ABATECHSHOW Day 2: More interesting seminars, and a review of some vendors
. On Day 2 we tried to cover a wide range of seminars, and complete our review of the vendors. We also networked with a number of our Chicago law firm contacts regarding the Chicago market for contract
Continue readingABATECHSHOW Day 1: Susskind wows the crowd … again
Keynote speaker Richard Susskind “wowed the crowd” and he was usual best. We saw him last year in London shortly after his book The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services was
Continue readingThe contract attorney market: status, trends and outlook-Part 1
The paradigm-shift Almost 7,000 lawyers have been laid off in the first two months of this year. And all are not yet accounted for. In today’s New York Times Adam Cohn dissects the paradigm-shifting
Continue readingABA Techshow 2009: How technology has transformed litigation
The Posse List team has descended upon Chicago for the annual ABA TECHSHOW. For us it’s an opportunity for us to meet and network with other lawyers, law firms, e-discovery companies,
Continue readingApril 2nd: Weekly “Top 10″ E-Discovery articles
This week’s “Top 10″ electronic discovery articles from Orange Technologies: The 20 Most Influential General Counsel – http://tinyurl.com/cygrfq Social Networking and its Effects on
Continue readingU.S.Government to nationalize electronic discovery industry
Senior Administration officials today took the wraps off of their latest effort to stabilize the American economy: The nationalization of the electronic discovery industry. According to a senior official
Continue readingOrrick Offers Jobs in Wheeling, WV to Georgetown Law students
From the Above the Law blog: Sign of the Times: Orrick Offers Jobs in Wheeling, WV to GULC Students There’s an interesting job opening Orrick is extending to a number of recent graduates. We got
Continue readingPlaintiffs Firms Still Hiring for Securities Class Actions
While so many firms are making the news for layoffs, a number of plaintiffs firms with securities class action practices are hiring associates. For instance, thanks to an influx of large financial and
Continue readingE-Discovery Initiatives at the US DOJ Antitrust Division
Like the rest of the bar, the Antitrust Division experienced exponential growth in the amount of documents and information responsive to its Second Requests and CIDs. Recently, the Antitrust Division
Continue readingMarch 26th: Weekly “Top 10” E-Discovery articles
This week’s “Top 10” electronic discovery articles from Orange Technologies: 1. Required eDiscovery Reading for Attorneys — http://tinyurl.com/da4bwc 2. Reducing the Costs of Privilege
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