Groups here that provide free, civil legal services to low-income residents say they're seeing a rise in cases while funding support for their programs has tightened. More than 600 attorneys here, out of a total of about 1,500 licensed attorneys
A new study of leading Canadian business-to-business law practices has found that while firms understand the value of asking clients for their views, a significant minority remain lukewarm about the value to be obtained from feedback survey of 58 a
People and businesses with exposed assets can be targets of lawsuits, so it's as important as ever to take preventive countermeasures ahead of time to help protect assets from judgments or even discourage would-be plaintiffs from filing suit, here
The American Bar Association's Commission on Ethics 20/20 has decided not to propose changes to ABA policy prohibiting nonlawyer ownership of law firms. It made the decision at a meeting earlier this month in Washington, D.C.Co-Chairpeople Jamie
Despite the economic climate, lawyer billing rates continue to grow well past the rate of inflation, with the most expensive lawyers getting increasingly more expensive, according to the 2012 Real Rate Report.Jointly released last week by Legal
Legal counseling in a practice area called Indian law is growing as U.S. tribes continue to step up economic development, say attorneys here.K&L Gates LLP, a Pittsburgh-based global law firm, does legal work regionally and nationally for owned a
Headcount among the top law firms in the U.S. increased marginally last year, based on data compiled for the National Law Journal's recently published 35th annual ranking of the nation's 250 largest firms.Those top firms collectively employed in
At age 47, Bryce Wilcox now is one of the oldest members of the management team at Lukins & Annis PS, which is among Spokane's largest law firms and is observing its 40th anniversary this year.Of the three lawyers who make up the firm's revamped
Spokane-based R&R Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. has opened a satellite office in North Idaho.Randy Hastings, owner of R&R Heating, says five employees work out of the 1,200-square-foot space at 9030 N. Hess, in Hayden."I felt the need to an
Inland Asphalt Co., of Spokane, is the low bidder on a $1.6 million project to rehabilitate a half-mile stretch of Columbia Avenue between Division and Post streets, as well as several surrounding residential streets in the Franklin Park on North