Expert Analysis

• Rebuttal

  AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet

  

  A recent Law360 guest article argued that artificial intelligence can precisely estimate the length and cost of a new case, but several limitations will likely delay truly accurate predictions for years to come, says Andrew Russell at Shaw Keller.

• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice

  

  Attorneys who take the time and the risk to showcase their talents through speaking, writing and teaching will find that opportunities will begin building upon themselves, says Daniel Karon of Karon LLC.

• Guest Feature

  An Interview With Floyd Abrams

  

  It was a privilege to spend a half-hour on the phone with the nation's foremost First Amendment lawyer. Floyd Abrams and I discussed his career, his new book and what he sees in his free-speech crystal ball. And he was a very good sport when I asked if it is constitutionally protected to yell inside a movie theater: “Citizens United is a terrible decision and should be set on fire,” says Randy Maniloff of White and Williams LLP.

• A Midyear Review Of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement

  

  Thus far in fiscal year 2015, the number and average length of prison sentences secured by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division have decreased. If this trend continues, it will represent an eight-year low for average prison sentence length, say attorneys with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

• A Test For The Banking Recovery And Resolution Directive

  

  One important question a recent decision by Austrian regulators raises is whether the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive contemplates the application of its very broad and far-reaching resolution tools to so-called "winding-up vehicles" like the Heta Asset Resolution AG. Heta may indeed prove to be the first test case for the BRRD, say Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections

  

  The crux of the debate in Bates van Winklehof v. Clyde & Co LLP was whether a partner could be considered a “worker” under U.K. law. The U.K. Supreme Court's holding will have potentially wide-reaching implications for LLPs with U.K.-based partners, say Katie Clark and Sharon Tan of McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

• How In-House Counsel Avoid Breaking Bad As Biz Advisers

  

  Due to the increasing role of in-house counsel as business strategists, courts are more closely scrutinizing the attorney-client privilege as it applies to in-house counsel. As such, it is important for in-house counsel to make every effort to protect the attorney-client privilege — and a number of best practices may prove pivotal, says Kimberly Moore of Strasburger & Price LLP.

• 2010 In Review: Canadian Competition And Marketing

  

  Although 2010 lacked the drama of 2009 — which, among other things, witnessed major changes to Canada’s competition legislation — there were a number of highly significant developments in Canadian competition law during the year, particularly on the enforcement front, say attorneys with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.