Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

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.

• Refreshingly Boring? High Court Considers Statutory Context

  

  On Election Day, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in a case addressing whether payment to a railroad employee for time lost from work is subject to employment taxes. The technicalities of statutory interpretation won’t be front page news, but will affect thousands of cases each year, say attorneys at Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP.

• 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.

• The Uncertain Future Of Summary Judgment In California

  

  While the California Supreme Court has held that summary judgment is no longer a disfavored remedy, two recent California Court of Appeal decisions demonstrate a continuing ambivalence concerning a trial court’s discretion to grant summary judgment, say attorneys with Horvitz & Levy LLP.

• 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.

• New UK Law Lays The Groundwork For Driverless Cars

  

  As autonomous vehicle technology advances rapidly, there remains much to be done in a legislative context to prepare for the future. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 is the first legislative step the government of the United Kingdom has taken to pave the way for autonomous vehicles, says Michaela Herron of Bristows LLP.

• 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.