Microsoft has quietly unveiled new parameters for its outside counsel, and, in an effort to step away from the billable hour, announced it hopes to shift 90 percent of its legal work into alternative fee arrangements within two years. David Howard, a corporate vice president and deputy general counsel at the company, wrote online Friday that Microsoft…keep reading
Roger Maldonado Associate Barnes & Thornburg 1.What is your area of practice? I am a litigator within the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department at Barnes & Thornburg. My practice includes representing lenders, creditors, creditors’ committees and financial institutions before state and federal courts in bankruptcy law, equipment leasing issues, receiverships, and related commercial litigation. …keep reading
Summary: The American Lawyer has released its annual ranking of the most elite law firms. In the legal world, elitism matters. Being the best of the best means attracting and retaining the most lucrative clients; and just as a personality trait, lawyers are competitive in nature. They want to win, and they want others to…keep reading
Creating diversity requires intention, consistency, transparency, a commitment to not do “what you’ve always done,” and accountability. As the general counsel and part of AdRoll’s executive team, a leading performance marketing platform with over 35,000 clients worldwide and home to the world’s largest opt-in advertiser data co-op with over 1.2 billion digital profiles, Stephanie A….keep reading
Which Biglaw firms made the list? Despite all of the heartache and work that go into achieving it, making partner remains the gold standard for most attorneys. And not just some service partner non-equity BS, but actual “real” partnership, of the equity variety. In recognition of the prevalence of that achievement, Law360 has compiled a ranking of…keep reading