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The Legal Intelligencer

The Four Core Pillars of Law Firm Year-End Financial Planning, Part I

Without financial planning and the ongoing monitoring of financial performance, firm leaders are gambling—blindly—that their firms will stay afloat in the coming year and beyond, no matter what their competitors, the economy, and society throw at them.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Workload Grows as Staff, Outside Spending Shrink

"Despite the widely anticipated increase in demand for legal services, only 22% of in-house teams plan to increase their use of outside counsel to handle the overflow," a new Harbor Law study said.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Retiring South Florida Judge Warns Firms About Disturbing Trends

"It is very evident that lawyers are less comfortable trying cases," said Judge Jennifer Bailey on reflection upon retirement.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Engaged and Agile, United Airlines' Legal Department Lands Top Honors

"When you've been in the foxhole together, you kind of tighten up the team and everyone fought out of it together," said Robert Rivkin, United chief legal officer.
6 minute read

The Recorder

California Bar Adopts First-of-Its-Kind Guidance on AI for Attorneys

"I do think this guidance is needed, and it's needed now," said state bar trustee Hailyn Chen, co-managing partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

COURT CLOSED: Weather Prompts Shutdown of Broward Courts

The aftermath of Wednesday's heavy rainfall resulted in road closures and sinkholes and forced officials to close Broward County Public Schools and Broward College to cancel classes on Thursday.
3 minute read

Law.com

Will AI Finally Disrupt Legal Billing?: The Morning Minute

The news and analysis you need to start your day.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Will AI Disrupt Legal Billing? Early Innovations Offer Some Clues

AI isn't the first technology to disrupt the legal industry, but it's driving a faster pace of change and altering the law firm-legal department relationship, legal analysts report.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

$5.25M Arbitration Award Reversed After Attorney Blames Missed Deadline on Legal Secretary's 'Excusable Neglect'

"Basically, the affidavits in support of the motion to vacate alleged a miscommunication between Polymer's counsel and his legal assistant, who was in the process of leaving his firm, and the failure of the assistant to calendar the deadline for filing a motion for trial," Judge Robert Gross wrote for the court.
4 minute read

Law.com

It's Hoteling, Not Moteling

Hoteling has a negative connotation in the legal industry as little has been done to make the experience reliable and something to look forward to. The fact is, hoteling has worked very well in other industries for many years, and lessons learned here can help law firms.
7 minute read

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