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Law.com Trendspotter: Not Having a Law Firm Succession Plan Is More Dangerous Than Ever
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ALSPs Using Contract Workers Isn't a Deal Breaker for Corporate Clients
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'Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is': Big Law's Pitching In on the Ahmaud Arbery Lawsuit. Here's Why That Needs to Happen More.
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“It’s not about going to top law schools and only recruiting attorneys of color, but using your resources as global law firms, and partnering with practitioners like Lee, and providing your pro bono services, and frankly, your army of lawyers to actually work hard to effectuate change," said Reed Smith partner Rizwan Qureshi on why his firm joined forces with civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt.
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"It is critically important to be professional and maintain excellent relationships with your opposing counsel. Often, they are the first ones called by the judicial nominating commissioners involved in the judicial appointment process."
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The power grid operator, called the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., or ERCOT, as well as regional utilities, have been targeted for failing to prepare residents for the power outages and not winterizing the state’s electrical equipment.
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Despite Early Pessimism, Benesch Grew Profits by 25%
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Meet Florida, California Lawyers Who Prevailed for Novelist Stephen King
Michael A. Mora | February 24, 2021
“It’s too easy to generate abstract lists of similarities, and to ignore the multitude of benign explanations for such similarities,” defense counsel said. “It’s a mistake to do that.”
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Walmart Failed to Pay Workers During COVID-19 Screenings, Proposed Class Action Alleges
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Landlords Sue New York AG, Arguing COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Is Unconstitutional
Jane Wester | February 24, 2021
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