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Private Equity’s Law Firm Takeover Isn’t Here, But It Just Got A Lot Closer: The reported $700 million Charlesbank deal for Wood Smith Henning & Berman gives PE a toehold in the industry.

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

A U.S. Senator from Nebraska took to the airwaves in 1970 to defend which Supreme Court nominee that critics had branded in...

Would it make sense for law schools to teach the basics of neuroscience? Why not? Or a required course for lawyers to satisfy the CLE competency requirement? Since much of what lawyers do in lawyering is judgment, ability to read the room, suss out the client’s needs, and being able to help people ...

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Start With the Question That Matters Most

Many lawyers tell me they want to write a book. Fewer actually write one. Fewer still stop before they begin and ask the question that probably matters most: Why do I want to do this?

If the answer is money, I would reconsider. Some authors make real money from books. Some authors turn one book int...