NEW YORK (December 13, 2011) –Despite a modest economic recovery since the financial crisis of 2008, the unrelenting pressure from clients on U.S. law firms to reduce the legal fees they charge continues to have a significant impact on law firm staffing models, according to a new survey from ALM Legal Intelligence.

The November 2011 survey of partners, associates and paralegals at Am Law 200 law firms assessed the impact of deleveraging on staffing structure, performance management, client relations and morale. The survey report, “Life After Leverage: New Models of Law Firm Staffing,” is available now at www.almlegalintelligence.com/NewStaffingModels.

“When times were good, law firms profited from a process known as leveraging. They charged high fees for legal work done by armies of inexperienced associates who were paid a fraction of the compensation received by the partners but were also much less productive,” said Nigel Holloway, vice president of research at ALM Legal Intelligence. The trend peaked in 2008 when there were 67,600 associates employed by the 250 largest U.S. law firms. By 2010, this number had fallen 11 percent to 60,377, but during the same period the number of partners declined only marginally, by less than one percent. “That is a significant amount of deleveraging at America’s largest law firms,” added Holloway.

Clients are increasingly reluctant to pay for junior associates perceived as unproductive, but they will still pay higher fees for the work of experienced partners. The survey found that the trend of deleveraging is likely to continue. The largest share of respondents — 61 percent — said that partners have been doing more of the work relative to associates in the past three years. This number falls to 45 percent when asked about the next three years, but this is still the largest proportion of respondents. If the U.S. economy deteriorates during this period, deleveraging may accelerate.

The survey also indicates that paralegals will become more important as clients continue to demand lower fees. Respondents were asked which category of staff should be increased in their practice area and the largest proportion (52%) said paralegals. More of the routine legal work will be farmed out to legal process outsourcing (LPO) providers. But another type of outsourcing has emerged for more substantive legal work. Law firms and corporate counsel are turning to staffing firms to provide them with highly qualified attorneys on a project-by-project basis for more complex matters, even, in rare cases, for M&A advisory work.

Another interesting finding from the survey was that performance measurements at law firms are becoming more stringent. Instead of measuring performance based primarily on billable hours, firms are emphasizing business development skills and industry expertise through more frequent evaluations. Sixty-four percent of respondents said that a more rigorous evaluation system had been introduced in the past few years, with 35 percent saying that performance had improved and 34 percent reporting it had made no appreciable difference. Law firms may need to link pay to job performance before performance improves further. Fifty-four percent of respondents said it was the most important way to retain staff and remain competitive.

About ALM Legal Intelligence
ALM Legal Intelligence offers detailed business information for and about the legal industry, focused on the top U.S. and international law firms. The division’s online research Web service, www.almlegalintelligence.com, provides subscribers with direct, on-demand access to ALM Legal Intelligence’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry.  ALM Legal Intelligence is a division of ALM.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news, research and information, focused primarily on the legal services industry and commercial real estate. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (November 30, 2011)-ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of print and digital publications for legal professionals, today announced the publication of Entertainment Law: Forms & Analysis by Corey Field and Barry I. Slotnick.

A complete guide for the practitioner, Entertainment Law: Forms & Analysis offers in-depth coverage of both the legal issues and the industry practices that shape all types of entertainment transactions. It is available in print and in an online edition, enhanced for the Web and mobile devices. A detailed table of contents, as well as ordering information for this and other Law Journal Press publications, is available at www.lawcatalog.com.

Entertainment Law: Forms & Analysis addresses all facets of the entertainment industry, with an emphasis on the law and its application to critical deal points and litigation issues. Topics covered include copyright and trademark law and their role in marketing and merchandising; film, television and live theatre, with a chronological approach to the tasks an entertainment lawyer will encounter at every stage of a project; book and magazine publishing agreements and rights acquisitions; music industry transactions, including royalties, digital rights, and the role of agents and managers; legal aspects of broadcast, satellite and Internet radio; celebrity rights of publicity and privacy; and cyber law. The book includes over 120 helpful forms, provided on CD-ROM with the print edition and online with the online edition.

Field, President of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property Department at Ballard Spahr in Los Angeles, represents major clients and emerging artists in all areas of the entertainment industry. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of entertainment law and copyright law. Slotnick, Chair of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Litigation Practice Group at Loeb and Loeb, LLP in New York, has represented clients in the entertainment, advertising, licensing and merchandising industries throughout the United States. He is a former President of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and board member of the Association of Independent Music Publishers.

Law Journal Press, a division of ALM, publishes more than 130 books, in print and in digital online and mobile formats, on a broad range of legal and business topics. Written by leading lawyers and experts and updated regularly, Law Journal Press editions offer definitive and timely information, insightful analysis and practitioner-oriented guidance for the legal profession.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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WASHINGTON (November 28, 2011)-ALM’s The National Law Journal & Legal Times today announced “The Best of Legal Times,” a reader’s choice nod to Washington, D.C.’s top legal vendors, law schools and business service providers.

