after pleading guilty to a crime and had his license suspended for a long time. One of the purposes…
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Mueller's 'Elegant Trap' May Signal Money Problems for Manafort, Lawyers

Plus: What happened to Rick Gates' lawyer at Vinson & Elkins?
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Law Departments Are Adding Lawyers, Legal Ops While Cutting Budgets

A new report indicates that cost control continues to be a high priority in the law department.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Law Office Lease Rates High But Leveling; Space Per Lawyer Shrinking

A report says 2017 was a landlord's market for law firms looking to lease or renew their leases in South Florida. But next year could be different.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Virginia Latest State to Weigh In on Online Legal Services

A recent Virginia State Bar ethics opinion finds that attorney-client matching services like Avvo Legal Services constitute improper fee splitting.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Urged to Avoid Chilling Effect of Lower Court 'Loser-Pays' Ruling in Comp Case

If the state Supreme Court upholds a decision that workers' compensation lawyers can be ordered to pay the employer's attorney fees for unreasonable contest, if the employer prevails on appeal, there will be a chilling effect on smaller cases, a lawyer representing a claimant told the justices.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Probe Ability to Sue Successor Firms for Quantum Meruit

Can law firms that handed off a case to a successor firm recover its fees from the successor firm under a quantum meruit theory, or does the initiating firm need to sue the client?
4 minute read

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