Home Daily News Ex-babysitter who hit infant 40 years ago… Criminal Justice Ex-babysitter who hit infant 40 years ago pleads guilty to manslaughter in his 2019 death By Debra Cassens Weiss August 22, 2024, 9:56 am CDT Terry McKirchy, 62, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2019 death of a man she was accused…
Home Daily News Lathrop GPM will merge with Silicon Valley… Mergers & Acquisitions Lathrop GPM will merge with Silicon Valley firm Oct. 1; ‘why wait?’ managing shareholder asks By Debra Cassens Weiss August 22, 2024, 11:05 am CDT Lathrop GPM announced Wednesday that it will merge with Silicon Valley law firm Hopkins & Carley on…
Home Daily News How an understanding court clerk saved lawyer… Personal Lives How an understanding court clerk saved lawyer with dementia from humiliation By Debra Cassens Weiss August 22, 2024, 11:36 am CDT “Even as my dad had many lucid days, I felt as though I was freefalling in preemptive grief and then felt guilty…
Home Daily News These firms are ‘ceiling smashers’ for having… Women in the Law These firms are ‘ceiling smashers’ for having highest percentage of women in equity partnerships By Debra Cassens Weiss August 22, 2024, 2:44 pm CDT Women lawyers still lag behind their male counterparts in leadership positions, according to Law360 Pulse’s 2024 Women…
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Debbie Foster, the CEO of Affinity Consulting; Jennifer Sherman, the chief product and experience officer at Caret Legal; and Laura Wenzel, the global marketing and insights director at iManage. The three companies are part of a consortium that supported The Changemakers Report: How Midsize Law Firms Are Achieving Growth Through…
Home Daily News Lawyer gets stayed suspension for fake blog… Ethics Lawyer gets stayed suspension for fake blog comments By Debra Cassens Weiss August 26, 2024, 9:29 am CDT A Colorado lawyer has received a stayed 60-day suspension for posing as a judge and a former deputy district attorney in blog comments last year. (Image…
Last week’s ILTACON, an annual conference sponsored by the International Legal Technology Association felt a lot like The Simpsons episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,” where the smooth-talking Lyle Lanley sells the town on the idea of a flashy but questionable monorail. Lanley’s famous opening line, “You know, a town with money’s a little like the…
Home Daily News Willkie adds 5 partners, 6 associates from… Law Firms Willkie adds 5 partners, 6 associates from this BigLaw firm, adding to growing Chicago office By Debra Cassens Weiss August 26, 2024, 11:21 am CDT Willkie Farr & Gallagher has nearly 100 lawyers in its Chicago office after adding five partners and six…
Home Daily News Law firms had strong financial performance… Law Firms Law firms had strong financial performance in first half of 2024, survey says By Debra Cassens Weiss August 26, 2024, 12:39 pm CDT Another survey shows an 11.4% year-over-year increase in law firm revenue for the first half of 2024, a percentage that is…
Home Daily News 8th Circuit decision is setback for ‘constitutional… Second Amendment 8th Circuit decision is setback for ‘constitutional sheriffs’ movement, says gun-safety group By Debra Cassens Weiss August 27, 2024, 10:17 am CDT A federal appeals court has ruled for the U.S. Department of Justice in a challenge to a Missouri law that banned…