Contract attorneys, “status” and a paradigm shift in their favor … with some observations by Gabe Acevedo
We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry. It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind, Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others. The legal industry melt down, the
Continue readingAdecco (parent of Ajilon and Special Counsel) says “temping trends” support recovery
The prospects for an accelerating global economic recovery were supported on Wednesday as Adecco, Swiss-based and the world’s largest temporary staffing group, said employment trends had been improving
Continue readingMarch 4th webinar: “Writing an Article and Expanding Your Network in One Hour” (Ari Kaplan)
We have had numerous posts on our site concerning raising your profile, “branding” yourself, marketing yourself, and doing that through writing. As we have said, despite the universal concern
Continue readingMarch 3rd: free CLE webcast “Defensible Legal Hold & Early Case Assessment — Advanced Technology” (sponsored by Autonomy)
Title: Defensible Legal Hold & Early Case Assessment — Advanced Technology Best Practices & the Changing Reasonableness Standard (sponsored by Autonomy) Date: March 3, 2010 Time: 1:00 PM (EST) Best
Continue readingToyota: withheld records, class actions, document reviews, and more
As we reported yesterday (along with 8 gazillion other media reports) ABC News had reported a few weeks ago that a former Toyota product liability lawyer had accused Toyota of hiding information in
Continue readingData, data everywhere: a special report on managing information from The Economist
In our series “Data! Data! Data!” – Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI Nightmares” we have been interviewing thought leaders in the ESI management and e-discovery universe
Continue readingDOJ Unit That Prosecutes FCPA to Bulk Up “Substantially”
As reported today in Corporate Counsel magazine, anti-corruption enforcement is bulking up (click here for article). Mark Mendelsohn, deputy chief of the DOJ fraud section’s criminal division,
Continue readingHouston, March 11th: free CLE seminar on Defensible Legal Hold and Early Case Assessment
Topic: Defensible Legal Hold and Early Case Assessment Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:30pm-6:30pm Houston, TX 1 hour CLE Credit, The State Bar of Texas (Optional dinner reception immediately following) Event
Continue readingContract attorney e-discovery primer: just what is ESI, information and digital data?
As more and more attorneys, law firms, corporations and vendors join the Posse List and exisiting Posse List members move into the nuts and bolts of the tech side of e-discovery, we thought we’d
Continue readingALSP Houston Chapter meeting: March 2, 2010 (with Craig Ball and guests)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:00 – 1:00 pm Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP Fulbright Auditorium 1301 McKinney, Mezzanine Level Houston, TX 77010 Who says learning can’t be fun? Come play along as
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