As a part of the Legal Marketing Association’s (LMA’s) partnership with Above the Law, each month we’ll share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the official online publication of LMA, dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. Articles in this edition focus on communications, from legal storytelling to crisis communication and media […]
The good news is that the Supreme Court took its self-imposed, entirely toothless ethical code seriously and multiple justices recused themselves from a major copyright case implicating publishers paying them hefty sums for their books. The bad news is… apparently the Supreme Court just can’t hear major copyright cases because they have too many conflicts […]
Tom Goldstein is fighting back this week against the government’s wild indictment, which painted a picture of Goldstein balancing a successful Supreme Court practice with an international high-stakes poker career, iffy financial arrangements, and multiple mistresses. He calls these government theories “radical” and “breathtaking.” But if this all sounds like a made-for-TV story, consider that […]
The Legal Industry Doesn’t Stand With Trump’s Bullying: Read the survey for yourself! Habeas Corpus? I Hardly Know Her!: Kristi Noem messes up the most softball question possible on habeas corpus. That Can’t Be Good For Ratings!: How will (not) bending the knee impact Biglaw rankings? Judge Goodwin Liu Makes A Few Jokes About Due […]
Dishonesty impacted thousands The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined the former owner of a law firm nearly £4 million — a record financial penalty for the regulator. Nurul Miah, who is not a solicitor, owned the firm Kingly Solicitors — which had 16 high street branches across the country. Miah was an “experienced professional […]
Part of net zero efforts DWF has revealed plans for a carbon removal project — the “DWF Forest” — as part of its efforts to achieve net zero by 2045. In order to achieve this goal, DWF has said it will prioritise a 90% emissions reduction target over the next twenty years. The firm’s residual […]
Justice Goodwin H. Liu (via YouTube) Being a high-profile judge isn’t all talking about typewriters during rule of law crises and getting gifted six-figure trips to fish with billionaires whose cases you will adjudicate. Donning the black robes that come with being a judge requires handling most matters with a baseline solemnity that doesn’t leave […]
We’ve called them cowardly and collaborators and capitulators and Trump’s deputies. We’ve characterized their actions as surrendering, bending the knee, and swearing fealty to the administration. We’ve branded them the Order of the Obsequious and bandied about the Deep Mistake Nine for the nerd crowd. We even tabbed them “yellow-bellied” for an 1800s grizzled prospector […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I would never employ one of those law firms that did that, that essentially folded under these circumstances. — Billionaire Barry Diller, in comments given to Bloomberg News correspondent David Gura, concerning the nine Biglaw firms that have cut deals with the Trump administration, […]
How are tech-savvy personal injury lawyers leveraging the tools they have available? And what features are on their wish list? In this episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech,” host Jared Correia is joined by Rob Hartigan of Lionhart Injury Law to help you find out. Here, Rob shares how technology is powering his own practice […]
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