Business of Law

Billable Hours Only 30% Of Attys' Day, Report Says

Lawyers spend about 30 percent of their day on billable hours, according to a surprising new report from practice management software Clio, with most of the rest of the day eaten up by billing, administrative tasks and looking for new clients.

Why Associates Are Taking A Pay Cut To Go In-House

In-house legal departments are continuing to snag young, talented attorneys from BigLaw firms in spite of a pay gap accentuated by a recent spate of associate raises, with nonmonetary perks luring associates away from law firms and into corporations. Here, three nonmonetary perks that lure associates away from law firms and into corporations.

4 Ways Law Firms Can Bolster Their Prestige

Gaining prestige may be one of the more challenging tasks that law firms take on, but there are a number of tactics firms can use that hold the potential to transform their image from ordinary to elite. Here, experts highlight four ways law firms can pump up their prestige.

Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market

Classes on blockchain and artificial intelligence. Crash courses in business and financial markets. These are a few ways law schools are preparing students for a job market that is struggling in the wake of the recession.

November 14, 2018
Ex-Paul Weiss, Munger Atty Tapped For Calif. High Court

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday picked his own senior adviser, who previously worked at both Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, to fill an associate justice seat on the California Supreme Court.
November 14, 2018
Avenatti Arrested On Felony Domestic Violence Charge

Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her now-dismissed defamation suit against President Donald Trump, was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge, the Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday.
November 14, 2018
White & Case Revamped Parental Leave Policy For 2018

White & Case LLP rolled out a new parental leave policy in 2018 for its U.S. offices that offers 12 weeks of paid leave to all legal and business employees regardless of their gender, the firm confirmed on Wednesday.
November 14, 2018
9th Circ. Creates New Role To Tackle Workplace Harassment

In a first for the federal judiciary, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has created the new position of director of workplace relations to confront workplace harassment issues in the appellate, trial and bankruptcy courts within the circuit’s jurisdiction.
November 14, 2018
Ex-Dewey Exec Trying To Ax $1M Fine Deserves Jail, DA Says

Counsel for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former chief financial officer will square off Thursday in Manhattan with prosecutors who claim the ex-executive should be jailed after asking a New York state judge to toss or reduce the $1 million fine he was sentenced to pay following his fraud conviction last year.
November 14, 2018
Law Firm Leaders: Brownstein Hyatt's Adam J. Agron

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP managing partner Adam J. Agron spoke to Law360 in the final year of his six-year tenure as firm leader about the challenges facing the legal industry and why he believes the Denver-based firm is well positioned to grow its success.
November 14, 2018
Most Law Firms' Cybersecurity Not Up To Par As Risk Grows

Most law firms are underprepared for cybersecurity threats, despite a sharp spike in cyberattacks against the industry in 2017, according to a new report from information technology consulting firm LogicForce.
November 14, 2018
In Leap To Plaintiffs Boutique, Munger Vet Makes Rare Move

It's uncommon for attorneys to jump from the world of defending corporations in bet-the-company litigation to pursuing those same suits, but former Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner Marc Dworsky has made that 180-degree turn and says he's thrilled with the decision.
November 14, 2018
5 Law Firms Named The Savviest At Social Media Marketing

Five BigLaw firms have been named the savviest at social media marketing this year in a report released Wednesday that compares the Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and online thought-leadership skills of the largest firms in the United States.
November 13, 2018
7th Circ. Says E-Filing Access Suit Belongs In State Court

The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday reversed an Illinois federal judge's decision forcing a Cook County court clerk to make electronically filed complaints immediately available to reporters, finding that Courthouse News Service’s suit was inappropriate for federal courts to take on and should have been filed in state court.
November 13, 2018
Top Securities Atty Ditches Tesla In The Wake Of SEC Deals

One of Tesla Inc.'s top securities lawyers has left the Silicon Valley-based electric car maker, less than two months after Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $20 million apiece to resolve securities fraud claims.
November 13, 2018
2 Sentenced For Crimes Including Attempted Murder Of Judge

Two men have received separate sentences of 25 and 17½ years in prison for their roles in a series of crimes that began with wire fraud and culminated in the November 2015 attempted murder of a judge in Texas overseeing their case, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
November 13, 2018
Law Students Urged To Shun Kirkland Over Arbitration Pacts

More than two dozen Harvard Law School students are asking their peers to boycott Kirkland & Ellis LLP over the international law firm’s use of mandatory arbitration agreements, and on Tuesday the group promised to expand the movement to other firms and law schools in the near future.
November 13, 2018
Justice Kennedy Warns Of 'Vulgar' Culture Embracing 'Trash'

