By Greg Andrews | July 10, 2023
"Wachtell exploited a corporate client left unprotected by lame-duck fiduciaries who had lost their motivation to act in Twitter's best interest," Twitter's lawsuit alleges.
By Dan Roe | July 7, 2023
A complaint filed this week alleges Wachtell added a $71 million success fee to accrued hourly billables, which lame-duck in-house counsel approved against Musk's orders.
By Chris O'Malley | July 6, 2023
Business professor Erik Gordon said union chief Shawn Fain needs to ensure his combative style doesn't translate into a lack of cooperation with investigators. "He is playing with fire," Gordon said.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Andrew Maloney | Hugo Guzman | July 3, 2023
The pandemic may have accelerated the trend of companies winnowing down their lists of preferred providers.
By Trudy Knockless | June 22, 2023
"One of the reasons you go to outside counsel is that they have perspective from many sides and in many different industries and practices. But that doesn't mean they get this particular company as well as the in-house team does," said Susan Hackett, CEO of Legal Executive Leadership.
By Trudy Knockless | June 13, 2023
One driver of the trend is in-house frustration over law firm inefficiencies, such as attorneys' showing off how much they know and commenting excessively on draft documents.
By Chris O'Malley | June 7, 2023
Coca-Cola told a judge that Paul Hastings' representation of a startup accusing it of a $100 million fraud is "substantially related" to the firm's work protecting Coke's reputation in human rights matters around the globe.
By Maria Dinzeo | May 25, 2023
"As these mergers continue to happen, law firms and clients need to be prepared. The conflicts piece is really the biggest con," said Kelleen Brennan, assistant general counsel at Axon Enterprise.
Daily Report Online | Analysis|Best Practices|Profile
By Cedra Mayfield | May 11, 2023
Attorney Matt Q. Wetherington uses the technology to field incoming prospective client calls, for document creation and summarization tasks. He also thinks GPT could revolutionize depositions.
By Christopher Niesche | May 8, 2023
David Brewster says the work undertaken by his corporate legal teams has gotten more sophisticated, and he tries to keep "much of the juicy stuff" in-house because "it's what people want to work on, what they get out of bed for."
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