Contract Attorney Primer: A note on security clearances and Federal government contract work
We are getting a lot of questions on security clearances so we thought we’d put out a primer. There is an increase in the number of Federal government projects and positions coming into the DC Metro
Continue readingThe Gap to Fellow Corporate Counsel: “Use Contract Attorneys”
As noted by Rees Morrison in his blog Law Department Management (click here), the December 2008 issue of the ACC Digest (the magazine of the Association of Corporate Counsel) reports on the ACC Annual
Continue readingContract attorney rates, attorney billing rates, and lodestar
Back in November 2008 we commented on the settlement negotiations around Carlson v. Xerox case (click here). The noteworthy item for contract attorneys was the issue “can you pay a contract
Continue readingEU regulators raid Slovak Telekom in antitrust probe
EU antitrust regulators raided Slovak Telekom last week on suspicions that the group had violated European anti-monopoly rules. EU officials raided the company’s offices accompanied by national
Continue readingE-discovery: Metadata grows in legal significance
A very small thing called “metadata” is getting bigger, at least in legal significance. Litigation attorneys say that lawsuits demanding the production of metadata — the digital
Continue readingE-discovery vendor revamps pricing, contract attorney work in Europe, webinars, and more
A bit of a mixed bag today: E-discovery Kazeon Systems has rolled out a range of pricing plans for its e-discovery products, hoping to entice customers amid lean economic times with one plan aimed at
Continue readingDiscovery: Mistakes Happen … and don’t trust the software
There has been a fair amount of comment on Rhoads Industries v. Building Materials Corp. (No. 07-4756 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2008) in which Judge Michael M. Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Continue readingObama: Boon to the contract attorney industry?
As reported extensively in the media and the countless press releases by federal contracting companies, the Obama administration’s anticipated stimulus package could generate billions in federal
Continue readingCleary Gottlieb Takes On Nortel and Apex Bankruptcy Filings
From: The American Lawyer, January 15, 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton picked picked up two major bankruptcy assignments on Wednesday when the firm was formally retained by Toronto-based
Continue readingE-discovery: Can the Clients Afford It?
The traditional rule in common law provinces is that that the producing party is responsible for the immediate costs of the production of its documents to the other party. While British Columbia does
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