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Daily Business Review

COVID Is Over, but Not When It Comes to Real Estate, Personal Injury Litigation

"COVID continues to impact trials as attorneys, judges, trial staff, litigants jurors, etc. test positive before, during, or after trial, and derail things that have taken years to get into a position to try," Attorney Kenneth J. McKenna said.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

Seven Ways Law Firm Leaders Can Retain Talent

At Hall Booth Smith, we have strategized using the following methods to help with improving retention.
5 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge: Attorney's Cancer Treatment Constitutes Excusable Neglect to Justify Request for Late Filing

An attorney who had technical problems filing documents in federal court before starting treatment for a recurrence of cancer has shown excusable neglect to justify his motion for leave to file a statement of additional material facts in his client's gender and age discrimination suit, a district judge in Maine concluded this week.
5 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Are Using Addictive Substance to 'Improve Their Edge'—Watchdogs Issue Alert

"They don't actually go shopping for a high," said Robynn Moraites, North Carolina Lawyer Assistance Program director. "They're just trying to function."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Bar President Champions New Mentorship Program for Attorneys

"The mentors are going to learn a lot as well, by getting a newer perspective of younger attorneys and seeing the legal practice through their eyes," said Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3 Days a Week Versus Wider Flexibility: Pennsylvania Firms Diverge on Office Mandates

"We want people to come back in and meet the people that just started and just rebuild and strengthen the relationships we held very closely before," said Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney chief talent officer Danielle Rosetti.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

A 'Great Day for Women' in Florida Courthouses: New Law Brings Change

"It is really good to know that there will be one less barrier as women to getting our work done," Aimee Ferrer, a partner Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen, said.
5 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: 5 Ways GCs Can Enhance Legal Department Mental Health

"You have to be smart about what goes to outside counsel and how to keep the most interesting and strategic work in-house because that keeps your people around," former HP in-house leader Gabriel Buigas said.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Attorneys Responding to Survey Say They're Anxious, Exhausted

"I deal with in-house lawyers all the time now, and I just see the level of anxiety—mostly in connection with the overwhelming amount of work and their ability to keep up," said Noel Elfant, a fractional general counsel for legal departments.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How the Key to Engagement May Lie in Unlocking Generational Loyalties

Distinct contrasts in ways of working, personal motivators and prevailing attitudes have left many leaders frustrated and disillusioned.
8 minute read

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