Posted on: August 12, 2021; Updated on: August 12, 2021By Cam Adams, [email protected] The University of South Carolina is expanding its degree offerings with 13 new programs set to launch this fall that will better prepare students for careers in cybersecurity, education, nursing, business and music among other fields. By […]
Month: August 2021
Tech Hack Notification Delays Can Leave Corporate Customers in the Lurch
Some tech companies are slow to share details about hacks of their products, leaving customers vulnerable to disruptions and uncertain how to respond as information trickles out. Cyberattacks in which hackers target a service provider and then use that foothold to access their customers’ networks are receiving scrutiny from policy […]
US law firms offer bonuses of up to $250,000 in battle for staff
Legal services updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Legal services news. A period of frenzied corporate dealmaking and a talent war has pushed pay deals for junior and mid-career lawyers to new highs, with some US firms offering sign-on and retention bonuses […]
Lawyers Go to Austin, Texas for Business, Stay for the Lifestyle
Large law firms are flocking to Austin, Texas, lured by tech companies such as Tesla Inc., Apple Inc., and Oracle Inc., and the realization that lawyers want to live there. In 2021 alone, large firms Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, and O’Melveny & Myers announced Austin office […]
Golden handcuffs: dealmaking lawyers weigh up their own Faustian bargains
Executive Pay updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Executive Pay news. Sympathy for lawyers on a starting salary of $200,000 straight out of law school is scant at the best of times. And these are not the best of times. US firms’ […]
Ford wants customers to order cars online, not drive them off the lots
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Ford Motor Co. wants to put you into a new car—in six to eight weeks. In a shift in the way it sells vehicles, Ford plans to do a bigger portion of its sales by having buyers order from the factory and wait, rather […]
Why you should stop selling on Amazon, other platforms
One of the great promises of the internet for small businesses was that it was going to eliminate the “middle man” – intermediaries between sellers and customers. Manufacturers could sell directly to end users instead of stores; retailers could stay in touch with customers frequently. All that is true – […]
DTCI: The summer best-of caselaw survey
Ian Goodman By Ian Goodman Try as he might, this author is regularly challenged to keep up with caselaw as it’s handed down. But this is the practice of law, and staying current on opinions is among the most important ways to serve clients. Because he saves caselaw blasts, this […]
Barton Gilman continues growth with addition of Otzel and Averaimo in Connecticut
Vincent J. Averaimo, Partner Paul Lewis Otzel, Partner Barton Gilman establishes a fifth Northeast office with the addition of experienced lawyers Paul Lewis Otzel and Vincent J. Averaimo in Milford, Connecticut. MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — We are pleased to announce that Barton Gilman LLP has […]
Why Every New Small Business Should Meet with a Lawyer First
A new business owner, excited to get going, opens their new location without scrutinizing their lease agreement. An established businessman merges with a new partner based on a handshake, a romantic if legally tenuous decision. These missteps and there are infinite examples, could have easily been avoided if these businesspeople […]