Category Archives for Contract Attorney Primers

The FBI fraud investigations

February 11, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Primers Finding US Government and/or NGO Jobs

See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138583 In answer to your flood of mails, we assume the FBI will hire contract attorneys for this work which they have done in the past. However, the FBI has changed

Webinars on e-discovery, a seminar on Adobe … and articles on stuff

February 10, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Market: Trends Contract Attorney Primers

Upcoming webinars, and a seminar for those of you in D.C.: WEBINAR: Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST (Duration:

It’s official: Twitter has de-throned “electronic discovery” as the most buzzworthy term at LegalTech

February 3, 2009
/ Changing Legal Landscape Contract Attorney Primers LegalTech NY February 2009

While the ratio of EDD vendors at the show is still extremely high, much of the talk surrounding the show revolves around Twitter and its uses and implications for lawyers. The Monday afternoon panel,

Contract attorney rates, attorney billing rates, and lodestar

January 26, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Primers
/ 5 COMMENTS

Back in November 2008 we commented on the settlement negotiations around Carlson v. Xerox case (click here). The noteworthy item for contract attorneys was the issue “can you pay a contract

E-Discovery Primer: Finding Your Way Through Discovery by Data Mapping

January 6, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Primers Electronic Discovery

As contract attorneys find e-discovery becoming more sophisticated (and more complex) we find we are fielding more and more questions about it. We usually refer our members to the best sources we know:

Primer: How “direct hire” works

December 16, 2008
/ Contract Attorney Primers
/ 1 COMMENT

Several years ago a number of firms (Covington and Crowell are only two examples) started to change the way they used staffing agencies for projects. They took the temporary attorneys onto their payroll

Countrywide Securities Suit Dismissal Motions Substantially Denied; Allows Greater Prospect for Subprime Litigation

December 3, 2008
/ Contract Attorney Primers
/ 1 COMMENT

We try to provide news stories that are related to the contract attorney industry as much as we can: a trend in the industry, current litigation/projects, or a “primer” on an area of law, for

M&A 101 : A text book example of a hostile bid

December 2, 2008
/ Contract Attorney Primers

Exelon’s offer for NRG is a textbook example of a hostile bid, and The Deal Professor looks at how this battle is likely to be fought. Although it has not reached the second request stage, we thought

New FDIC Rule Averts IOLTA Trouble

December 2, 2008
/ Contract Attorney Primers

From: The National Law Journal, 2 December 2008 The FDIC has announced that, effective immediately, client funds deposited in Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts — regardless of amount — are

Is the Versatility of a Law Degree Just a Myth?

December 1, 2008
/ Contract Attorney Primers Pro Bono/Public interest law

The National Law Journal: December 1, 2008 Law schools and placement professionals frequently tout the versatility of a law degree as a path to alternative careers. But even in good economic times, the

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