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‘Mommy track is a dead end’ at Morrison & Foerster, associates allege in $100M suit

$11M a year for a lateral hire? Star partners are valued ‘like Hollywood celebrities’

SoLi summit and its facilitators seek to spur innovation in legal profession and education

Which lawyers spend the most time on pro bono? Survey finds 4 out of 5 offered free legal services

Former White House counsel Greg Craig leaves Skadden; he was lead lawyer on Ukraine report

Mark Britton talks about leaving Avvo and what’s next

New ABA Center for Innovation project will connect legal aid providers with free legal tech

Here’s the lowdown on time-tracking software for lawyers

Global Legal Hackathon announces winners

Partner percentages continue to decline in BigLaw; is in-house lure part of the reason?

Reed Smith launches legal tech summer associate program

What makes something AI technology? Experts don’t always agree

Riley Safer names managing partner who may be the first black female to lead a national law firm

Conference to tackle new approaches for law schools, lawyers and legal technologists

Lawyer who used nonlawyers to sell living trusts is suspended in New Jersey

Mayer Brown names UK lawyer Jeremy Clay managing partner

Clients hang up in disbelief when lawyer calls to tell them of $61M verdict over unwanted calls

Legal technicians belong in courtrooms

Hogan Lovells ditches system of annual performance reviews for program with ‘flash feedback’

Justia launches new peer-reviewed attorney ratings

Clark Hill and Strasburger & Price announce merger

UK law firms disclose gender pay gap numbers, but don’t reveal US data

‘The future is now,’ says ABA president at Stanford CodeX conference

Appeals court overturns $34.5M malpractice verdict against Holland & Knight

Paralegal injured playing softball for law firm team isn’t entitled to workers’ comp, court rules

Outgoing Adobe GC witnessed changes that digitization and globalization wrought (podcast)

Judge cites Pillsbury partner’s remarks to newspaper in disqualifying firm from representation

Avvo founder and CEO Mark Britton stepping down

Pacer fees shouldn’t have been spent on courtroom technology, federal judge says

Lawyers have an ethical duty to safeguard confidential information in the cloud

A Fastcase original: Inspired by Netflix, the legal research service is creating its own content

Data scientists help courts grapple with increasingly divisive maps