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"Law firms have to stop seeing things through their own prism—what's good for us. Instead they need to look for what is in the best interest of the clients," says one former firm managing partner. And increasingly, that means collaborating with outside service providers.

The practice, which is under the firm's growing life sciences group, comes on the heels of the firm's creation of a life sciences consulting group in June.

Law firms have tried to stake out a distinct territory inside the legal ecosystem as providers of high-end advisory services, but as the demand for process-oriented work continues to fuel ALSPs, firms could nevertheless find their footprint shrinking.

Law.com catches up with Troutman Pepper eMerge managing director Alison Grounds for its Breaking Tradition series. In this Q&A, Grounds shows the benefits of being connected with a major firm, and how an on-site due diligence project turned into a tech-savvy engagement.

In this Q&A for its Breaking Tradition series, Law.com catches up with NetApp director of legal operations Connie Brenton. She explains what ALSPs need to have in order to be considered for a job—and why ALSPs may drop the "A" altogether.

While most agree that New Law provides a large umbrella, it's also one with a purpose: augmenting and supporting the traditional path of law with increased value.

Law.com catches up with Integreon CEO Bob Rowe for its Breaking Tradition series. In this Q&A, Rowe explains why the "alternative" designation doesn't work for his company, and where legal services providers fall in the legal value chain.

There are many questions left unanswered about where New Law entrants fit into the preexisting legal space. Our goal for the next 12 months in the Breaking Tradition series will be to further understand New Law and its past, present and future.

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Many firms and tenants are now negotiating temporary abatements in exchange for longer leases or heftier payments in 2021 and 2021, said Mark Weiss, of Cushman & Wakefield.

Haynes and Boone also announced Tuesday that Cooley's Richard Kanowitz joined the firm this week in New York.

If there's liability for corporate hypocrisy, that'd be the end of American capitalism.

"To address our own waste creation, Microsoft will reduce nearly as much waste as we generate while reusing, repurposing or recycling our solid, compost, electronics, construction and demolition, and hazardous wastes," Microsoft chief legal officer Brad Smith wrote in a blog post.

The former officer, Garrett Rolfe, was fired the day after he shot Rayshard Brooks during a confrontation at a downtown Wendy's, and was later charged with murder.

As the political debate deepens over who should own TikTok, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent nearly 20 privacy class actions against the Chinese-based media app to Illinois, which has one of the strictest laws protecting biometric data.

"It's not sex-based," partner Traci Lovitt said of the eight weeks of leave available to mothers who give birth but not to men. "Just because you're a woman, you don't get short-term disability leave. You get disability leave because you had a child."

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to consider whether prosecutors were properly allowed to track a suspect's cellphone location based on orders obtained under the state's Wiretap Act. David Pacheco, who was subsequently arrested and charged with drug offenses, says a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court opinion demands more.

Chile is a leading destination for international investment in Latin America.

The American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Tuesday voted 256-146 in favor of a resolution urging states to find alternatives to in-person bar exams amid the pandemic.

The three-judge panel said that DHS had not provided "any factual basis" for its belief that noncitizens who use public benefits would be unable to meet their basic needs without government assistance.