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Blind ads on Craigs List : should you send in your resume?
25 October 2013 – In the past two weeks we have been swamped by Posse List members who have asked “should I submit my resume to a Craigs List ad when the employer is unknown?” We
Continue readingIs a blended document review rate of $466 per hour … um … excessive?
23 September 2013 – We have done a fair amount of reporting on the In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup which involved a lot of guns and
Continue reading18-year low for law grad employment according to NALP [with VIDEO]
21 June 2013 – Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia interviewed NALP’s Executive Director James Leipold about NALP’s recently released annual report on the job market for law school
Continue readingJudge Slams Contract Attorney Charges In Madoff Feeder Fund Case
14 May 2013 – A federal judge in New York approved a hotly disputed fee for lawyers who negotiated a $217 million settlement with Madoff “feeder funds,” but only after leveling
Continue readingContract lawyer in U.S. claims he is entitled to OT pay due to “extremely routine nature” of the job; seeks class action status
6 March 2013– A lawyer who performed document review for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on a contract basis claims in a lawsuit that he is entitled to overtime pay for work in excess
Continue readingFirm must divulge information on contract lawyers in Citigroup case; challenge to firm’s “excessive” fees
5 March 2013 – Last week the federal judge in In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup being heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District
Continue readingD.C. Bar Calls Out E-Discovery Vendors in the District
10 July 2012 – The District of Columbia Bar Ethics Committee this month issued Opinion 362 stating that e-discovery vendors cannot practice law in the District and be partially owned by non-lawyers. The
Continue readingContract attorneys: an asset never properly utilized
15 November 2011 – As we have written before (our most recent post is here) the most common complaints from the contract attorney world is that the work is mind-numbing and monotonous, affording
Continue readingThe McDermott e-discovery malpractice case and contract attorneys: The Posse List weighs in
1 August 2011 — Over the weekend we posted an update on the McDermott e-discovery malpractice case involving contract attorneys, vendors and privilege. The case involves a allegedly botched privilege
Continue readingNEW POST: Thoughts on that NY Times article on e-discovery – “It’s the technology, and it’s a game changer”
7 March 2011 — In case you missed it over the weekend, the New York Times published an article titled “Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software” which discussed the “new
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