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Starting today (August 23rd): 32nd Annual International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)

The 32nd annual educational conference of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) starts today, August 23rd.   This year it is at the Gaylord National just outside Washington, DC in

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Orrick Herrington, McDermott Will and others beef up staff attorney positions

Orrick Herrington dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track.  The Orrick move comes as all BigLaw firms face immense

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Our heartfelt thanks to The Posse List membership

A hat tip to the Posse List membership, with special note to CF who writes:  “This is in response to your request for the CLE program What Lawyers Need to Know About Suicide During a Recession:

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Social media: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Blogging, etc. …. the legal workplace transformed

When Twitter gets a full-page analysis in the Financial Times, well … we guess Twitter has truly “arrived”.   As the Financial Times says, there is more to this new internet fashion

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Contract attorneys and the changing legal landscape

Last night’s and this morning’s lead story in the legal media:  800 law firm jobs lost in one day.  And there will be more firings to come (click here for a sample).    For the contract

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The FBI fraud investigations

See:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138583 In answer to your flood of mails, we assume the FBI will hire contract attorneys for this work which they have done in the past. However, the FBI has changed

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