Why do law departments continue to pay higher hourly rates? The Economist, June 28, 2014 at 11, writes about higher education’s future and observes that with colleges, it “suffers from Baumol’s disease – the tendency of…
If you missed it, the President of the United States chimed in on the legal profession recently and said that we have “enough lawyers”: “I can say that because I’m a lawyer,” President Obama told…
For those who grab and review SCOTUS opinions as soon as they are issued, beware! The opinions are subject to change without notice – and in material ways. A new tool helps track these changes…
In a recent article, a law professor discusses how stress may be killing law students’ brain cells. If this is happening while law students are still in school, one can only imagine what may happen…
In-house counsel ethics rules – unfortunately no neat guidebook exists that gives you all of the guidance you need. Navigating complex attorney ethics rules can be challenging for law firm lawyers, but for in-house counsel things…
Selecting Law Firms to Propose on Your Work By James J. Stapleton, Managing Principal of LEAP Legal I have known some very successful law firm partners who feel that the most important question during the proposal…
What are the bounds of acceptable employee conduct in the workplace? When it involves protected conduct, the NLRB may give employees wide latitude: Though he lost his temper, swearing at his supervisors and coworkers, the…
RFP for Outside Counsel – Basic Elements Every RFP for outside counsel contains some basic elements, as follows: Description of services (what your company needs). Desired pricing format (fixed, time & expense, contingent, hybrid, etc. and…
By James J. Stapleton, Managing Principal of LEAP Legal Here’s how law firms want you to engage in selecting a new law firm. They want you to: 1) Be exposed to their firm in a variety…
While much attention has been paid to high-profile intellectual property litigation, patent trolls and rights-holders who often cross into gray areas when protecting their rights, less attention has been focused over who owns the law. It…