Private practice lawyers were more than five times as likely as their in-house counterparts to choose hourly billing, while in-house counsel were more than twice as likely to choose value-based or outcome-driven pricing.
A California federal judge has allowed the bulk of a former nonequity partner's claims that Duane Morris systemically misclassified and shifted costs of business onto non-equity partners and made discriminatory pay decisions based on her race and gender to move forward.
By openly sharing the Guardian Broker List with multiple Beam employees without any restrictions or notice that the information was a trade secret, Snyder failed to take reasonable measures or efforts of secrecy under federal or Colorado law.
Mayer Brown terminated David Kreisler, a newly hired funds formation partner, after inappropriate tweets surfaced, highlighting potential weaknesses in lateral hiring due diligence.
Three quarters (75%) of legal employees want support with energy bills or discount vouchers for food shopping as part of their workplace benefits packages.
The CAFC explained that 'failure to prove instances of actual confusion is not dispositive against a trademark plaintiff, because actual confusion is hard to prove.'
The San Jose Police Officers' Association criticizes changes to overtime pay as damaging to investigative work, alleging that the city is using these measures as a negotiating tactic.
Uber alleges the law firms involved target companies with higher coverage limits in an effort to extract larger settlements and routinely charge contingency fees of 45% or more.
