In follow-up to the success of its live certification program in D.C., Catalyst is rolling out  nationwide its Catalyst CR Certified Reviewers program (CRCR).  CRCR is the certification program for Catalayst CR (for information on the software click here) which is gaining significant market share and being requested by many corporations and law firms due to its many options [...]

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Imagine your firm has spent thousands of dollars on getting all the communications materials right. Yet your legal practice remains at the same the level: chugging along.   At this point, as expected, your feelings of frustration are reaching dangerously high levels.  Quite often the missing ingredient from a successful legal marketing plan is commonly referred [...]

It’s that time of year when it seems everybody has come out with predictions about e-discovery for the coming year.  And the recent Gartner report on the upswing in e-discovery in the U.S. and around the globe (click here and click here) and Fulbright & Jaworski’s 6th Annual Survey (click here) comes as no surprise.  [...]

We start a new series today in which we will profile a number of contract attorney agencies.  We have spent the last several months interviewing a wide range of agencies across the country, at e-discovery conferences and in their offices.    We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lori DiCesare, CEO, President and founder of Legal [...]

Reported by:  Gregory Bufithis and Alex Hania Weil, Gotshal and Covington & Burling will provide antitrust counsel to Exxon, and handle the second request.   Covington has long been Exxon’s go-to antitrust counsel, and the firm guided Exxon through the antitrust process after its acquisition of Mobil.   Both firms indicated the deal will likely win antitrust approval even though the [...]

Make no mistake: A Law School Carol is no heartwarming holiday tale of redemption. The computer-animated video, which has been circulating on YouTube for several weeks, focuses on a law student named Steve who is visited by the ghost of Ralph Marley’s disappointing legal career (Ralph Marley being the law student who used to rent [...]

                           As heavily reported in the media, Comcast reached an agreement on Thursday with General Electric Company to acquire NBC Universal.  The deal will under go heavy regulatory scrutiny and there is a lot of analysis already on the various media and legal blogs.  If you have a Twitter account and do a simple [...]

From the December 2009 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel® Bob Tennant is the Chief Executive Officer at Recommind, a position he has held since late 2001.  His thoughts on litigation support and e-discovery trends: As we approach the end of a difficult year in 2009, there is no better time to reflect on the [...]