Electronic-discovery laws are changing faster than you can boot up your computer, and establishing ethical and legal boundaries when data moves across the planet has grown even more complicated with government surveillance.
The 20 firms on these pages represent appellate advocacy at its strongest.
Judicial ethics rules encourage judges to get out and mingle with the bar and the public. At the same time, those rules place restrictions on judges' relationships off the bench to minimize conflicts of interest—real or perceived.
The "gig economy," or use of mobile apps and similar technology to meet consumer demand, is fueling lawsuits by workers challenging their "independent-contractor" status. We review the developing law in this special section.
We consider whether the U.S. Department of Justice's white-collar crime plan to focus on individual responsibility for corporate wrongdoing will quash the billion-dollar civil settlements the government has been negotiating with companies. Plus more in this special report.
"I just show up in court and wing it," said no Winning Litigator—ever. But the lawyers in our special report bring more to the table than just meticulous preparation.
In this week's issue, we spotlight corporate counsel teams working in what's arguably the most beautiful region of the country, Southern California.
Devious minds are devising ways to purloin private data and are figuring out how to best use it to their financial and, in some cases, political advantage. Here are some ways to keep at least a step or two ahead of the hackers.
This week, we present a "how-to" for students and for lawyers starting their careers.
We're witnessing uneasy times in the energy sector.
The NLJ profiles seven attorneys, immersed in weighty matters on Capitol Hill, who are helping to shape significant legislation and policy.
It's a shrinking IP world out there, from the potential for patent trolls to make headway into Europe to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has drawn a sharper line between infringement and invalidity.
Litigation and energy work may be lagging, but overall there's positive news in the Midwest.
It's a complicated workplace dynamic out there, with companies looking to do more with less. That push creates pressure, where the short-tempered can venture into bullying territory.
A by-the-numbers look at law firm head count and revenue in the D.C. area.
Is a mobile electronic culture — including those handy smartphones and tablets — consistent with corporate data security and electronic-discovery obligations? The legal profession is still finding out.
The National Law Journal’s Regional Report takes the head counts from our NLJ 350 survey and analyzes the data by city, state and country. We’ve included the numbers of attorneys in the largest U.S. and foreign markets, plus head counts for every branch office from every law firm included on the list.
Our latest NLJ 350 survey shows that the number of attorneys at the nation’s largest law firms crept up by a meager 0.6 percent in 2014. That’s a marked contrast to last year’s 3.9 percent increase.
We've highlighted departments setting the standards for outside-counsel management, handling big deals, diversity in the profession and pro bono and community service.
As in years past, the Energy Department spent the most on lawsuits in 2014, paying $929 million in taxpayer money.
The National Law Journal this week highlights lawyers who serve as outside counsel to some of the top in-house legal teams at companies based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Six of the nation's largest verdicts last year came from Florida juries to smokers and their families. But one topped them all.
Our report on the law schools that supply the largest numbers of associates to the country's largest firms.
The National Law Journal spotlights leading in-house legal departments of companies based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.
This week The National Law Journal focuses on the changes afoot at the Food and Drug Administration.
These Seattle in-house legal departments are setting the standards for outside-counsel management, corporate compliance, diversity in the profession, pro bono work and handling of big deals and litigation.
The price of a billable hour has risen by more than 10 percent in four years, as large corporate law firms focused on their most expensive work and saved clients' money elsewhere.
The go-to law schools. The NLJ 350. A three-part series on judicial transparency. Our inaugural Elite Trial Lawyers list honoring 50 firms that helped clients win billions of dollars in awards. What follows are highlights from the NLJ's special reports of 2014.
