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Professional Services Firms Increasingly a Target of Pay Equity Suits
October 24, 2016
As toughened pay equity legislation makes its way across the country and more women speak out about pay inequity, a growing number of lawsuits are starting to creep into the professional services realm. But they come with significant challenges.
A Big Law 'Ethical Hacker' on Preventing Cyberattacks
October 24, 2016
Seyfarth Shaw partner Richard Lutkus says he helps clients by thinking like a hacker.
Challenging Market Conditions Sees Profit Margins Fall At U.K.'s Largest Law Firms
October 24, 2016
Continental Breakfast: your daily update on what's happening in Europe.A combination of growing pressure from clients on fees, increasing associate…
Scientists Create Artificial Intelligence Software That Can Predict Trial Results
October 24, 2016
Artificial intelligence has become one of the hottest trends in Big Law, with a number of major U.S. and international law firms starting to use machine…
Tweeting Ted Boutrous and Followers Vow to Fend Off Trump for Free
October 24, 2016
The Twitter accounts of lawyers are usually lonely, desolate places ignored by many and visited by a nerdy few, but Ted Boutrous just broke away from that pack.
Judge Smacks Down FTC for Venue Shopping
October 21, 2016
A federal judge in Pennsylvania admonished the Federal Trade Commission for threatening to “pick up its marbles” and go elsewhere for not getting the desired ruling in a reverse payment case involving painkillers.
Coming Next Week: Pay Equity in America
October 21, 2016
Starting Monday, through Law.com, ALM will take a closer look at why fair pay issues are bubbling up so intensely now—more than 50 years since the federal…
Bentham Makes Bet on Whistleblower Suits
October 21, 2016
Australia-based litigation funding outfit Bentham IMF this week rolled out a new initiative in the U.S. designed to increase its investment in whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act.
States Look to Give Teeth to National Pay Equity Legislation
October 21, 2016
A wave of legislation has swept across the country as states attempt to enact more forceful pay equity legislation than the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 provides.
Cyberattacks Hit Several Major Websites, Though No Major Damage Reported
October 21, 2016
Widespread internet outages hit the United States today, causing all sorts of digital trouble for some Web services, according to news reports.

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