By Matthew Prinn Buying Legal Counsel (Buying Legal) is the international trade organization for legal procurement best practices for buying legal services and technology. In its recently released 2021 Marketing Intelligence Report, it takes a deep dive into the minds of buyers of legal services: legal procurement professionals. These professionals […]
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The greenwashing case against KLM is thought to be the first corporate lawsuit about airlines and net zero — and one of the first cases about carbon offsets. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Environmental groups on Tuesday launched legal action against KLM, saying the Dutch aviation giant is misleading […]
PROF. V. S. MALLAR MEMORIAL LEGAL AID COMPETITION, 2022 under the aegis of Pan India Legal Literacy and Legal Awareness Programme A joint initiative by the Centre for Environmental Law, Education, Research and Advocacy, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, […]
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and their widespread use in personal and business needs is growing every year. However, in the absence of adequate laws regulating its use significant risks can arise. A number of countries are already carefully establishing laws to regulate AI technologies. For instance, AI-related […]
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Buddy’s Versus the ‘Chads and Brads’ In 2018, Mr. Cantillo started to notice designer pot strains, sold in stylized mylar bags, gaining a kind of cult status in California. “Cannabis culture is very similar to sneaker or streetwear culture, where a certain brand has a lot of clout,” Mr. Cantillo […]
A partnership between Goodwill Manasota and Gulfcoast Legal Services will bring free legal clinics to North Port for low-income South County residents. Staff Attorney James Clegg began at Gulfcoast in 2018, the same year that the nonprofit partnered with Goodwill Manasota to offer legal clinics at one of Goodwill’s Bradenton stores. […]
Just because we’re in pandemic recovery mode doesn’t mean your law firm’s budget has immediately shot up to pre-pandemic levels. And even if there are plenty of funds, now may not be the time to make huge asks. Here are several ways legal marketers can make a big splash without […]
The Coca-Cola Co.’s withdrawal of controversial diversity standards for outside lawyers has sparked questions about the future of similar efforts at major corporations. The decision, confirmed by the company on Monday, made waves in the legal industry. It highlights a growing debate over where to draw the line between permissible […]
With states such as Texas, Alabama, and, most recently, Oklahoma effectively outlawing abortion–and the Supreme Court seemingly poised to back them–some companies are responding by offering to cover any costs related to abortion, including travel, relocation, or legal fees. But that benefit could prompt another legal issue, particularly as some Republican lawmakers attempt to […]
Saturday, February 19, 2022 Happy belated Valentine’s Day from the National Law Review team. Please read on for new legal industry hires, promotions and awards. Firm Recognition & Awards Much is included on the 2022 Top Workplaces USA list, which recognizes organizations with a people-centered culture. “At Much, our culture […]
Boston, MA, April 08, 2022 –(PR.com)– The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best legal websites in the world as part of their 26th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including legal websites, based […]
The first emails arrived on Friday as Hungarian mergers and acquisitions lawyer Oliver Koppany settled into a village outside Budapest for a firm retreat. Barely 24 hours into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, KNP Law clients in Kyiv and Lviv reached out to their attorneys for a different kind of counsel: Can you book me a plane […]
In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German software giant SAP halted all its sales in Russia. But it provoked the ire of Ukrainian leaders by continuing to offer updates and cloud computing access to Russian customers not targeted by Western sanctions. This week SAP, which makes business […]
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann is merging with Astrachan Gunst Thomas. From right to left, K. Nichole (Nikki) Nesbitt, co-managing partner; James B. Astrachan, of counsel; Donna M. D. Thomas, partner; Kaitlin D. Corey, partner; Linda S. Woolf, co-managing partner. A pair of Baltimore law firms are merging to provide […]
In the new “Canada Law Firm Brand Index”, we see how buyers of legal services in Canada are looking to their outside counsel for practical business advice and localized legal knowledge across multiple jurisdictions. Before the global pandemic, it was a bit easier to decipher what corporate clients wanted from […]
Megan Carpenter Megan Carpenter, dean of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law for the last four years, has been reappointed to the job, the school announced. Carpenter, who joined the institution in 2017, is also a tenured professor there. The school said that under Carpenter’s leadership, […]
Photo by Jana Birchum At the time of publication, abortion is still legal in Texas prior to the first detection of fetal cardiac activity, which typically occurs around six weeks. However, if the Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe v. Wade reflects the final decision of the court, performing an […]
The American Medical Association said Monday it tapped Andra Heller, International Business Machines Corp.’s top lawyer for Watson Health, as its senior vice president and general counsel. She replaces former legal chief Brian Vandenberg, who retired March 1 after spending five years with the largest professional association and lobbying group […]
Welcome to the March issue of leading news and resources for in-house counsel and legal operations professionals. In this edition, you’ll read about the return of in-person Legalweek NY, GC’s and CLO’s increased involvement in technology and business decisions, the future of human-in-the-loop technologies and a new legal tech-buying directory […]