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 approximately 20 other lawyers in Chicago. The addition of this group will significantly enhance DLA Piper’s positioning in middle-market private […]
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, General Equity Division, and Of Counsel at Wilentz, who has served in the position since 2018. Judge Ciuffani will continue […]
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 of news is drying up. What is up are discussions on social media, especially, for housebound in-house attorneys, on the […]
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 in-house lawyers, says the firm, came from small companies to multinationals. The roundtable discussion began with a brief presentation […]
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 autonomy and the ability of their clients to choose their representation, according to a report on Bloomberg Law. The ruling doesn’t apply to all […]
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 percent CAGR by 2025. The report says the rapid increase is due to the intense business and regulatory changes […]
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 team, division and distances are created that are destined to inexorably change relations between colleagues, and especially with customers. What […]
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 survive. From his bully pulpit as the top lawyer for FMC Technologies, he railed against hourly bills and other traditional practices […]
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 least for chief legal officers, compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity remain critical challenges to business. And these challenges strengthening the […]
