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Labor & Employment Paralegal who refused to notarize affidavit because of its contents can sue over her firing, appeals court says   Image from Shutterstock. A paralegal who refused to notarize an affidavit because she believed it contained false information can sue over her firing, a Connecticut appeals court has ruled. Paralegal Helen Sieranski can sue TJC Esq. based on allegations that her firing was in violation of public policy, the Appellate Court of Connecticut ruled in a March 2 opinion. Bloomberg Law has coverage. According to the allegations in Sieranski’s lawsuit, her lawyer sup...

What did law firms do that helped them outperform the market in 2020?   Image from Shutterstock.com. Law firms that posted double-digit gains in 2020 revenue and profits per equity partner had a strategic plan and a commitment to a high-performance culture, according to an analysis by two law firm consultants. Those two drivers of success were the focus of a Law.com article by Kent Zimmermann and Peter Zeughauser, partners at the Zeughauser Group. The consultants plan a series of articles that address other traits shared by “outperformer” law firms. Strategic plans typically include “a...

How law firms reacted to racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic   Image from Shutterstock.com. Nearly three-fourths of surveyed law firms launched new programs to address racial injustice after Black Lives Matter demonstrations and the death of George Floyd last year, according to a new study. The aim of the study was to find out how COVID-19, civil unrest and the economic crisis affected law firms’ efforts to address professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a press release summarizing the findings. The study was conducted by the NALP Foundation and th...

Holistic crisis management: Lawyers step in to solve problems, large and small   Attorney Laurence Kahn (left) assists a Help Now client. Photo from the Help Now! Advocacy Center. Throughout Laurence Kahn’s career as a lawyer who prosecuted consumer fraud and resolved countless disputes, he always believed a big part of his job was helping people with their problems. In 2004, that attitude sparked a thought one night as Kahn lay in bed. “This came to me from within, in the middle of a night,” he recalls. “The whole concept was literally there in an instant.” The idea? Kahn wanted t...

Former Boies Schiller lawyer refused to leave new firm after partnership voted him out, lawsuit says   Image from Shutterstock.com. A partner in a firm formed by former lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner refused to leave after he was ousted for abusive behavior in a partnership vote, according to a lawsuit filed Saturday. The Feb. 27 lawsuit by law firm Roche Cyrulnik Freedman says partner Jason Cyrulnik was ousted for “abusive, destructive, erratic and obstructive behavior.” Cyrulnik’s abusive behavior included screaming at partners and attempting to assume control over management deci...