“Billable hours is all they know,” consultant Ken Callander said of many in-house attorneys. “To move toward something other than that, it’s really foreign to them.”        

While not commenting publicly, some T14 or New York-based law schools have been in discussions with law firms about preventing further incidents of antisemitism on campus, sources say.        

Some leaders in the lower half of the rankings no longer see elite firms’ pay raises as a competitive pressure because the market has become so stratified.        

Civil case filings have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels in San Francisco County Superior Court, as some ADR experts see a surge in arbitration and mediation.        

The New York associate had written a widely-circulated article entitled ‘Dear US Law Firms’ about Israel’s longstanding conflict with Palestine.        

Leaders of Norton Rose and Lathrop GPM pointed to the pandemic as one of the catalysts for rethinking their offices, and both said they contain a mix of open and private/reserved workspaces.        

A federal judge in Virginia agreed to dismiss one patent infringement claim against Amazon this week, while the court will defer on the remaining allegations brought by developers who claim that the e-commerce company poached its voice recognition technology and natural language understanding to expand its Echo and Alexa products.        

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.        

“Particularly in Philadelphia, there’s lots of these incidents. They’re growing into the suburbs as well. And yeah, it’s tough for the employees. It’s just an uncomfortable situation to have to work in,” plaintiffs lawyer Alan Milstein said.        

“I am blessed by the opportunity to serve our students as dean alongside my faculty and staff colleagues and our alumni and friends,” Jeremy Counseller said in a statement. “I will do so with a deep sense of optimism about the future of Baylor University and the Law School.”