“We can’t go on like this” is an oft-heard expression of trouble on the horizon, but it took the financial crisis of 2008 to force meaningful changes in how corporate…
America's heroin problem is hardly a secret anymore. Broached in the New Hampshire presidential primary, heroin addiction has been a subject for newspapers, magazine articles, television shows and books. …
Jul 1, 2016 2:10 AM CDT
Brad Koffel and Scott VanDerKarr. Photograph by Stephen Webster.
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Lawyers have used a lot of bad words to describe litigation funding over the years—words such as champerty and maintenance. These and other terms were created hundreds of years ago…
South Australia is big—and empty. With almost 1.7 million residents (the vast majority in its capital city of Adelaide) spread over 379,725 square miles, the state's size makes it hard…
Coleman Watson has an almost paperless law office. He achieved the near-zero-paper state when starting a solo (now two-lawyer) practice in Orlando, Florida, by digitizing all practice-related documents he had…
In the race for first-year, big money BigLaw jobs, some schools can place graduates based solely on the school's academic reputation; others must find a way to stand out from…
Jun 1, 2016 1:50 AM CDT
Danielle Holley-Walker. Photograph by David Hills.
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McCarthy Tétrault was looking for a leader, someone who could help the large Canadian law firm navigate the muddy waters of a quickly changing profession. So the firm decided to…
Jun 1, 2016 1:40 AM CDT
Tracie Crook. Photo Courtesy of McCarthy Tetrault.
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To illustrate a key piece of evidence in an insurance fraud case, model maker Roland Benson was hired to build a life-size replica of the back of a car and…
Jun 1, 2016 1:20 AM CDT
Mark McBride. Photograph by Jonah Light. Architectural model pictured provided by Jeffrey Eyster of AE Architecture.
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Two years before he decided to go to law school, W. Thomas Smith was a pharmacist like his grandfather and great-grandfather, and life was good as he headed out to…
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