Predictive coding in e-discovery has traversed three stages of acceptance, according to a lawyer for one of the companies marketing it. In a soon-to-arrive fourth stage, it will become an…
Those December BigLaw rate-increase letters dispatched to corporate clients are as unwelcome as holiday fruitcake, according to the former general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Corrected: The battle between a court-appointed law firm and the family of an elderly couple that was in its care over legal fees is raising questions of the treatment of…
Higher associate bonuses came from Cravath Swain & Moore in 2012. Naturally other firms that see themselves–or want to see themselves–as competitors with the Wall Street firm followed suit. For the most part partners and associates are happy with the numbers, guests tell ABA Journal Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward, but there could be big changes in the future.
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