More than 3,000 Legal Times readers took the survey over a four-week period, voting in 56 different categories for whom they believe are providing the best services, products or education to Washington law firms.

For each category, the winners were ranked by pure popularity among rival peers – the choice with the most votes won.  The results were compiled by the sales and marketing staff of The National Law Journal & Legal Times. The editorial staff of the newspaper was not involved in the contest.

“This has been a great measure across the Washington legal industry,” said Kenneth Gary, Associate Publisher of The National Law Journal & Legal Times. “We are excited for the winners and finalists, and hope to build on this initiative in years to come.”

Some of the winners in select categories included:
Best Legal Recruiter: Garrison & Sisson
Best Legal/Litigation Support Provider: Robert Half Legal
Best Public Relations Firm:  Hellerman Baretz Communications
Best Social Media Consultant:  Hellerman Baretz Communications
Best Crisis Management Consultant: Levick Strategic Communications
Best E-Discovery Provider: Capital Novus
Best Process Server: Capitol Process Services, Inc.
Best Private Investigation Company:  James Mintz Group
Best Court Reporting Service:  Merrill LAD Reporting
Best Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider:  JAMS

For the complete list of winners, please go to http://bit.ly/2011BLT.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (November 28, 2011) –U.S. lawyers have eagerly embraced mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers to help them perform work-related tasks while on the move, but are doing so without the necessary support to help them use these technologies to their full potential, according to a new survey from ALM Legal Intelligence.

The survey of 266 lawyers in both private law firms and in-house legal departments was conducted between October 13th and 24th, 2011. The survey report, “Productivity in the Legal Profession: The Impact of Mobile Technology,” is available now at www.almlegalintelligence.com.

The survey found that nearly 9 in 10 respondents use a smart phone for work purposes and 40 percent use tablets. Yet while these mobile platforms offer a wide range of technological capabilities, only 13 percent of respondents use them mostly in lieu of their PCs. More than 90 percent reported the primary benefit of using their mobile devices is simply to keep tabs on their email.

According to the survey, a major factor that may be hindering the more sophisticated use of mobile devices is the lack of support from their law firms or in-house law departments. Nearly 40 percent of respondents who use a smart phone and 54 percent of those who use a tablet do so without any official assistance from their law firm or department management.

“As a group, lawyers have not won fame as evangelists of technology,” said Nigel Holloway, vice president of research at ALM Legal Intelligence. “But they have been using mobile tools long enough to know two things: don’t expect miracles and any feature that can spur productivity should be leveraged for all its worth.”

According to Holloway, other notable findings from the survey included:

• A significant minority of lawyers is using their smart phone or tablet to assist in business development: 18 percent listed it as one of the three functions for which they use their mobile device most. Social networking sites, in particular, are being leveraged with the use of mobile apps for services such as LinkedIn and Twitter to connect clients with colleagues quickly.
• To enhance the security of mobile devices, some law firms and legal departments have started using mobile device management software. These tools give employers greater control over how the devices are used, such as restricting certain apps, but 53 percent of users on these platforms say this has limited the usefulness of their smart phone or tablet.
• So far, few clients are asking questions about how lawyers are securing the data—including confidential client information—that resides on, or is transmitted from, their mobile devices. Nearly a quarter of respondents don’t use a password, and 17 percent don’t even know how their device is secured. Less than 40 percent say their device can be wiped remotely—a key security measure.
• Courts, by contrast, are imposing many restrictions: More than 40 percent of respondents say they have faced limits on smart phone or tablet use in the courtroom, including being told to turn off the devices. Compounding the problem, even when the rules permit use, some judges discourage it.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news, research and information, focused primarily on the legal services industry and commercial real estate. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

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NEW YORK (November 22, 2011) –ALM Legal Intelligence today published its Corporate Counsel: Agenda 2012 Report, which found that the deepest and darkest fear of U.S. corporate counsel is an unexpected event or business disruption that affects their company or industry.

The survey, conducted by ALM Legal Intelligence with support from  ALM’s Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading publication for general counsel and in-house attorneys, is available online now at www.almlegalintelligence.com.

The survey sought to identify the biggest perceived threats and opportunities coming down the road in 2012, in the view of corporate legal executives at U.S. companies. ALM surveyed 107 general counsel in October and early-November.

When asked what the biggest corporate risk was likely to be next year, by far the largest response (51%) said it was an event or change in business conditions that specifically affects their firm or industry. By way of comparison, global economic risks — such as a collapse of the U.S. dollar (11%) or a break-up of the Eurozone (4%) — were far less disconcerting to the respondents. In spite of this concern about an unexpected business disruption, nearly half of those surveyed (47%) said they had not updated their crisis management plans to take account of potential risks in 2012 and an additional 17% admitted they didn’t know either way.

