3 Tips to Help You Reach Clients on Social Media

Word of mouth referrals remain essential to building a successful practice. But when potential clients are looking for a lawyer these days, they're doing more than just asking their family and friends. They're turning to the internet -- and...

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Most Lawyers Work Less Than They Say, Collect Less Than They're Owed

Think everyone else is billing more hours than you? You're probably wrong, according to a new report by Clio, the case and practice management software company. Clio's "2016 Legal Trend Report" provides an overview of the legal industry, based...

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Higher Hourly Rates Don't Always Mean More Revenue

If you want to increase your law firm's revenue, think twice before raising your rates. That's the take away from a new report by Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor, which surveyed data among firms and found that those who raised...

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Lawyer's Qui Tam Spam Nets Him Nearly $12M

Talk about a niche practice: A Chicago lawyer has filed almost a thousand qui tam cases in Cook County, Illinois courts over the past 15 years, bringing in millions of dollars in settlements. Stephen Diamond and his firm, Bloomberg's...

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Thomson Reuters to Host Event on LGBTQ Representation and the Legal Industry

Are you interest in LGBTQ rights and the legal industry? Planning on being in or around New York City on November 7th? Then here's something you might want to check out. Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute is hosting an...

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Supreme Court Emphasizes Limits to Victim Impact Testimony

The Supreme Court's ban on victim impact testimony that recommends specific sentencing outcomes (like the death penalty) is still in effect despite the opinion being partially overruled, the Court announced in a per curiam decision last week. The brief...

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Meritless Lawsuit Leaves Lawyer Liable for $1.75M in Punitive Damages

Talk about a costly mistake: Mark Halpern, a Pennsylvania lawyer, has been found liable for $1.75 million in punitive damages for filing an allegedly meritless lawsuit in a dispute over a family trust. Halpern's client was hit with $300,000...

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3 Ways Lawyers Can Reduce Time Spent on Administrative Tasks

Answering phone calls, balancing the books, organizing your files -- these are the sort of chores that can keep you from doing your actual job: lawyering. Administrative tasks can easily eat up a significant portion of your time, taking...

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Your Website White Lies Could Violate Attorney Ethics Rules

The internet has always been a place to experiment with identity, and maybe to fudge the truth a bit. Think of the Facebook teens claiming to be experts on international politics, for example, or the divorcee looking for love on...

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Here's What Attorneys Should Earn in 2017

It's that time of the year again: the time to see how your salary measures up against everyone else's and how you might do in the year ahead. Robert Half Legal, the legal staffing agency, has released its 2017...

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And the Nobel Prize Goes to ... Contract Drafters?

When we think of Nobel Prize winners, we tend to think of astrophysicists and chemists, poets and peacemakers, but rarely legal professionals. There is, after all, no Nobel Prize for law. But the legal industry got some special recognition...

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Practical Legal Advice in a Podcast

Where do you go when you have a question about the law or practice? To FindLaw's legal professional blogs, of course! But aside from blogs, some of the best advice you can get will often come from your colleagues...

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Six 'Qs' to Look for When Hiring for Your Firm

Education, skills, experience: these are the bedrock of a good potential hire. But you don’t want to stop there. Finding the best candidate when your firm is hiring means searching for someone who has more than just the basics, someone...

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Can an Arbitration Chaired by a Fake Lawyer Be Fair?

Two years ago, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority discovered that one of its arbitrators was not what he claimed. James Frank had claimed to be a lawyer and member of several state bars. That, however, was not true. But...

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Judges Want Your Briefs to Be Shorter -- Much Shorter

Judges have long complained about lawyers' writing. It's too verbose, too digressive, too freaking long. Lawyers, in turn, bristle at courts' word restrictions, bans on space-saving measures like footnotes, and other frustrating constrictions. It's a battle as old as...

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Doctors Regularly Lie on the Stand, Doctor Says

Lars Aanning has a warning: When it comes to medical malpractice claims, don't expect doctors to testify honesty against each other. "In essence, no supporting testimony from a defendant physician's colleagues can ever be deemed trustworthy, truthful or true...

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What Lawyers Need to Know About Butt Chugging

Impatient Millennials can't wait for anything -- and they're certainly not going to wait to get through a six pack of Zima before heading out to a college party. Hence "butt chugging," the concerning practice of consuming alcohol or...

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