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Nixon Peabody Adds Marketing Chief as More Big Law CMO Vacancies Linger
With law firm CMO searches sometimes extending for more than a year, legal marketing experts say the long vacancies can cause damage. This post...
Newly Public Records Show Trump Placed Call to Former ‘Apprentice’ Contestant the Day of Alleged Sexual Assault
The call logs support the account of former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, wrote Zervos’ lawyer Mariann Meier Wang of Cuti Hecker Wang in court filings....
Attorney-Discipline Blogger Is Target of Defamation Suit
Attorney John Paul Szymkowicz has sued blogger Michael Frisch for defamation over a series of posts on the Legal Profession Blog, which tracks attorney discipline...
Quinn Emanuel Says Clients Can Pay in Bitcoin
The litigation megafirm says it considered the legal ethics implications of cryptocurrency payments before joining the small group of Am Law 200 firms that have...
BigLaw firm gets UK approval for nonlawyer partners and outside investment
This post first appeared in ABA Journal - Daily News. Read the original article.
New Cross-Company Mentoring Program for In-House Counsel Takes Off
The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel is the first U.S. group to offer the tech-based mentoring program called MOSAIC, which stands for...
Afternoon Briefs: Author sues Trump for defamation; court tosses bias suit by white male lawyer
This post first appeared in ABA Journal - Daily News. Read the original article.
‘Let’s Motor Through, Chairman’: How Big Law’s Robert Luskin Guided Gordon Sondland
“You’ve asked this question now three different times. I know you’re unhappy with his answer, but if we stay until 7:30 he’s not going to...
Association of Corporate Counsel Reveals New Board of Directors
Fresh off holding its annual meeting in Phoenix last week, the Association of Corporate Counsel has revealed its 2020 slate of officers and newly elected...
Bias suit by former BigLaw associate claims retaliation caused ‘drastic drops’ in his billable hours
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New Lawsuit Alleges Illegal ‘Shadow’ Ukraine Diplomacy at Trump’s Direction
“State Department officials charged with carrying out our foreign policy should not be left in the dark about shadow diplomacy carried out through a secret,...
Lon Jacobs Brings His Casino and Media General Counsel Experience to Mintz & Gold
“I got a little nervous about retiring, and I think my wife got a little more nervous. So I think this is a good thing,”...