The AT&T/Time Warner merger announcement: a primer for contract attorneys
By: Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. Eric De Grasse Catarina Conti NOTE TO CONTRACT ATTORNEYS: on the “big side”, Sullivan & Cromwell is advising AT&T and Cravath Swaine &
Continue readingThe “Basics of E-Discovery” guide from Exterro
12 September 2016 – Last year Exterro launched a new e-discovery resource called the Basics of E-Discovery guide. It is a brilliant guide. We have worked with it and it is a an easy to read, approachable,
Continue readingContract lawyers: just a screwed generation?
4 March 2016 – This week we had two publications focus on the contract attorney market, both quoting The Posse List and also quoting a number of Posse List members. Michael Goldhaber, a writer for
Continue reading“What a jerk!! He MUST be studying law!”
14 January 2015 – Yep, it seems it is the first question college students as each other:“What’s your major?” Perhaps the most superfluous. Spend a little time getting to know
Continue readingLaw schools race to meet students’ demands: the business that is called “the law”
30 November 2015 – For some years now pundits have been writing about the “deprofessionalization of the legal profession”, a malaise which, it is claimed, has infected the profession
Continue readingU.S. labor laws and overtime: your comments
2 September 2015 – Over the weekend we published a notice about the Department of Labor’s proposed a new rule regarding overtime and the opportunity to make comments. We noted that United Contract
Continue readingThe Department of Labor has proposed a new rule regarding overtime and seeks comment
29 August 2015 – The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new rule regarding the overtime exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (click here to view the proposed rule). United Contract Attorneys is
Continue readingContract attorney lawsuit against Skadden Arps can proceed, appeals court says; case could enable temporary lawyers hired for routine document review to earn extra wages
23 July 2015 – A lawsuit demanding overtime pay from legal heavyweight Skadden, Arps can proceed, an appeals court ruled today, potentially clearing the way for temporary lawyers hired to do routine
Continue readingThis firm marked up contract attorney reviewer billings over 500 percent … and that’s not the worst part
From Doug Austin at eDiscovery Daily: June 3, 2015 – Remember when we asked the question whether a blended document review rate of $466 per hour is excessive? Many of you weighed in on that one
Continue readingSkadden fights contract lawyer’s claims in the U.S. Second Circuit
1 June 2015 – Last week the U.S. Second Circuit heard the Lola vs. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom case which is testing whether some purportedly professional work might in fact be eligible
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