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Arizona’s court system will begin utilizing Thomson Reuters’ cloud-based court exhibit and evidence sharing platform to assist with the handling of digital evidence across the state, it was announced Wednesday.
Law firms should not rush lateral hiring, due diligence expert says Legal Rebels Podcast January 13, 2021, 9:00 am CST Image from Shutterstock.com. With the shift to virtual recruitment amid the COVID-19 crisis, the speed at which law firms vet and hire lateral partners has increased, according to Michael Ellenhorn, the founder and CEO of Decipher. But Ellenhorn, whose company helps legal industry clients evaluate potential hires, says law firms would be wise not to quicken the hiring process too much. One reason he offers that caution is he says the failure rate for lateral partner hires ...
Law firms are responding to the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol with pledges to pause or review contributions by their political action committees and, in one case, a decision to dump Trump businesses as clients.
Lawyers are frequent targets of criticism and sometimes that criticism takes place in the form of negative reviews online. As such, lawyers must be careful not to violate the duty of confidentiality when responding to negative online reviews. The ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility advises that the best response is often no response at all.
Stanford law prof remembered as leading legal ethics scholar and advocate for access to justice Deborah L. Rhode. Photo courtesy of Stanford University. Deborah L. Rhode, a leading legal ethics scholar and strong advocate for enhanced access to justice, died last week. Rhode, who was 68, was a longtime professor at Stanford Law School, which is where she founded the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession in 2008. She also formerly chaired the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession and received multiple ABA awards in recognition of her professional responsibility and public service ...