25 June 2010 —  Social Media Governance.  A new term creeps across the e-discovery and compliance landscape, seeking to join the pantheon of other irritating phrases like “governance, risk and compliance”, “legal project management” and “early case assessment”.  It seems that “everybody” is doing it.  But although social media is a boon to corporations as a [...]

22 June 2010 —  Some interesting stuff from the recently published Altman Weil survey of leaders of law firms with more than 50 lawyers.  Forty-four percent of the firms laid off associates last year, 53 percent reduced or discontinued hiring first-year associates, and 64 percent shrunk their summer associate programs.  This year, 10 percent of the [...]

There is a very good legal blog brought to our attention by Legal Blog Watch called Balkinization.  Lots of great posts on the law and the legal profession. Recently they ran a story on the growing legion of Scambloggers who want to keep you from going to law school.  And they profiled and quoted none other but St. Johns University School [...]

  According to an article in today’s law.com, the key defendants in the BP oil spill litigation, key defendants have lined up three prominent Florida law firms to defend against spill cases in Florida.  Akerman Senterfitt (Florida’s largest law firm) snagged BP and will handle all its Florida civil litigation. Cameron International (the manufacturer of [...]

New Loan Repayment Program for Civil Legal Aid Attorneys Apply by August 16 to participate in the U.S. Department of Education’s new Civil Legal Assistance Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program. Successful applicants will receive $6,000 in loan repayment assistance in exchange for a three-year service commitment and may receive a lifetime maximum of $40,000 if [...]

There is a very good free webinar coming up on FRCP 26(f).  We know the sponsor and we have heard the participants on other programs.  As many Posse List members have moved into the planning phases of conference preparedness and best practices we think it is very much worth your attention.  You will hear from [...]

We have hundreds of ex-military on The Posse List membership rolls.  This post is for them, but also for all the employers on our list. Looking for a hard-working, motivated, ethical employee?  Try hiring a U.S. veteran. Veterans are disciplined team players that can bolster any employer’s business. What’s more, hiring veterans is not only [...]

Oil, oil, oil, oil …. As has been reported in the Wall Street Journal, Lawyer Weekly and various other sources, companies that potentially face civil or criminal liability for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have hired a large cast of outside legal help, including former high-level government attorneys and a top product-liability lawyer.  BP [...]