By now you know that many of our clients do work for venture capital firms and emerging companies…. Being a venture-backed company ourselves, we like this space a lot. What we don’t like is seeing lawyers try to make
You may have heard about the recent announcement from AngelList that, with the help of Wilson Sonsini, they’re now going to offer a platform startups can use to generate seed financing documents for free…. Yes, you read that right.
Much is made in certain states about lawyers’ continuing education. In New York, everyone bemoans the often boring and somewhat difficult to obtain “ethics credits.” Here in Massachusetts, a proposed class for newly minted lawyers… on how to
We’ve all heard the joke. Lawyers are bad at math. Otherwise we all would have gotten MBAs or something like that (or, if we could stand the sight of blood, we would have gone to med school). But let’s stick…
This is the week for people to think about independence. Whether you’re watching a fireworks show, visiting the tall ships, or just enjoying a barbeque with friends, Independence Day always reminds us of the spirited and bold folks who started…
“Axiom has an opportunity to disrupt an industry that hasn’t materially changed in a century.”
Bob Kagle, partner
Benchmark Capital
Compelling quote from a compelling article by Drew Combs in The American Lawyer today …about Axiom Global’s outsourcing initiative.
If
It’s that time of year again…time when law firms pore through the AmLaw 100 and 200 listings to see how their firm did, how their friends’ firms did, and most importantly, how their competition did. In addition to the quality…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total number of lawyer jobs in the U.S. is expected to rise …to 801,800 by 2020. In 2010, there were 728,200 U.S. lawyer jobs. That means we’re looking at a projected increase
I really wanted to call this post, “Oklahoma: Where the Winds of Legal Technology Change are Sweepin’ Down the Plain.” But that would be terrible SEO. And not particularly funny, either.
The ABA Journal reported over the last week on…
It will come as scant surprise to our throngs of loyal readers (especially to those readers who thronged to this post) that the New York Times is again covering the implosion of the law school bubble.
In Monday’s Opinionator …
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