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The Law Firm Disrupted: Some Super Bowl Fun and Games in Big Law

Law firms with Kansas City and San Francisco outposts are finding ways to play up Sunday's matchup.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Law Firms See Faster Profit Growth, Despite Slowdowns in Revenue

Firms have shifted their leverage models, helping to bump up profits per equity partner for a second year, said Wells Fargo.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Senators Press Biden Judicial Picks on Defunding Police, Legal Philosophy

"I have never advocated for taking away police funding," said Amir Ali, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Schnader Harrison Faces Class Action Over Allegedly Misappropriated Attorney Compensation

The suit says that income partners and counsel were forced to defer a portion of their annual compensation into the firm's pension plan, despite the pension plan itself not requiring such a contribution, and that money was ultimately commingled with firm operating funds.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Generative AI-Powered E-Discovery Startup Beagle Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding Round

Beagle, whose co-founders were previously machine-learning managers at Snap Inc., looks to stand out in the market due what the company called its "experienced technical team."
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Fort Worth Trial Firm Adds Offices in Dallas, West Texas

Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, launched on Jan. 29 with 10 lawyers who departed Alston & Bird, opened an office in Dallas with two Holland & Knight litigators.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How a Few Business Basics Can Heal Legal Department-Law Firm Relationships

"The challenge with a lot of legal-ops departments is they are populated by lawyers who are intimidated by external counsel. So it's hard to step away and actually put a real business lens on it," said Bindu Cudjoe, chief legal officer of Laurentian Bank.
4 minute read

Law.com

Can Big Law Extract the Maximum Value of AI?

Legal departments of major corporations along with the industry's most elite firms are actively using generative AI, and the idea that any organization would wait on identifying and testing use cases is seen as a significant competitive risk.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Is Florida Statutes Chapter 558 in Need of Another Overhaul?

Chapter 558 of the Florida Statutes was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2003 as "an alternative method to resolve construction disputes that would reduce the need for litigation as well as protect the rights of property owners."
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Billing Rate Increases and Demand Growth Push DC Firms to Strong Financial Year

"D.C. was our best-performing region," said Owen Burman, of Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group. "The regulatory side was on fire for so many firms."
3 minute read

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