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Bare Referral Fee Scrutinized in Class Action Law Suits

Legal Expert Connections

After one U.S. District Judge forced a law firm to reveal its referral fee arrangement in a recent prominent case, many legal experts are suggesting the industry may be at a tipping point where class action firms could be required to more fully disclose the distribution of their fees. In the market for lead plaintiffs in class action law suits, firms pay politically connected attorneys multi-million-dollar fees to provide firms with nothing more than an introduction to potential clients includin

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eDiscovery Education

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eDiscovery - The Crucial Next Step In Law School Curriculum eDiscovery didn’t exist a decade ago and now the market is expected to reach $9.9 billion in 2017.

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Ep 021: Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Future of Law, with Casey Kuhlman of Monax

LawNext podcast

Is the traditional form of contracting broken? Are static legal agreements irrelevant in a fast-moving global economy? Casey Kuhlman , CEO of the blockchain and smart contracts company Monax, believes we’re on the brink of a paradigm shift in how we form and execute legal agreements. Kuhlman and Monax are the principal forces behind the launch of the Agreements Network , which he describes as the “legal layer for a networked world.

Law 40
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eDiscovery Education

NSLT

eDiscovery - The Crucial Next Step In Law School Curriculum eDiscovery didn’t exist a decade ago and now the market is expected to reach $9.9 billion in 2017.

Law 40
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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!