“This report confirms that corporate legal executives are most often kept awake at night by the fear of the unknown,” said Nigel Holloway, vice president of research at ALM Legal Intelligence. “What is surprising, though, is the large number of corporate legal executives who have not taken the time recently to evaluate their crisis management plans and make sure they are as prepared as possible for a business disruption. Based on these results, it’s probably a good wake-up call for all corporate counsel to pull out their plans and make sure they are up to date for possible risks in 2012.”

According to Holloway, other noteworthy findings included the following:

• Most corporate counsel report being fairly comfortable with their data security policies. Roughly one-half (49%) said they were “reasonably certain” their company’s procedures are resistant to hacking and other data leaks, while just 19% reported they were either worried about hacking or didn’t know what procedures were in place at their companies.
• International corruption also seems to be less of a worry for corporate counsel today. Of the companies in the survey with foreign operations, more than half (62%) said their anti-bribery programs are pretty strong.
• Corporate counsel are eager to be more involved as business counselors and not just risk managers for their companies. When asked what they would most like to improve, the largest proportion (54%) said they are usually brought in too late to deal with matters effectively and 29% said they were perceived by their business colleagues as a road block rather than a facilitator.

Corporate Counsel magazine will report on the findings of the survey in its January 2012 edition.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news, research and information, focused primarily on the legal services industry and commercial real estate. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

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NEW YORK (November 17, 2011)-ALM, a leading provider of news and business information to the legal and real estate industries, today announced that William Pollak will step down as president and chief executive officer of the company early next year.

Pollak has served as ALM’s president, CEO and a member of ALM’s board of directors since the formation of the company in 1998. During his tenure, ALM has grown from a niche publisher of traditional legal newspapers and magazines, into a business information provider spanning print and digital media, book publishing, industry research data and live events.

“Over the past several years, we’ve made important strategic and organizational changes — as well as substantial investments in web technology and digital publishing infrastructure — in order to transform our company into a digitally focused enterprise that provides unique and highly value-added business information to its customers,” said Pollak. “With this transformation nearing completion and the organization now well-structured for the exciting next phase in ALM’s strong growth path, I felt this was a good time to step aside and make way for a new chief executive who can lead the company to even greater success.”

Pollak will remain at ALM to assist with the transition to new leadership.

“We’re grateful for Bill’s extraordinary leadership of ALM and for his tireless work in presiding over the growth of this organization the past 14 years,” said Charles Siegel, non-executive chairman of ALM. “As a result of his efforts, ALM is now well-positioned for its future as a leading provider of business information.”

Pollak joined ALM following a 16 year career with The New York Times. During his tenure at The Times, he held a variety of senior marketing, advertising and circulation positions, including Executive Vice President of Sales. He currently serves as chairman of the American Business Media (ABM) trade association and as chairman of the board of ProBono.Net, a non-profit organization that utilizes information technology to expand delivery of legal services to low-income individuals and communities by public interest and pro bono lawyers.

Pollak graduated cum laude from Harvard College and received his M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (November 1, 2011)-Law firm technology managers are tempering their interest in cloud computing with a heightened focus on security, according to an annual survey published in the November issue of ALM’s The American Lawyer and at www.americanlawyer.com. Clients are helping drive the trend by asking firms to detail their security policies.

Among the 65% of survey respondents reporting use of cloud computing, non-core functions like e-discovery and human resources made up the bulk of applications. Only 8% say they use the cloud for document management. “Security concerns” were cited as a drawback to cloud computing by 61% of respondents.

Among the technology survey’s other findings are:

• Technology capital budgets of reporting firms average $4.7 million, 7% more than last year.

• While every firm surveyed continues to support BlackBerry phones, fully 96% of respondents also have users on iOS, the operating system for the iPhone and iPad, up from 77% in 2010. Android devices are supported by 67% of firms, compared to 43% last year.

• Top technology executive compensation ranges from $200,000 to $399,999 for the majority of reporting firms, while 14% earned $500,000 or more.

• “Consumerization” of IT through wider use of personal devices in the workplace has complicated data security, but CIOs say they are coping successfully because of a new generation of mobile device management software like Good Technology, Inc.’s Good for Enterprise and MobileIron’s Virtual Smartphone Management Platform.

Respondents were all among the 200 largest U.S. law firms. Full survey results are available from ALM Legal Intelligence at www.almlegalintelligence.com.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

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NEW YORK (October 31, 2011) –ALM’s Corporate Counsel magazine will present the 9th Annual General Counsel Conference West Coast on November 15-16, 2011, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco.

