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Texas Lawyer

Texas Takeaways: When More Than a Few Attorneys Change Firms

"Everyone recognized that some merger-related attrition was going to be part of our ultimate growth strategy and that a combination with an Am Law 50 firm would not appeal to some of our lawyers, particularly those who had elected to lateral over to a regional firm from a national firm," says Dallas attorney Michael Newman.
3 minute read

Law.com

Attorney Can Proceed With Age Discrimination Suit Against Law Firm

Insurance defense attorney Jay M. Potter alleged, among other things, that he wasn't given the same opportunities as younger attorneys at the firm.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'It's Really Management': Why Law Schools Aren't Racing to Fill the Legal-Ops Education Void

"People are lacking both the mentorship and the structure training. [Which] is exactly what you'd expect with a burgeoning profession," said Casey Flaherty, co-founder of LexFusion.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

3 'Change Management' Tips for Legal Departments Making the Tech Switch

With increased tech implementation, legal departments of all sizes are grappling with the replacement of old processes and products with new ones, and it isn't always easy.
4 minute read

Law.com

New Approaches to Outsourced Labor

Employees are the lifeblood of an organization. Companies, including law firms, are rightfully attempting to navigate what the past two years have meant to the labor force and make sense of the changes to the landscape so that they can successfully manage their businesses. Included in this mix are outsourcing service providers.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Three Big Things for the Florida Legal Recruiting Market

Florida has the fourth largest economy in the country and poised to have a boon over the next few years due to many factors. There is a lot of legal work coming down the pike. Strategically recruiting talented lawyers should be on every law firm's agenda for 2022 and 2023.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Novel Ruling, Superior Court Finds Mask Mandates Didn't Violate Defendant's Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation

The defendant claimed his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated when the judge "refused to modify COVID-19 procedures consistent with surrounding jurisdictions," because the jury "could not assess the witness['] credibility by observing their behavior," the opinion said.
4 minute read

International Edition

'Question Your Lawyers' To Improve Firms' Legal Ops Offerings, General Counsel Urged

At this week's Women, Influence and Power in Law conference, one panel discussed their best advice to implement legal operations into a law department.
2 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Denies Law Grad's Claims That She Was Held To 'a Higher Standard Than a Simple Pro Se Litigant'

"Plaintiff pro se may have graduated from law school but she has never practiced one day of law, and in fact, has never been licensed to practice due to her having failed the bar exam five times, however the defendant and this court seem to want to attribute to her the very skills she has been told by private bar exam tutors she lacks, and are the cause of her repeated bar exam failures, especially the capability to read, understand and comply with the rules, while utilizing those rules to express her contentions and communicate effectively," the plaintiff argued.
4 minute read

Law.com

Following State Disbarment for Alleged Misuse of Funds, Veteran Attorney Is Also Disbarred in Federal Court

Richard W. Gannett has maintained that his due process rights were violated during state ethics proceedings because his counsel was ineffective.
8 minute read

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