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Ten companies awarded ACC Value Champions
ACC values corporate legal departments using digital tools, strategy to speed up and streamline business.
Latham & Watkins scoop fintech pair
Firm expands fintech practice with prominent Washington DC hires, capturing two experienced partners from Crowell & Moring.
Privacy app taps into $5 billion market
Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini is selling CCPA advice starting at $7,500, earning over $100,000 in sales first week for its privacy app.
Eversheds sets out stall on Chicago's Magnificent Mile
Eversheds Sutherland opens in Chicago two years after combination, and brings in White & Case real estate veteran lawyer to head up the office.
Singing the legal blues
Songwriters call for more freedoms and less regulation during ASCAP “Stand with Songwriters” on today's advocacy day.
Sheppard Mullin puts "money where its mouth is" on gender
Firm sponsors LA Galaxy OC women's soccer team, part of the successful Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise LA Galaxy, which hit the big time with David Beckham.
JAMS in NY and LA
Not traffic jams for a change, but new international arbitration centers which have officially opened in Los Angeles and New York.
Legal partnering to foster access to justice
Low-income Americans to get help as American Bar Association joins forces with Legal Services Corporation to launch legal tech donation effort.
Harvard law professors to lose positions
First African-American faculty deans in Harvard's history lose house positions, one being Harvard law dean representing Harvey Weinstein.
Dentons pilots behavioural health program
In launching its Ginger programme, firm says emotional well-being among lawyers and professional staff continues as a priority.
Court rules e-mails not protected by client-attorney privilege
Court in Target trademark case rules e-mails not protected by attorney-client privilege, and give no work product protection either.
TokenSoft ends its due diligence on law firms
After recent SEC guidance, TokenSoft is accepting clients from broader set of law firms as market sees tokens as "regulated instruments.”
Make that call say Googlers
Google employees have organized a phone drive today to get Congress to legally end employers' forced arbitration practices.
Employer may not have cake and eat it
$20 million gender discrimination and retaliation suit filed on behalf of the former female general counsel after she was made to serve cake to juniors.
Am Law 100 nearing pre-recession growth rates
The 2019 Am Law 100 data sees a healthy industry that in 2018 continued to show significant gains in key financial metrics.
Facebook new general counsel brings experience and baggage
Media highlights past work as Facebook announces Jennifer Newstead as general counsel, overseeing the company's global legal functions.
New Law firm launches enterprising in-house solution
Legility launches “enterprise legal solutions” division in expansion of services to in-house counsel
US firm launches new blockchain practice
AmLaw 200 firm Greenspoon Marder launches blockchain, digital assets and technology transactions practice group with new partner.
TV channel sets its day in court
Court TV unveils launch date and programming plans promising “gavel-to-gavel” live coverage of America's most fascinating trials all day.
Eversheds lights up new practice
Firm launches cannabis industry team to help clients navigate changing industry and pursue opportunities in a murky industry landscape.