The practice of law firms marking up the cost of contract lawyers has been around for ages.  See some of our previous posts about the subject:  a great analysis by Carolyn Elefant by clicking here and further analysis by clicking here.  This week there was an article rocketing around the internet which was written by Cardozo Law Professor [...]

We covered Richard Susskind’s speech at the ABA TechShow (click here) and we had previously covered his thoughts in our “Changing Legal Landscape” series (click here). Today’s Legal Blog Watch reports on a trend of BigLaw being dumped for lower-priced boutiques following the lead of DuPont and adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to [...]

  Two Skadden partners, Andrew Sandler and Benjamin Klubes, announced to the firm’s associates that they’re jumping ship to form their own law firm, BuckleySandler.   Sandler assured associates that his exit was motivated by a desire for change rather than concern about the firm’s stability. But some aren’t so sure and say this move has significant implications for Big Law. [...]