Lawyers' paladin role gives way to a team effort; data explosion and complexity of cases require greater division of labor

Article Abstract:

Observers of law practice in the 1990s notice a couple of innovations. One is that of horizontally integrated firms, put another way, more cooperation between firms made possible by technological innovations such as facsimile transmission and computers. Another innovation is an increase in teamwork by trial lawyers on a given case. This may be due to factors including the complex litigation which is increasingly a fact of life in US courtrooms and the length of trial time required.

Management, Trial practice, Practice of law

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Who gets to tell, cash in on, 'reel' life stories?: producers race to purchase accounts in public domain

Article Abstract:

A criminal defense lawyer found a new entertainment law niche for herself when she packaged and sold the rights to a personal story of some of the survivors from the bombing of the World Trade Center. This special category of entertainment law is not for the faint of heart. Many sellers of their experiences are richly rewarded while others are ripped off. The attorney negotiating payment for an individual's story is responsible for seeing that appropriate compensation is received.

Innovations, Contracts, Motion pictures, Movies, Biographical films, Biographical movies, Entertainment law

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Excessive fees are attacked across the board; fees larger than awards are under scrutiny; overbilling results in zero fee

Article Abstract:

The public is starting to scrutinize legal fees more and growing less tolerant of large ones. Class actions have done more than any other type of litigation to bring the idea of unconscionable fees into the public eye. Client pressure is resulting in a move from hourly billing to the fixed fee, as well as some political pressure for limitation of legal fees. Much anecdotal evidence is given.

Lawyers' fees

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