Bankruptcy

Expert Analysis

• It’s Time For Law Firms To Start Talking About Gen Z

  

  Since the oldest members of Generation Z aren’t even finished with law school yet, law firm management is in a unique position to prepare for their entrance into the legal workforce, says Eliza Stoker of Major Lindsey & Africa.

• Q&A

  Back To School: Yale's Linda Greenhouse Talks Journalism

  

  In this series featuring law school luminaries, Yale Law School lecturer and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Linda Greenhouse discusses her coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservatives' long game and trends in journalism.

• Opinion

  Celebrate Veterans By Improving Their Access To Justice

  

  Attorneys should think beyond the Veterans Day parades and use their time and talents to help the many veterans facing urgent legal issues, says Linda Klein of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.

• Opinion

  Time To Reclaim Wellness For All Lawyers

  

  The decision last month by Baker McKenzie’s global chairman to step down due to exhaustion indicates that the legal profession needs to mount a broader wellness effort to address long hours, high stress, frequent travel and the daily demands of practice, says Leesa Klepper, director of Thrivewell Coaching.

• Deciding The Fate Of Trademark Licenses In Bankruptcy

  

  If the U.S. Supreme Court finds in Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology that a trademark licensing agreement is fully extinguished upon rejection in bankruptcy, it may cut off a source of revenue for debtor-licensors and risk the livelihood of licensees, say Woods Drinkwater and John Baxter of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.

• Lehman Highlights Challenges Of Cross-Border Settlements

  

  The Southern District of New York recently reversed a bankruptcy court order that disallowed and expunged claims against Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. related to an English settlement. The case is a reminder that cross-border issues can affect the enforcement of U.S. guarantees, say attorneys with Dentons.

• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends

  

  By 2030, it is possible that 75 percent of lawyers practicing in the U.S. will be millennials. A broadened focus on retention and advancement of all young lawyers is therefore a logical step forward but it fails to address another major retention issue that law firms should explore, says Susan Smith Blakely of LegalPerspectives LLC.

• Q&A

  Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice

  

  Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Wendy Olson discusses her decades of experience prosecuting white collar crimes and civil rights violations, her work and challenges as U.S. attorney, and her move to private practice.

• Series

  Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'

  

  Anthony Thompson’s "Dangerous Leaders: How and Why Lawyers Must Be Taught to Lead" explores the conflict many lawyers face when charged with the responsibility of leadership. The book is an excellent read for all lawyers, says U.S. District Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination

  

  Trial lawyers are frequently taught that they should appear invisible during direct examination — that their job is merely to prompt the witness to start speaking. But the most powerful direct examinations are the ones in which the examiner, not the witness, is controlling the pace, say attorneys with Kobre & Kim LLP.