The Legal Up blog

This week’s highlights Legal industry adds 4,300 jobs in September One-in-five corporate lawyers “high exhausted” says survey CA judges may critique lawyer performance, opinion says Courts can’t use remote proceedings to limit physical access, says new CA law Reuters reports that “The Queen’s ...

For growing law firms, there are many reasons to open offices in multiple states. New clients, new legal areas, a larger national footprint – the list goes on. But for any type of business, there are also many potential pitfalls arising from out-of-state expansion. And law firms face hurdles unique ...

In a world of remote work and digital communications, protecting confidential information is more important than ever. Nowhere is this more true than at your law firm. This is why the legal industry is pushing for higher levels of privacy compliance. In this push, many firms are also finding that ...

This week’s highlights New U.S. Supreme Court term: Abortion, gun rights, and religion on the agenda. Fears of “eviction tsunami” yet to transpire. Experts conflicted as to why. 131 federal judges heard cases involving companies in which they or their families owned stock Major accountancy firm to ...

The unthinkable has happened. A security breach at your law firm. Now what?

This week’s highlights Law firms are investing in new tech, but lawyers are slow to make use of it—survey Citing speedier courts, more access CA’s Judicial Council lobbies for permanent remote courts NY begins publishing live eviction filing data, revealing gradual return of residential evictions ...

As we all know by now, the COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot of things about the legal profession. For many, the requirement of working from home was a cataclysmic shift away from how law firms traditionally operated. Now, some 18 months after remote work began in earnest, many people are finding ...

This week’s highlights Female lawyers still unrepresented, especially in senior positions Lawyers often underprice their services, says creator of pioneering pricing app Inflation report shows no change in average price of legal services in August 9th Circuit rejects broad privilege test for legal ...

In a relatively short amount of time, social media has become ubiquitous with American life. In fact, the Pew Research Center reports that over 70% of Americans currently use at least one social media platform. As we engage in these activities day-to-day, they seem fun and harmless. We share ...

This week’s highlights As courts reopen, divorce filings are on the rise California, Illinois eviction bans set to expire; New York’s ban extended to 2022 Legal services sector adds 4,300 jobs in August, despite an overall slowdown Several BigLaw firms may delay their office reopening until 2022 ...