“Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn’t necessarily scare away the plaintiff’s counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter,” said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner. Click Here To Read […]
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Partner Pay Transparency Is Eroding, Even if ‘Black Box’ Systems Haven’t Caught On
Some firms now make partner pay data less accessible. Opening up pay data can lead to “a lot of partner dissatisfaction and angst,” one consultant said. Click Here To Read The Full Article
State Appellate Court Denies Hospital’s Request to Move Med Mal Suit From Chicago
The court denied the defendants’ attempts to move the medical malpractice suit from Cook County to Will County. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Judicial Nominee Says Criminal Defense Background Will Bring Diverse Ideas to State Appellate Court
“[A]s a simple matter of fact, there have not been any pure criminal defense lawyers on the appeals or SJC [since] 2002. That’s a statistic that the criminal defense bar is aware of and people remind me of that,” said Chauncey Wood, a criminal defense attorney nominated to the Massachusetts Appeals Court bench. Click […]
Sink or Swim: The Evolving State of Law Firm Administrative Support
The paradigm of legal administrative support within law firms has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last decade. But this begs the question: are the changes to administrative support successful, and do law firms feel they are sufficiently prepared to meet future business needs? Click Here To Read The Full Article