Lawyer’s alleged lies about her age lead to her downfall
A complex and bewildering tale of a lawyer’s alleged lies: A suspicious clerk at a London law firm didn’t think it was possible that lawyer Soma Sengupta was only 29 years old, the age listed…
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Answering the questions around pro bono for in-house
Pro bono for in-house – questions answered at Canadian Lawyer Magazine: All lawyers have heard of the public’s need for increased access to justice and the growing demands this places on the legal system. All…
New Competition in the Legal Job Market – Your Law School Professors?
It’s hard enough competing in the legal job market these days – but it could get worse – you could soon be competing for jobs against your former law professors: A plunge in the number…
6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 Fan Favorites Selected
After four weeks of online voting by more than 4,000 readers, a bevy of great law blogs can claim bragging rights for winning their respective categories in the ABA Journal’s 6th Annual Blawg 100. Read…
4 Tips To Help In-House Counsel Avoid Becoming a DOJ Target
Want to stay out of the crosshairs of the DOJ? Head over to Law.com for four tip for in-house counsel to avoid becoming a DOJ target: Mark Califano, managing litigation counsel of American Express Company,…
Law Student Whacked In NYC
AboveTheLaw has coverage on what you’ve probably already seen on the news – a law student whacked in NYC in broad daylight: You know what they say, you never see it coming.There is a bizarre…
Time to Blow Up the Billable Hour Cliff?
Once the fiscal cliff is resolved, is it time to address the billable hour cliff? It’s time we face a fundamental problem that’s existed for the past 35 years after we moved away from fixed…
6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100
Looking for new blawgs (legal blogs) to follow? Check out the honorees in the 6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100: With six Blawg 100 notches on our belt, we have developed a bit of a…
How Many Psychopathic Lawyers are in Your Law Department?
How many psychopathic lawyers are in your law department? Are they all around you? Maybe it is time for an internal poll: CEOs and lawyers are among the professions with the most psychopaths—evidence that psychopathic…
Taliban accidentally CCs everybody on its mailing list
Undoubtedly there will be people checking the Taliban mailing list, checking it twice, trying to find who is naughty or nice: Living in fear of replying all to your company-wide emails? Hey, it could be…