The legal profession has been forced to awaken from its blissful slumber and is bellowing in fury at this century’s newfound Internet-based technologies and their inescapable effect upon the legal process.
Read More »Commentary: When a fixed fee really needs an hourly rate
An interesting scenario arises regarding fixed fees when the client terminates the relationship before the services are concluded, then formally challenges the fee set by the lawyer.
Read More »5 things a kindergartner knows that translates to the practice of law
Did I really learn everything I need to know about being a lawyer in kindergarten? I hope not, because it will make the monthly payments of those law school loans a lot more difficult to pay back if I could have learned everything about practicing law from a 6-year-old.
Read More »Commentary: Jobs in small business have gone missing
Very large businesses, it turns out, have been expanding their domestic workforces relatively rapidly. If, since January 2011, businesses of all sizes had hired at the same rate as those with 5,000 or more employees, we would have almost 4 million more jobs today.
Read More »Commentary: Nostalgia runs deeper for high school than law school
In law school, we all knew we wanted to be lawyers. Occasionally a professor would shake his head and smile like we were idiots for this, but we pushed on anyway. Law school prepared us to practice law about as much as high school prepared us for life. At least high school didn’t come with huge student loans.
Read More »Commentary: Earning $20 a day makes you one of lucky few
Buying overpriced coffee at foreign-owned cafes in developing nations always gets me thinking: How many hours must the average local work to afford a cup?
Read More »Commentary: Hire smart candidates by looking beyond the usual
The large number of highly qualified, competent attorneys seeking in-house positions makes today a “buyers” market. Legal department hiring managers should take advantage of the large number of qualified candidates to find the one who best fits their employer’s needs.
Read More »Commentary: Your political affiliation can get you fired
You can be fired for a host of reasons in at-will employment, such as for being a Cubs fan (an option I’m thankful my employers have decided to forego) or for not inviting someone to your happy hour (something you would never do, of course, because you like everyone you work with).
Read More »Commentary: Cads, criminals and the trial of John Edwards
Too many louts get away with being one. So it was intensely satisfying to learn that the U.S. government, in the form of the Justice Department, was focusing its considerable might on John Edwards.
Read More »Commentary: Wars on and among women shape U.S. politics
The war on women, waged mostly by men, has given way to the war among women, waged by women on one another.
Read More »Commentary: Facts are first casualty of health care fight | Poll
In the Supreme Court’s historic argument over President Barack Obama’s health-care law, the Republicans claimed the high ground on principle, Democrats on the politics.
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