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Wall Street Journal on Law Firm Hiring
May 2, 2014
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a report on the recently held NALP conference in Seattle during which NALP Director...
May 2, 2014
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a report on the recently held NALP conference in Seattle during which NALP Director...
Top 10 Business Negotiations of 2013
January 9, 2014
A number of noteworthy disputes among businesses, organizations, and individuals made headlines in 2013. We point out the negotiation angles behind stories first reported by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets. Keep an eye out for these common themes: hardball tactics that backfire, costly legal battles that could have been avoided, and disputes over poorly worded contracts. Robin Thicke versus the family of Marvin Gaye Starbucks and Kraft Foods Michael...
January 9, 2014
A number of noteworthy disputes among businesses, organizations, and individuals made headlines in 2013. We point out the negotiation angles behind stories first reported by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets. Keep an eye out for these common themes: hardball tactics that backfire, costly legal battles that could have been avoided, and disputes over poorly worded contracts. Robin Thicke versus the family of Marvin Gaye Starbucks and Kraft Foods Michael...
‘Astronomically Generous’ Pay for Former Dewey CFO, Executive Director Alleged in Clawback Suit
December 8, 2013
The bankruptcy trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf is seeking the return of $21.8 million in “astronomically generous” pay from two former leaders of the failed firm. The suit filed on Wednesday targets Dewey’s former executive director Stephen DiCarmine and former chief financial officer Joel Sanders, report the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) and the Am Law Daily (sub. req.). Each earned more than $10 million from 2008 to 2012, according to details of the suit published by the Wall...
December 8, 2013
The bankruptcy trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf is seeking the return of $21.8 million in “astronomically generous” pay from two former leaders of the failed firm. The suit filed on Wednesday targets Dewey’s former executive director Stephen DiCarmine and former chief financial officer Joel Sanders, report the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) and the Am Law Daily (sub. req.). Each earned more than $10 million from 2008 to 2012, according to details of the suit published by the Wall...
‘Nanny-cam’ app allows clients to track lawyer billing
April 21, 2013
More and more lawyers are using apps for legal research, trial work and client management. But there have been few low-cost options for clients who want to keep tabs on their lawyers. That's changing. Clients increasingly will have access to apps that promise to help them track billing, draft documents, find lawyers and "add transparency and a measure of convenience" to dealings with lawyers, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. The WSJ looked specifically at Viewabill, which the paper...
April 21, 2013
More and more lawyers are using apps for legal research, trial work and client management. But there have been few low-cost options for clients who want to keep tabs on their lawyers. That's changing. Clients increasingly will have access to apps that promise to help them track billing, draft documents, find lawyers and "add transparency and a measure of convenience" to dealings with lawyers, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. The WSJ looked specifically at Viewabill, which the paper...
Could we soon be teaching Bloomberg instead of Wexis?
April 20, 2013
We've blogged before about how Bloomberg law is intent on nothing short of world domination in the commercial legal research...
April 20, 2013
We've blogged before about how Bloomberg law is intent on nothing short of world domination in the commercial legal research...
