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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

Attorney at Work

Law firms didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of profitability or performance in 2020. on average in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Thomson Reuters — and 15% among AmLaw 100 firms. The PMI reached 69 — its highest mark since 2006 and second-highest mark ever. Profits per equity partner rose 11.5%

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You Subpoenaed My Documents, Shouldn’t You Pay for Them?

Percipient

If the subpoena issued is in federal litigation, your company is likely responsible for the cost of compliance, especially if it has a connection to the litigation. The law firm produced the documents but sought reimbursement for over $44,000 spent complying with the subpoena. Who covers the expense in responding to it?

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What is LEDES Billing? A Guide for Lawyers

Clio

These principles help law firms correctly submit invoices, track expenses, and create detailed reports in a consistent manner. LEDES was released to the legal world in 1998 and facilitated the exchange of legal billing information between law firms and corporate clients. 2006: LEDES XML is introduced.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Eric Goldman

The court said that the trademark owner had been using the trademark since 1985 and registered the trademark in 2006. ” That prompted this litigation. Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. ” Say what? ” The right answer should be “no one.”

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. LinkedIn and Facebook, most notably, have done as much as anyone to shape the law of web scraping. The law then enforces that private decision. For example, in just the last few weeks, Twitter/X Corp.

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The Lawyers of Substack

LawSites

This week, David Lat, who founded the blog Above the Law in 2006, and who earlier, in 2004, started the anonymous blog Underneath Their Robes , and who left blogging two years ago to take a job as a legal recruiter, is returning to writing as a full-time livelihood. But this time, Lat will not be publishing his writing on a blog.

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Pfeifer and Wellen Give an Inside Look at LexisNexis’ AI Sprint (TGIR Ep. 230)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Lexis Snapshot summarizes legal complaints to help firms monitor litigation. Law firms will likely accelerate their adoption of AI tools based on rising expectations and demands from corporate legal departments to work more efficiently. It’s focused on areas like argument drafting for litigation.

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