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  • It's Not the Number of Hours We're Billing or the Number of Hours We're Working; It's the Way We Feel About How We Spend Those Hours That Matters Working long hours, tracking those hours and feeling that we have to grind all year to hit a specific number of hours to meet a profitability target can make us feel like fungible, dehumanized automatons rather than highly trained providers of specific and thoughtful solutions to complex legal challenges.

    January 01, 2020John F. Hollway
  • In the day-to-day practice of bankruptcy law, it may occasionally be tempting to dismiss "reservation of rights" language as unnecessary or unimportant — after all, a pragmatically minded court will consider the economic reality of the case before it. Right? Well, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware's recent ruling in Emerald Capital Advisors v. Victory Park Capital Advisors (In re KII Liquidating) demonstrates the flaws in that way of thinking.

    January 01, 2020Francis J. Lawall and Kenneth A. Listwak
  • This year, Legalweek will feature workshop boot camps, networking events, hundreds of exhibitors on the tradeshow floor and three conferences designed to address key issues at a functional level: LegalCIO, Legal Business Strategy, and, of course, Legaltech, the world's largest and longest running trade show for legal technology.

    January 01, 2020ssalkin | ljnstaff
  • Landlord's Oral Request for Use and Occupancy in Commercial Non-Payment Proceeding Denied Landlord Sought to Pierce the Corporate Veil to Recover Unpaid Rent

    January 01, 2020Scott E. Mollen
  • The advantages of Chapter 11 bankruptcy are oftentimes unavailable to small businesses and its owners. The substantial disclosure and reporting requirements alone scare off many potential debtors. In response to this problem, Congress recently created the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.

    January 01, 2020Zach Shelomith
  • In today's business climate, clients demand greater efficiency when it comes to contract review for many complex deals and transactions. We have found that the combination of deep legal expertise, coupled with embracing carefully researched and vetted technology, is the most effective means of delivering high quality and timely review in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

    January 01, 2020Christian A. Farmakis
  • Newly minted partners offered up some usual complaints on this year's New Partners Survey, lamenting unexpectedly low compensation, opaque performance metrics and copious administrative work. But new anxieties have arisen among Big Law's latest partner class, including the threat of a recession and growing concerns about mental health.

    January 01, 2020Dylan Jackson
  • Maryland Jury Convicts Former Executive on FCPA Charges for Bribing Russian Official to Win Nuclear Fuel Transportation Contracts

    January 01, 2020Juliet Gunev
  • What Tenants and Landlords Should Know There are differences between assignments of leases and collateral assignments of leases, and each has aspects that parties to these agreements should expect and look out for. Let's discuss some of these issues.

    December 02, 2019Terrence M. Dunn