Justice Anthony Kennedy may have stepped down from the U.S. Supreme Court, but he is still issuing strong opinions. The retired jurist said over the weekend that "this culture is becoming vulgar" and that the First Amendment doesn't mean people should watch or read "trash."
November 13, 2018
Law Departments Are Keeping More Legal Spending In-House

Law department leaders are using more of their budget on internal legal services than on outside counsel, in addition to building up their in-house capabilities and improving efficiencies, according to a recent survey of general counsel and chief legal officers.
November 13, 2018
Buchalter Opens San Diego Office With Employment Team

Southern California-based Buchalter PC opened the doors on its new San Diego office, the firm's sixth office in its home state and eighth overall, which will at first consist mainly of a new labor and employment team, the firm announced on Monday.
November 13, 2018
No Bridgegate Role, 3rd Circ. Pick Says Of Work For Christie

Lowenstein Sandler LLP partner Paul Matey, President Donald Trump’s choice for a Third Circuit vacancy, faced a grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday over his time serving as an attorney for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
November 13, 2018
JetBlue Upgrades Atty To General Counsel Seat

JetBlue Airways Corp. has appointed an in-house attorney as its next general counsel and corporate secretary, the company announced Tuesday.
November 13, 2018
Trump Picks Regulatory Czar For Kavanaugh's DC Circ. Seat

President Donald Trump on Tuesday named the chief of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for the D.C. Circuit post vacated by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, setting off a nomination fight for what's viewed as the nation's second-highest appeals court.
November 13, 2018
Jones Day Hires Firm-Record 11 Former Supreme Court Clerks

Jones Day has hired 11 former U.S. Supreme Court clerks as associates to its appellate practice group, the firm announced Tuesday, the largest class of high court clerks in the firm’s history.

Expert Analysis

Simple Secrets For Improving Your CLE

With few cases going to trial, many attorneys keep their oral-presentation skills sharp by teaching continuing legal education programs. To avoid giving a CLE that falls flat and damages your reputation, you must fashion a thoughtful message, control its presentation, and nail the beginning and ending, says Daniel Karon of Karon LLC.
It’s Time For Law Firms To Start Talking About Gen Z

Since the oldest members of Generation Z aren’t even finished with law school yet, law firm management is in a unique position to prepare for their entrance into the legal workforce, says Eliza Stoker of Major Lindsey & Africa.
Guest Feature

The Many Lives Of Michael Chertoff

Randy Maniloff begins his interview with the nation’s second secretary of homeland security by saying he wants to go over his resume. The look on Michael Chertoff's face: “Bring it on.”
Q&A

Back To School: Yale's Linda Greenhouse Talks Journalism

In this series featuring law school luminaries, Yale Law School lecturer and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Linda Greenhouse discusses her coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservatives' long game and trends in journalism.
Opinion

Celebrate Veterans By Improving Their Access To Justice

Attorneys should think beyond the Veterans Day parades and use their time and talents to help the many veterans facing urgent legal issues, says Linda Klein of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
Opinion

Time To Reclaim Wellness For All Lawyers

The decision last month by Baker McKenzie’s global chairman to step down due to exhaustion indicates that the legal profession needs to mount a broader wellness effort to address long hours, high stress, frequent travel and the daily demands of practice, says Leesa Klepper, director of Thrivewell Coaching.
Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends

By 2030, it is possible that 75 percent of lawyers practicing in the U.S. will be millennials. A broadened focus on retention and advancement of all young lawyers is therefore a logical step forward but it fails to address another major retention issue that law firms should explore, says Susan Smith Blakely of LegalPerspectives LLC.
Q&A

Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice

Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Wendy Olson discusses her decades of experience prosecuting white collar crimes and civil rights violations, her work and challenges as U.S. attorney, and her move to private practice.
Series

Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'

Anthony Thompson’s "Dangerous Leaders: How and Why Lawyers Must Be Taught to Lead" explores the conflict many lawyers face when charged with the responsibility of leadership. The book is an excellent read for all lawyers, says U.S. District Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination

Trial lawyers are frequently taught that they should appear invisible during direct examination — that their job is merely to prompt the witness to start speaking. But the most powerful direct examinations are the ones in which the examiner, not the witness, is controlling the pace, say attorneys with Kobre & Kim LLP.

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