The keynote speaker for this year’s event will be Kent Walker, senior vice president and general counsel of Google, Inc., which was recently named “Best Legal Department of 2011” by the editors of Corporate Counsel. Detailed information about the event, including registration forms and the conference agenda, is available at www.corpcounsel.com/gcwest.

Faculty at this two-day conference will include leading in-house counsel such as: Tracy M. Preston, Global HR & Litigation Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Levi Strauss & Co.; Seth D. Krauss, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.; and Lisa Borgeson, Assistant General Counsel at Intuit.

Specific conference sessions include:

• Fraud - Selecting the Right Investigative Resource
• Employment Litigation: Latest Trends and Cost-effective Ways to Manage Risks of Future Employment Litigation
• Legal Project Management
• Risk Readiness & Information Security
• Reducing Cost from Electronic Discovery
• Corporate Counsel: Agenda 2012
• New Strategies for Shareholder Engagement
• How to Manage Bet-the-Business-Litigation

The General Counsel Conference West Coast is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate professionals.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news, research and information, focused primarily on the legal services industry and commercial real estate. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

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NEW YORK (October 31, 2011)-ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of books for legal professionals, today announced the publication of Outsourcing: Law and Business by Jason D. Krieser and Shawn C. Helms.

Written for both lawyers and businesspeople, this timely book offers in-depth treatment of legal considerations in outsourcing transactions along with practical guidance on all the material business issues. It is available in print and in an online edition, enhanced for the Web and mobile devices. A detailed table of contents, as well as ordering information for this and other Law Journal Press publications, is available at www.lawcatalog.com.

Outsourcing: Law and Business is the first complete guide to the issues, market standards, customs and vocabulary involved at every stage of outsourcing transactions. Coverage includes an explanation of the types of outsourcing transactions; fee structures; how to choose an outsourcing provider; service levels and standards; knowledge sharing; intellectual property concerns; risk management and liability; dispute resolution; business continuity; data privacy; human resources issues; and strategies for the future. Though focused primarily on U.S. law, the book also examines international law issues, such as the European Union Data Directive and human resource laws relevant to a company using an offshore provider. The book contains strategies for completing smaller outsourcing deals in a less time, cutting transaction costs. It also includes a form master outsourcing agreement.

Krieser, a partner at K&L Gates in Dallas, is an internationally recognized advisor on business process and information technology outsourcing matters, including offshore outsourcing. Helms, also a partner at K&L Gates, has broad experience in outsourcing, information technology and telecommunications. He was previously in-house counsel at Sprint Corporation, director of information technology at Williams & Connolly, and adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the technology department. Both are cited in Chambers USA as leaders in technology and outsourcing law.

Law Journal Press, a division of ALM, publishes more than 130 books, in print and in digital online and mobile formats, on a broad range of legal and business topics. Written by leading lawyers and experts and updated regularly, Law Journal Press editions offer definitive and timely information, insightful analysis and practitioner-oriented guidance for the legal profession.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

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NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) –ALM, a leading provider of news and business information to the legal and real estate industries, today announced that Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), will be the keynote speaker for ALM’s Litigation Summit and Exposition on November 15-16, 2011 at The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Breuer is scheduled to open the two-day conference with his keynote address at 9:00 a.m. on November 15th, which will focus on the DOJ’s criminal enforcement priorities. He will be introduced by Robb C. Adkins, Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, and the former Executive Director of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the DOJ.

Head of the Criminal Division since April 2009, Mr. Breuer oversees nearly 600 attorneys who prosecute federal criminal cases across the country. He is a national leader on a range of federal law enforcement priorities, including financial fraud, health care fraud, public corruption, and violence along the Southwest Border.

Mr. Breuer has also been a leading voice on policy issues related to criminal law enforcement, including the scope of prosecutors’ discovery obligations, since 1997, when he joined the White House Counsel’s Office as Special Counsel to President William Jefferson Clinton. As Special Counsel, Mr. Breuer assisted in defending President Clinton in the Senate impeachment trial. For his work as Assistant Attorney General, the National Law Journal named Mr. Breuer a “Visionary” in the Washington, D.C. legal community, and he was recently ranked eighth on Ethisphere’s list of “The 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.”

The Litigation Summit and Exposition, presented by ALM, will offer multiple tracks for general counsel, heads of litigation, trial attorneys and legal technology professionals. In addition to Mr. Breuer, the faculty also consists of leading professors from the University of Virginia, Georgetown, Boston University and George Washington University; senior in-house counsel from companies such as DuPont, Marathon Oil and Bank of America; active and retired judges; partners from law firms such as Winston & Strawn, DLA Piper and Allen & Overy; and respected State Attorneys General from Vermont, Maryland, Colorado and New Jersey.

Detailed information about the event, including registration forms and the conference agenda, is available at www.litigationsummit.com.

The Litigation Summit and Exposition is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals. Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate professionals.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news, research and information, focused primarily on the legal services industry and commercial real estate. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

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