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Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Urges ABA to Adopt New Rules of Conduct - The group of lawyers called upon the ABA to adopt a new version of Model Rule 5.5 that would eliminate the traditional state-based limitation on law practice which allows lawyers to practice law only in the states they've been admitted. More here.
US Appeals Court Rules Web Scraping Legal - The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruled scraping publicly accessible data is legal. The ruling is the latest in the ongoing LinkedIn legal battle aimed at stopping rival companies from scraping personal information from users' public profiles. More here.
NYC Pay Transparency Law to Take Effect in May - Despite a bill which could delay the effective day to later this year, the NYC pay transparency law will take effect May 15. This bill will require NYC employers with 4+ employees to include the salary range in job posts. More here.
State of the UK Legal Market 2022 Report - Thomson Reuters explores the usage of legal technology amongst UK legal departments in one section of their annual report. E-signatures, Legal research, and Practical know-how were among the top most-used technologies. More here.
SCOTUS Gives ATX a Win in Billboard Distinction Case - The US Supreme Court has ruled the distinction between on-site and off-site digital billboards is content neutral under the First Amendment. More here.
DLA Piper Adds 27 Private Equity Lawyers - A group of 27 former Honigman lawyers will join the BigLaw firm in Chicago. The firm has over 100 private-equity-focused lawyers in the US and is among the most active law firms advising on these type of deals. More here.
BigLaw Attorneys Share Why Mentoring Matters - In this installation of the three-part 'Why Mentoring Matters' series, two women partners at large law firms write about their personal journeys and how mentoring and being mentored has played a positive role in their careers. More here.
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Generals Counsel weigh in on how they can train their senior staff on legal risks and compliance matters.
In-house legal professionals discuss their views on anxiety in their advanced careers.
The Supreme Court will hear two landmark cases regarding content moderation on social media.
Silicon Valley legal tech giant cuts staff amid tech market slowdown.
The movement will include a paid media campaign and a fly-in of executives and developers from dozens of crypto companies to meet with lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill.
Experts are mixed on whether Big Law firms should consider combining using the vereins structure as opposed to other merger models. Some firms who have structured as a verein have succeeded in expanding globally but experts warn about the risk of producing a fragmented culture.
Published weekly on Friday, the Legal.io Newsletter covers the latest in legal, talent & tech.
Thomson Reuters announced the close of its acquisition of Casetext.
