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In-house law departments (and law firms) rely more on project attorneys/contract attorneys

6 July 2010 —  There is an interesting article in today’s The Legal Intelligencer about the increasing use of using “project attorneys” and “contract attorneys” to handle an increased

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Do we smell doc review projects a-comin’ … or perhaps it’s just the stench of petroleum?

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

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In observance of Memorial Day

                        Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.   Some history from the

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The United Airlines/Continental Airlines merger: a short or long document review?

  3 May 2010 — United Air Lines and Continental Airlines announced their merger today.  It will create the world’s largest airline by traffic.  Delta Air Lines would be unseated as the

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The “Proud to be Solo” Scholarship Contest – for Posse List members who now have a solo practice or are in the process of opening a solo practice

We receive on average 300+ emails a week from Posse List members.   About 200 of them are from our contract attorney members.  The questions we receive from you range from “where is the best city

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For your calendars: key e-discovery and related events for the remainder of 2010

  The remainder of 2010 has a significant number of key electronic discovery related conferences, events, seminars and tradeshows.   We thought having a calendar of events would help in your planning. 

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From Georgetown Law: the future of law firm strategy and governance (with video interviews)

Part of our coverage of “Law Firm Evolution:  Brave New World or Business As Usual?”, a conference held March 21-23, 2010 by the Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession.  For all

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Contract attorneys, “status” and a paradigm shift in their favor … with some observations by Gabe Acevedo

We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry.  It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind,  Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others.  The legal industry melt down, the

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March 4th webinar: “Writing an Article and Expanding Your Network in One Hour” (Ari Kaplan)

We have had numerous posts on our site concerning raising your profile, “branding” yourself,  marketing yourself, and doing that through writing.  As we have said, despite the universal concern

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Data, data everywhere: a special report on managing information from The Economist

In our series “Data! Data! Data!” – Cures for a General Counsel’s ESI Nightmares”  we have been interviewing thought leaders in the ESI management and e-discovery universe

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