http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-19T12:45:59-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/contract_lawyer_claims_he_is_entitled_to_paid_ot_due_to_extremely_routine_n/ A lawyer who performed document review for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on a contract basis claims in a lawsuit that he is entitled to overtime pay for work in excess of 40 hours a week. The plaintiff, New York lawyer William Henig, claims he typically worked 57 to 60… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:31:28 -0600 43112.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/patton_boggs_axes_30_attorneys_and_35_staff_no_partners_get_pink_slips/ Unlike a number of other major law firms, Patton Boggs didn't lay off workers during the recession. But it axed 65 attorneys and other employees Thursday, after 2012 revenue and profits slipped, the firm's managing partner said Friday. Let go were 30 lawyers and 35 staff members, managing partner Edward… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Contract Attorneys, Midsize Firm, States, District of Columbia Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:13:16 -0600 43068.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_firm_billing_contract_lawyers_at_1k_hourly_must_reveal_what_they_were/ Ruling from the bench, a federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday gave a green light to a request for discovery by a class action activist concerning the wages paid by a law firm to the contract attorneys it billed out at $1,000 an hour. Citigroup Inc. agreed last year to… Careers, Lawyer Pay, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Solos/Small Firms, Securities Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:05:02 -0600 43066.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/does_legal_fees_motion_in_590m_citigroup_case_include_1k_per_hour_for_low-p/ A protester has filed an objection to a legal-fees request in a securities case settled by Citigroup for $590 million, contending that the lead plaintiffs law firm is trying to charge $1,000 per hour for some contract attorneys who were actually paid only… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Corporate Law, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Securities Law, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees, States, New York Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:03:47 -0600 42213.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/legal_rebels_2012_if_the_shoe_fits/ Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Outsourcing, Careers, Work/Life Balance, Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Law Firms, Associates, Contract Attorneys, Solos/Small Firms, Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Rebels, Legal Rebels Profiles, Securities Law Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:40:03 -0500 40211.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/boston_law_firm_got_32_applicants_for_attorney_job_paying_10000_a_year_part/ A small Boston law firm that hit the headlines when it advertised a job for a new law graduate paying $10,000 a year got 32 applicants for the position, a partner of Gilbert & O'Bryan tells the Boston Business Journal. Although observers note that the the… Business of Law, Careers, Lawyer Pay, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Partners, Law Schools, States, Massachusetts Thu, 31 May 2012 17:35:45 -0500 39041.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/eversheds_makes_in-house_contract_lawyer_team_permanent_as_expected_15-atto/ An experimental in-house contract lawyer service at a major United Kingdom-based law firm has gotten off to a bigger start than expected and has been made permanent a little over halfway into a one-year pilot program. Eversheds now has almost 80 contract lawyers available to clients through Eversheds Agile, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, International Law, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Large Firm, International, Europe, United Kingdom Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:06:25 -0500 37947.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nixon_peabody_isnt_shy_about_its_hiring_of_an_outsourcing_company/ Updated: More than 80 percent of law firms surveyed about their use of outsourcing companies in 2010 declined to answer the questions. That attitude is apparently changing. In a press release, Nixon Peabody is announcing it has entered into a preferred vendor relationship with… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:20:08 -0600 37104.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_staff_attorney_sues_quinn_emanuel_alleges_race_discrimination/ A former staff attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has sued the law firm for race discrimination and retaliation. Kisshia Simmons-Grant says in her federal district court suit that the law firm gave work to less qualified white staff attorneys while she went without assignments and hence was not… Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Large Firm, Tort Law, States, New York Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:37:29 -0500 35785.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/eversheds_offers_clients_an_alternative_to_its_own_lawyers--its_own_contrac/ Eversheds is fighting competition from contract lawyer services by creating its own. The U.K. law firm is trying out a new contract lawyer business for a one-year stint, and it’s touting the new service to clients, Legal Week reports. The lawyers will work at clients’ offices or… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, International, Europe, United Kingdom Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:30:48 -0500 35432.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_new_view_of_review_predictive_coding_vows_to_cut_e-discovery_drudgery/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Outsourcing, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Business of Law Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:00:35 -0500 34962.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_new_view_part_2_e-discovery_changes_have_some_seeing_a_career_in_document/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Outsourcing, Careers, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Business of Law Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:50:35 -0500 34963.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/the_disrupter_david_perla_pangea3/ India, with its booming economy and wealth of young, educated lawyers eager for work, was at the forefront of David Perla’s mind the day he met with his good friend Sanjay Kamlani to hatch a plan that would turn the traditional law firm model inside out. “We wanted to effect… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Legal Technology, Outsourcing, Careers, International Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Large Firm, Partners, Legal Ethics, Legal Rebels, Legal Rebels Profiles, International, Asia, India Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:37:41 -0500 34258.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/biz_management_strategies_can_be_applied_in_law_practice_document_review/ Whenever I have written about project management, process management or Lean and Six Sigma, I received considerable criticism from a number of people who feel that such concepts should not be applied to knowledge workers such as lawyers. At the risk of drumming up more consternation, I am putting my… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Large Firm, Legal Rebels, The New Normal Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:12:54 -0500 34573.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/malpractice_suit_alleges_negligence_by_mcdermotts_temporary_lawyers/ A legal malpractice suit filed against McDermott Will & Emery raises questions about outside lawyers hired to help screen documents for clients. An amended malpractice suit filed last week by J-M Manufacturing, also known as JM Eagle, claims McDermott’s outside contract lawyers “negligently performed their duties” while screening documents, the… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Careers, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Large Firm, Trials & Litigation Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:59:56 -0500 34237.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/freelance_law_lawyers_network_helps_these_women_keep_a_hand_in_the_workforc/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, 9th Circuit Court, States, California, Business of Law Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:40:49 -0500 33875.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jury_acquits_lawyers_girlfriend_of_murdering_him_convicts_her_of_voluntary_/ Charged with murder in the 2009 killing of her 36-year-old boyfriend, attorney Michael Porcella, a California woman has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement, because she used a gun. Rennie Pratt, 29, shot Porcella as he was arriving home one night at about 11:30 p.m. in Oakland. She… Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Solos/Small Firms, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, States, California Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:32:17 -0500 31903.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/tort_firm_that_misclassifed_associates_as_independent_contractors/ A Louisiana personal injury lawyer who operated an "attorney incubator" for fledgling practitioners has had his business model shot down by the Internal Revenue Service. The attorneys to whom he provided office space and referred cases that were handled under his law firm name were associates of Donald Cave's law… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Corporate Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Associates, Contract Attorneys, Tax Law, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Louisiana Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:22:51 -0500 31719.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/top_10_ways_to_better_manage_legal_spending/ As it becomes increasingly apparent that 2011 and beyond won’t bring a “return to normal” for annual double-digit growth in legal budgets, I thought it would be useful to recap the top ways I’ve found to better manage legal spending. None of these are new, but all are rooted in… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, In-house Counsel, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, Legal Rebels, The New Normal, Trials & Litigation, Attorney Fees Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:39:50 -0600 31204.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/thomson_reuters_hiring_attorneys_for_new_lpo_outfit_in_michigan/ Updated: When we reported Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of Indian legal process outsourcing company Pangea3 in the February issue, the publishing giant hadn’t yet disclosed where it would build document review centers in the U.S., aimed to mirror those overseas. This week, however, we discovered a Thomson-Pangea3 Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Law Firms, Contract Attorneys, States, Michigan Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:53:52 -0600 30603.abajournal.com