According to a 2021 Thomson Reuters report, lawyer retention and recruitment were noted by 51 percent of respondents as a top priority. Last year, this concern dropped drastically as a risk, with only 28% of respondents citing it as an extremely...

In general, there are two kinds of precedents in law: ADVERTISEMENT The binding precedent is the precedent that a court has to abide by when deciding an issue. Persuasive precedent: A precedent that courts can, however, but are not obliged to, use...

It’s late, and Mark receives their latest assignment–conducting due diligence on a potential merger’s target company. One of their tasks is to look for changes in control clauses in the target’s massive pile of papers. At his workstation, the user search...

Researching case law is essential to your job, regardless of your stage as a lawyer. In the end, knowledge is worth it. The more you study cases and get acquainted with the precedents and rulings you have learned, the more you...