What If a Border Agent Seeks Your Smartphone That Includes Client Secrets?
News
What is an attorney to do if a customs agent asks to peruse the attorney’s smart phone?
Are You Being SMART About Your Approach to Business Development?
News
SMART provides you with focus, so you can actually achieve your goals.
Why You Should Insist on Diversity in Your Law Practice
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Both the perception of and reality for women attorneys is disheartening.
Too Many Teenagers Want to Become Lawyers or Managers
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Teenagers aren’t being imaginative enough with their ambitions as they aspire to a short list of 20th-century occupations in their future careers, according to the OECD.
Arbitration Agreement Invalidated; It Was Not Explained To The Patient
Insight
The arbitration agreement stated that his signature was not a precondition to treatment, and that he could cancel it within 5 days; however, he was not provided a copy of the arbitration agreement.
Legal Funding Impacts Taxes, On Funding & Later Settlement
Insight
Lawyers and clients may want to lay off some of the risk of a case on someone else, and the litigation finance industry generally offers non-recourse money.
The Sandbagging Conundrum Explained
Insight
There is perhaps no more consistently vexing problem for transactional attorneys on opposite sides than figuring out a fair contractual resolution for “sandbagging” issues.
Making Big Oil Pay For Climate Change May Be Impossible
Insight
As more governments and taxpayers find themselves staring down the barrel at rising climate costs, they are increasingly turning to the courts to hold Big Oil accountable.
Richard Graves Joins Bradley’s Real Estate Practice Group in Nashville
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Richard E. Graves has joined the Nashville office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group.
Eversheds Sutherland Strengthens Education Practice with Partner Stanley Freeman
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Eversheds Sutherland has expanded its education practice with the addition of Stanley Freeman.
Dykema’s Danielle Rushing Elected to the San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellows Program
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Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Danielle Rushing, San Antonio-based attorney in Dykema’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, was selected by the San Antonio Bar Foundation (SABF) as one of 25 newly elected members to the SABF Fellows Program.
Norwegian Honorary Consulate for Illinois Opens at Greensfelder in Chicago; Susan Meyer Introduced as Newly Appointed Honorary Consul
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The new Norwegian Honorary Consulate for Illinois has officially opened at the Chicago office of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., with Greensfelder Officer Susan Meyer serving as the newly appointed Norwegian Honorary Consul.
Former BigLaw Office Manager Accused of Using Firm’s Credit Card for Spending Spree
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Federal prosecutors allege that a former Morrison & Foerster office operations manager spent more than $400,000 on the firm’s credit card to make personal purchases.
Women Suing Riot Games May Deserve $400 Million, Not $10 Million
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Two state agencies are taking the unusual step of trying to stop Riot Games from paying out $10 million to female employees as part of a settlement over a gender discrimination class action suit.
Johnson & Johnson’s $8 Billion Risperdal Judgment Reduced to $6.8 Million
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The judge presiding over a case which saw Johnson & Johnson hit with an $8bn jury verdict has reduced the amount the company has to pay in damages to $6.8m.
Man Serving Life Gets New Trial After Attorney Described as Racist
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Ezzard Charles Ellis learned, “after his lawyer’s death, that the attorney was a racist who regularly expressed contempt for minority clients.”
Michael Avenatti Is Now Being Held in Same Chilly Cell That Housed El Chapo
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Avenatti was put in the most secure section of the federal facility under special administrative measures designed to cut off his communications with the outside world.
Trump’s lawyers began the impeachment trial with a blizzard of lies
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Members of President Donald Trump’s legal team wasted no time telling a number of lies before things really got going.
The Total Economic Impact of Conga Contracts
Webinar, Jan. 28, 2020
Participants in the webinar will learn about current contract lifecycle management (CLM) priorities and findings from “The Total Economic Impact of Conga Contracts” a study commissioned by Conga, to find out how.
Deepen Your Compliance Expertise in 2020 with SCCE
Workshops 2020
The SCCE will host Academies in 18 locations worldwide to help Deepen Your Compliance Expertise in 2020.
