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Even in Crowded Market, Big Firms Still Have Edge in Wooing Millennial Talent

With corporate legal departments facing budgetary restraints as a result of COVID-19, they may be more open to hiring attorneys who are still early in their career. However, many young lawyers may prefer life at a big firm over working anywhere else in the legal ecosystem.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Facebook Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over 'Copy, Acquire, Kill' Methods

On the heels of a U.S. House report, a new class action alleges that Facebook used "copy, acquire, kill" methods to wipe out its competitors and illegally monopolize both the social media and social network markets.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Internal Investigations in a Virtual World

Internal investigations will need to proceed, albeit under different circumstances. In order to ensure that remote internal investigations are probative and effective, companies and their outside counsel should employ a few simple and practical practices.
8 minute read

Law.com

Remote Work Isn't Going Away. Don't Let Your Firm's Strategy Create 'Second-Class Citizens'

Legal recruiter Richard Hsu makes the case that physical offices are not obsolete and will still play a crucial role in the legal profession post-pandemic.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Deloitte Legal Turns to Harvard to Train Spanish Lawyers in Tech

The 'Black Box' training program is intended to help lawyers get to grips with digital tools and solutions such as cloud computing, cryptography and language programing, and includes a course led by Harvard University.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

COVID-19 Proved the Value of Legal Operations In-House

Catherine Moynihan, director of the Association of Corporate Counsel's legal operations arm, said an increasing number of legal operations professionals have been trying to find new ways to leverage existing technology rather than invest in new technology.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Rising Ransomware Attacks Spur Debate Over Whether Cyber Insurance Is to Blame

As ransomware becomes a larger and more expensive risk, some lawyers say cyber insurance policies might partially be the cause. Unsurprisingly, insurers have a much different take.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

COVID-19 Will Pass, But Artificial Intelligence Will Be Part of its Legacy

While COVID-19 will pass, the fundamental shift in working practices and technology adoption will have lasting effects. Lawyers have realized that you don't always need to be sitting in the same office as someone to work effectively.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Top 10 Practical Business Implications Arising From the Passage of the CPRA

As such, assuming a business has taken efforts to comply with the CCPA, the new law will require evolution rather than revolution of companies' privacy practices. That does not mean, however, there is not work to be done, and companies subject to the CPRA should be taking steps to comply sooner rather than later.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Jeff Hammes and Adam Gerchen's Legal Tech SPAC Has Two Dozen Targets in Sight

The blank check company, sponsored by former Kirkland & Ellis chairman Jeffrey Hammes and Keller Lenkner CEO Adam Gerchen, has $175 million to direct toward an acquisition.
3 minute read

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