Has the In-house Hiring Boom Petered Out? ACC Report Shows Reduced Head Count
June 30, 2025
Legal departments reduced head count over the past year, according to a new study, raising questions about whether the recent in-house hiring boom has petered out.
Marketing-Led Training: A Core Business Investment
June 30, 2025
By partnering with the firm’s professional development or talent team, marketing and communications professionals can provide cost-effective in-house training on nonlegal skills that are critical to a lawyer’s success in today’s client-driven market.
Is Your Law Firm’s Data Clean and Trusted Enough for AI?
June 30, 2025
As AI continues its rapid march through the legal industry, law firms are facing a new kind of strategic imperative. No longer is the question whether to use AI — but rather how to do so responsibly, effectively and competitively.
Ruling in Authors’ AI Suit Lays Out Cautionary Guidelines for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in Similar Cases
June 30, 2025
A federal judge handed Meta a major win in a closely watched copyright case over the use of books to train large language models (LLMs). But the ruling stopped well short of giving tech companies blanket protection to scrape creative works for artificial intelligence.
Insider Traders May Be Subject to Shareholder Actions to Recover Short-Term Profits
June 30, 2025
During times of increased market volatility, opportunities for short-term profit-taking become more prevalent. However, corporate insiders who trade in their company’s stock in such an environment may be subject to shareholder actions aimed at recovering any short-term profits they earn.
Landlord & Tenant Law
June 30, 2025
Reliance Not Necessary to Establish Fraud Exception to Four-Year Lookback PeriodGuaranty Survives Lease Modification
Law Firms Reducing Unused Office Space, Expanding Collaborative Space
June 30, 2025
As law firm employees continue to spend far less time at the office than they did before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, firms are responding both by reducing unused office space to save on overhead while concurrently expanding the amount of space dedicated to collaborative work.
The Three Common Obstacles That Typically Derail Business Planning
June 30, 2025
Each year, well-intentioned and strategic legal professionals craft detailed business plans with ambitious intentions and growth objectives. Yet, professionals often find their plans derailed throughout the year because of competing obligations — active matter engagements, events, mentorship duties and a host of other responsibilities.
Foreigners Can Use Trump’s Policies As Defense to Extradition
June 30, 2025
One defense that foreign courts have given substantial weight when evaluating a request for extradition to the United States is the risk of inhumane or unfair treatment, including the denial of substantive or procedural rights, as well as the conditions and length of punishment an extradited person faces if convicted. The administration’s resistance to complying with federal court orders taking the contrary view may provide further support.
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