Just as desperate times deserve desperate measures, overly broad advance waivers of conflicts deserve overly broad relief in the form of disgorgment of legal fees, held the California Court of Appeals (Second District) earlier this year Sheppard, Mullin v. JM Manufacturing, 244 Cal. App. 4th 590 (January 2016). The dispute arose after Sheppard Mullin
Though some solos are perfectly happy to operate as an army of one, others look forward to the day when their workload and revenues justify hiring that first associate. But even when that day that a solo can afford an associate’s salary is tantalizingly close, once they sit down and do the numbers — tacking
This Thanksgiving, for the first time in years, I am thankful to be a small firm lawyer. On the cusp of a new administration where civil liberties may be eviscerated and private property rights may fall victim to private infrastructure development , as a lawyer, I have the skills to fight the erosion of these
In the practice of law, time is money. Ask any lawyer what he or she looks for most in legal technology, and the answer will immediately be efficiency. Having everything you need in one place, without having to switch platforms, is not simply a convenience, it’s a necessity.
That’s why practice management tools were invented.
In a far off land of legal make-believe where lines of clients wait eagerly. Where solo attorneys can choose their faves and happy clients give them all the raves. Where cases won tally up to the sky and notoriety is at an all time high. Our solo attorney’s expertise is unrivaled in her chosen niche
Though sales of medical and dental practices are fairly common, as are buy-ins (such as a biglaw attorney purchasing a partnership stake in a firm), many state regulators prohibited lawyers from selling a law practice. In 1990, the quick-moving (ha!) ABA finally moved itself to action , with the adoption of Model Rule 1.17 that
So last week, I received my first ever cease and desist letter.
This one came from FisherBroyles, an Atlanta-based law firm, ordering my law firm (erroneously referred to as “CE” in the letter) to “cease and desist from any further willful and unauthorized use of the mark “LAW FIRM 2.0.” Fisher Broyles attached
Thanks to those who attended Rocket Retainers & Power Pacts. Maybe it’s just that it’s summer, but it didn’t attract as large an audience as I would have liked. And so, if you’d like to listen to yesterday’s webinar, click here:
http://www.anymeeting.com/carolynelefant/E953D784854E3C
For now, there are no more pre-sales of the product. Those who already
With a first place win in a Thanksgiving pie-eating contest , authorship of the Urban Dictionary definition of legitimate rape (and a profile at Above the Law ), a post as a web comic responsible for the Hillary Potter series and ownership of the ClintonKaine.com web domain (purchased back in 2011 for $7.67), you could
Crains reports that increasingly, tiny law firms are winning work from Fortune 500 companies that previously went to big firm competitors. The reasons are what you’d expect – first and foremost, companies get better value by hiring a $325/hour experienced small law partner to handle routine work rather than a similarly priced big law associate