The Association of Corporate Counsel and Major, Lindsey & Africa have announced the publication of their annual legal industry benchmarking survey. This third report reveals a shift in the distribution of in-house legal spending, driven primarily by smaller firms. In addition, compared to last year, more departments moved work in-house in the areas of due […]
DLA Piper continues to make substantial investments in its globally recognized Private Equity practice with the addition of lateral partners Harris Eisenberg, Alex Plakas, Nathan Wilda and Drew Rosenberry, along with several other partners and
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, announced that firm Chairman Brian J. Molloy has been appointed as its General Counsel. Molloy takes the reins from Frank M. Ciuffani, retired Presiding Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court,
The Covid-19 lockdown has completely changed how the legal world works. And as a news service that scours the wires for news of hiring and promotion, anecdotally we can say that for now, that kind
In a client note, the law firm Burns & Levinson writes that the In-House Advisor convened a video conference of 15 general and corporate counsel to talk about their businesses’ respohnse to the COVID-19 crisis. The
If you’re an Ohio lawyer working in-house, there’s good news: You can’t agree to noncompete clauses in your employment contract. The state’s high court held that noncompetes for lawyers restrict their
Reportlinker.com released its report “Alternative Legal Service Providers Market in US – Industry Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025” and its conclusion is a stunner: The alternate legal service provider market is set to increase at a 23
Even the most competent people make mistakes at work. Sometimes it is a small error and fixing it is possible; others have (almost) unpredictable, bad consequences. And in the latter cases, when working as a
Jeff Carr is not shy, and he doesn’t like to sit still. For years he was the general counsel who was most vocal about how the legal profession had to change in order to
The retrospective season is over, and now, inevitably, it’s time to worry about what 2020 holds for us, both top company lawyers and regular people. And the Association of Corporate Counsel tells is that, at
