The Masters Conference: Navigating through Discovery, Risk and Security
The Masters Conference (click here) will be held on October 13th and 14th in Washington, DC. The Masters conference brings together leading experts and professionals from law firms, corporations and
Continue readingIQPC Brussels: “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” (held 30 September/1 October)
Last week we attended the IQPC conference “Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Europe” which was held in Brussels September 30th and October 1st. For a link to the
Continue readingIQPC Brussels Focus: Morgan Lewis and its eData practice
At IQPC Brussels last week (click here) we had the opportunity to meet with Denise Backhouse, one of the presenters, and an associate in Morgan Lewis’s Litigation Practice and a
Continue readingIQPC Brussels Focus: Patrick Burke and Guidance Software
IQPC put on one of its spectacular conferences last week in Brussels, this one on information retention and e-disclosure management in Europe (click here). The conference
Continue readingStaff attorney lay-offs continue, impacting contract attorneys
One refuge for many contract attorneys has been direct employment as a staff attorney at a number of firms that adopted the “staff attorney” model for document review and temporary work. But as Above
Continue readingIQPC Brussels Focus: Recommind, search powered IRM software
Two of the main topics at the IQPC Conference in Brussels last week on e-discloure (with much written of late in the e-discovery blogs) has been concept searching and “predictive
Continue readingIQPC Brussels Focus: Chris Dale and the e-Disclosure Information Project
One of the rock stars of the IQPC conference in Brussels in Brussels last week was Chris Dale, founder of the E-Disclosure Information Project. He was on 3 panels at the conference
Continue reading“Corruption … is good … and the FCPA … is good … for contract attorneys” – Gordon Gekko
Ok, maybe Gordon Gekko did not say that but he could have. Anyway, we used it because the Wall Street sequel hits the streets soon (click here) and several Posse List members working on an entertainment
Continue readingThe Biznow breakfast symposium: “use contract attorneys more …”
This past Friday, September 25th, Biznow sponsored a breakfast symposium on the rapidly changing relations between law firms and corporate law departments (click here). One of our Posse List staff
Continue readingThe D.C. Contract Attorney Market: what’s happening? what’s the pay rate?
D.C. has regained the top spot in number of document review projects, number of contract employees employed. We are going to update this report as more info comes in from Posse List members: The
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