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The American Lawyer

Will Ransomware Attack Make Law Firms 'WannaCry'?

Amid a massive, worldwide ransomware attack, a leading firm in Rhode Island has sued its insurer over a similar cyber assault that it claims cost it $700,000 in lost billings. Providence-based Moses Afonso Ryan is representing itself in a suit filed last week against Sentinel Insurance Co.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

An Open Letter to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: I Hope You Know What You're Doing

Just wondering—did you as a firm by chance notice how the president treated Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last week? Did it give you pause before staking the reputation of your 144-year-old firm on a pledge that Trump has no financial ties to Russia, nope, no siree?
43 minute read

The American Lawyer

Garvey Schubert Barer Goes Fishing in the Lateral Market

The firm has hired Andrew Richards, a fishery industry veteran and former deckhand on commercial salmon trollers. Richards recently shuttered his own Seattle-based shop, Sullivan & Richards, which represented a wide variety of clients in the commercial fishing space.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Quinn Emanuel Recruits Top Kirkland IP Litigator

Steven Cherny, a well-regarded intellectual property litigator who has spent nearly the past decade at Kirkland & Ellis, has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as a partner in New York.
52 minute read

The American Lawyer

Partner Hits Proskauer with $50 Million Gender Bias Suit

An unnamed Proskauer partner in Washington, D.C., alleges she is a victim of gender discrimination and accused a prominent partner in the office of harassment.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lawmaker Aims to Empower FJD to Raise Fees, Fund Indigent Defense

State Rep. John Taylor, R-Philadelphia, is seeking co-sponsors for a proposed piece of legislation aimed at increasing filing fees at the First Judicial District to support court-appointed attorneys who represent indigent defendants.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Inside the C-Suite: Rise of the Homegrown Law Firm CMO?

If firms want their top marketers to stick around, should they look to the talent they already have?
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Young Lawyers Demand More Feedback, Firms Deliver

Large law firms have been seeking feedback about how they give feedback. And what they're finding is that associates want to know whether they're doing well, far more than once per year.
36 minute read

Daily Business Review

Former Rosenthal Rasco Partner Sues Other Partners Over Firm Finances

Rosenthal Rosenthal Rasco Kaplan split has former partner asking for judicial dissolution.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Buyer Beware: Former Foley & Lardner Partner Arrest Reveals Lateral Hiring Risks

Did that firm, or the federal government, have a duty to warn Bradley about an investigation?
5 minute read

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