This is part three of a three-piece series on substance abuse in the legal profession. Click here to read part one and here for part two. Treatment and successful return to work Addiction is a chronic disease that can be successfully treated. So why are so many lawyers choosing not to seek treatment or unable to stay sober afterward? …
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Combatting Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession, Part Two
This is part two of a three-piece series on substance abuse in the legal profession. Click here to read part one. Stay tuned to Legal Current in the coming weeks for posts two and three. Recognizing, preventing and resolving problem behaviors Firms must know how to identify addiction and mental health disorders, and should have …
Combatting Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession, Part One
This is part one of a three-piece series on substance abuse in the legal profession. Stay tuned to Legal Current in the coming weeks for posts two and three. The legal community has been harboring an open secret for decades: substance abuse among practicing lawyers is rampant. In 2016 the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and …
Key author of the month: Joseph M. McLaughlin
As part of our ongoing series highlighting Thomson Reuters key authors, this month we highlight Joseph M. McLaughlin, partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. He has represented clients in hundreds of class action, shareholder derivative and other aggregated proceedings in trial and appellate courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court. McLaughlin is the …
Key author of the month: Stuart M. Saft
As part of our ongoing series highlighting Thomson Reuters key authors, this month we highlight Stuart M. Saft, a partner in Holland & Knight’s New York City office. Saft is the chair of the firm’s New York Real Estate Practice Group, the co-chair of the Global Hospitality, Resort and Timeshare Group, and the co-chair of the …
Key author of the month: Professor Marilyn E. Phelan
Beginning last month, Legal Current launched the first in a highlight series of Thomson Reuters key authors of the month. This month, we highlight professor Marilyn E. Phelan, Paul Whitfield Horn professor of Law, a professor of Museum Science at Texas Tech University School of Law, and the author of Nonprofit Organizations: Law and Taxation and Representing …
Key author of the month: Professor Mary F. Radford
Beginning this month, Legal Current will highlight a Thomson Reuters key author of the month. For our first feature, we profile Professor Mary F. Radford, author of Georgia Trusts and Trustees, Georgia Guardianship and Conservatorship, and Redfearn Wills and Administration in Georgia. Professor Radford is also the Marjorie Fine Knowles Professor of Law at Georgia State University College …
December podcast: Recent NSA decision, law firm challenges in 2014, and judge Orcus, Lord of the Undead
In the December 2013 edition of the Legal Current podcast, we cover: Legal news: District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled in Klayman v. Obama to require the government to cease telephone metadata collection. Legal trends & insights: Mark Medice, program director for Peer Monitor, talks about some of the challenges facing law firms in the year ahead. News from …
