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Lessons from the University of Michigan- Why Organizations Retain Outside Counsel for Internal Investigations

In-House Lawyers: Who You Gonna Call?

It’s time for our annual survey to determine the top outside counsel. The post In-House Lawyers: Who You Gonna Call? appeared first on Above the Law.

What In-House Counsel Actually Need From Outside Employment Advisers

Outside employment advisers who invest in understanding business context, communicate in the client's language, balance risk management with creative problem-solving, think about o...

Bad News, Good Lawyers - Inside Congressional Investigations: Deposing America’s Most High-Profile Witnesses

KKR Says Outside Law Firms Will 'Fully Reimburse' Its $250M DOJ Penalty

Advising KKR in the investigation were Quinn Emanuel and Cleary Gottlieb.       

The outside counsel billing arms race: Why your OCG controls are breaking down

Your inside counsel team is deploying AI to scrutinize outside counsel bills. They’ve set up automated compliance tools that flag every deviation from your guidelines in real time....

Former In-House Counsel's Whistleblower Claim Revived by Appellate Court

The appellate court said that although Balla prioritizes the right of a client to freely terminate attorneys, it doesn't give the right to client to engage in "lesser retaliatory a...

Remember Who Your Clients Are — See Also

Representation Fail: Bankruptcy filing accused firm of representing the estate while really working for the guy who put it in bankruptcy. Now the partner involved has vanished from...

AI Is Giving Legal Departments More Reasons to Keep Work In-House

“The presumption that I always pressure test with them is sort of that first capacity constraint reflex is to go and get outside counsel because this is a new question or a complex...

New Jersey Appellate Division Clarifies Discovery Limits for Attorney-Led Workplace Investigations

Employers frequently retain outside counsel to investigate workplace complaints involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or other sensitive employment issues. A common qu...

Prominent lawyer’s firm investigated after conflict of interest complaint

The Ministry of Justice appointed a King’s Counsel to investigate a complaint of an alleged conflict of interest involving Sumudu Thode, vice president of the Criminal Bar Associat...

Local Counsel for Civil Fraud Case in PUERTO RICO

Limited Scope Local Counsel Needed — Active Federal Case, D.P.R. I am seeking a Puerto Rico-barred attorney admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for...

Womble Bond Says No Need To Share Rift Details In Exit Bid

Attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson, seeking to withdraw as counsel of record for a Dutch software company embroiled in a trademark dispute with an American rival, told a North Ca...

Jeremy Eveland Provides Business Law and Outside General Counsel Services to Medium and Large Companies

Licensed in Utah, Nevada, California, and Texas, attorney Jeremy Eveland advises corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies on contracts, governance, compliance, t...

The Board Director’s Playbook: Acquisition Oversight

In-House Leaders Say Lawyers At These Biglaw Firms Are Client Service ‘All-Stars’ (2026)

Which firms -- and which lawyers -- came out on top when it comes to excellence in client service? The post In-House Leaders Say Lawyers At These Biglaw Firms Are Client Service ‘A...

AI, Privilege, and Discovery- Risks In-House Counsel Face [Video]

Paralegal Outsourcing: When Should a PI Firm Consider It?

A personal injury firm should consider paralegal outsourcing when case work is growing faster than the team that supports it — when records requests, indexing, and deadlines start...

When Does a Non-Telecom Company Need an FCC Lawyer?

Atty Immunity Should Cut Firm From Fee Suit, Judge Says

A Texas federal judge has recommended letting California law firm Bartko Pavia out of a lawsuit brought by litigation boutique Williams Simons & Landis PC over alleged unpaid l...

Nevada Supreme Court Overrules Caselaw on Post-Trial Contingency Fee Awards

'Troubled' 7th Circ. Finds No Harm From Benesch Atty Conflict

While "troubled" by an ex-Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP partner's decision to take on a client's trade secrets suit while negotiating a move from Benesch to the defe...

When AI Becomes the Third Party - Courts Divide Over Privilege and Work Product Protection

She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman

Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise fro...