US Seeks “Maritime Hegemony”, Is Acting “Irresponsibly” In South China Sea, Beijing Warns
It’s now been nearly a year since the world woke up to what Beijing was doing in the South China Sea. Early in 2015, satellite images seemed to show that…
Data Privacy Negotiations With E.U. Fail, Legal Action Next?
Last October, the European Union’s Court of Justice ruled that European citizens’ data isn’t safe when stored in the U.S., cutting some 4,500 American companies off from the benefits of…
Rewriting Your Resume to Escape the Law
Leaving so soon? Maybe the practice of law has not delivered on your expectations. Or maybe you feel the call of another career opportunity beckoning you. We each have our…
Client Intake: An Easy Way to Boost Law Firm Business
Thanks to the folks over at the ABA, we now have a broader view of the disaster that is law firm intake. The ABA’s findings seem to only confirm the…
Lyft Amputates a Toe to Save the Foot, Settles Class Action Suit
“It looks like Lyft got off fairly lightly here,” according to a market analyst commenting on the recent settlement agreement between Lyft and its drivers. Under the terms of the…
NJ Law Firm Manager Allegedly Traded Sex for Legal Services
According to NJ.com, a prominent law firm’s manager exchanged sex from both male and female clients for the firm’s services. A complaint filed in Camden County Superior Court last December…
Copyright Infringers May Get Relief From Huge Monetary Demands
The Internet Policy Task Force from the US Dept. of Commerce made a recommendation that Congress should alter the Copyright Act in such a way to reduce overall money damages…
Arizona Governor: We Want Out of the 9th Circuit!
Is the Ninth Circuit too liberal? Arizona’s governor seems to think so. Recently, he spearheaded an effort to break up the nation’s largest circuit. Is this the beginning of the…
Have Millennials Ruined Drinking With Their Sober Happy Hours?
Your next cocktail hour might feature a kale-wheatgrass smoothie rather than a Manhattan. That is, if the latest Millennial trend takes hold: the sober happy hour. Youths these days are…
Lawyers, Is It Time to Automate Your Email Empathy?
You want to keep in touch with clients, to let them know you’re invested in their divorce, assault charge, corporate restructuring, what have you. But frankly, you’re too busy working…