California solo practitioner Cathy Jones says she isn’t affiliated with a firm called Briggs Jones Law, and she didn’t file a motion that urged U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to…
The ABA is cooperating with the Department of Veterans Affairs in a pilot program to provide free legal representation to vets with pending disability claims.
Being considered one of the top terrorism targets in the U.S. has helped make New York City a lot safer as far as ordinary crime is concerned, the city’s police…
A well-known Chicago-based law firm filed suit last week against members of a prominent family and their corporate entities, contending that they racked up an unpaid legal bill of nearly…
New York’s top court has ruled that dissolved law firms in bankruptcy court aren’t entitled to claw back unfinished-business profits in hourly fee matters when lawyers take cases to new…
A solo practitioner from New Jersey claims in a lawsuit that content from his website ended up on the websites of two other law firms, harming his position in Google…
Miami lawyer Scott Saul tries to look at the big picture when deciding whether to pursue clients for unpaid bills. He believes that hardline tactics can be counterproductive. “If I come down hard on them, I’ve lost them as a referral base forever.” Photo by Sonya Revell.
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Seyfarth Shaw CIO Andrew Jurczyk says firms are vulnerable when an employee is about to leave, so the transition process should be handled systematically. Photo by Bob Stefko.
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