NEW YORK (June 27, 2011)- ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of books for legal professionals, today announced the publication of Hotel Law, by Ellen S. Smith and Victor P. Haley.

The new book provides comprehensive guidance for practitioners representing hotel buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, franchisees, franchisors and others in the hotel industry. 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.

As hotels are active businesses providing a variety of services and amenities, Hotel Law addresses all aspects of these complex enterprises. In addition to issues related to real property, the book covers hotel acquisitions and dispositions, hotel financing, management agreements, franchise agreements, troubled hotel projects, and hotel liability. It includes discussion of tactics for negotiating management agreements, strategies for lenders, and detailed guidance on due diligence and documentation of transactions.

Smith is Counsel in the Real Estate and Hospitality & Leisure Practice Groups at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, and was formerly Senior Attorney at InterContinental Hotels Group in Atlanta. Haley is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at Sutherland and is Chairman of the firm’s Hospitality and Leisure Practice Group.

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 (June 13, 2011)- ALM’s The National Law Journal today published a special section that profiled 14 successful business litigators in the U.S. who used innovative tactics to help them win major trial victories.

“Winning: Successful Litigators, Powerful Strategies,” is a special section in the June 13th issue of The National Law Journal and is available online now at www.nlj.com.

“Each of these highly respected litigators had at least one significant win at a jury or bench trial within the past 18 months, but also have a track record of success over many years,” said David L. Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal. “The list includes some lawyers who secured substantial damages for a client and others who achieved noteworthy legal victories that altered case precedents or overcame unfriendly jurisdictions.”

The 14 winning litigators profiled this year include:

•    Juanita Brooks of Fish & Richardson – “used simple pictures and animations to clarify a complex dispute over dialysis technology for the jury”
•    Robert Davis of Mayer Brown – “his tough strategy in a major Fair Labor Standards Act case secured a defense verdict against long odds”
•    Jennifer Keller of Keller Rackauckas – “substituted at practically the last minute into the epic dispute between MGA Entertainment Inc. and Mattel over the rights to the Bratz dolls, and won impressively”
•    Marcos Daniel Jimenez of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman – “defeated the state of Florida’s class claims in an unfair trade practices case against Alltel and perhaps encouraged other companies to resist settlements in these cases”
•    Michael Jacobs of Morrison & Foerster; William Moran of McCarter & English; Tom Rohback of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider; and Theodore Wells Jr. of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison – “in separate cases, they each found a way to damage the credibility of a key witness to prevail at trial”
•    Andrew Leblanc and Alan Stone of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy – “stopped a rush toward an early resolution of the Texas Rangers bankruptcy to ensure a payout for their clients”
•    Andrew McGaan of Kirkland & Ellis – “helped a high-powered defense team defeat a group of hospitals’ claims against tobacco companies”
•    Roman Silberfeld of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi – “in a fight over profits from ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire,’ he secured the largest entertainment industry verdict to that date”
•    Robert Stark of Brown Rudnick – “the pressure was on for a quick turn-around plan for the nation’s second-largest auto parts supplier, but he made sure that unsecured bondholders didn’t come out empty-handed”
•    Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP – “secured acquittal and a rebuke of the government in an obstruction case against GlaxoSmithKline associate general counsel Lauren Stevens”

The National Law Journal annually profiles litigators who have used innovative tactics to help them win a major victory at trial. This year, the newspaper solicited nominations from the legal community and also conducted its own reporting. Profile subjects were selected by the editors and were honored at a dinner on June 8th in New York City.
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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Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
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NEW YORK (June 07, 2011) –ALM, a leading provider of news and business information to the legal and real estate industries, today announced the appointment of Cathy Christino as the company’s new vice president of marketing.

Ms. Christino will be responsible for managing the corporate marketing, brand team and creative department, and for providing innovative marketing services to ALM customers and advertisers. She will be based in New York City, reporting to Kevin Vermeulen, senior vice president.

Ms. Christino has more than 20 years of experience in corporate marketing, including senior marketing positions at highly regarded media companies in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets. She has worked with leading publishing companies such as McGraw-Hill, Hachette Filipacchi Media, Meredith Corporation, Readers Digest Association and Hearst Corporation.

“Cathy is an experienced media marketing professional with a proven track record of developing successful strategies and executing brand, sales support, content and public relations campaigns across various channels,” said Vermeulen. “We’re delighted that she has joined us at ALM and look forward to the strong leadership she will provide for our corporate marketing group.”

Ms. Christino fills a position that was vacated last month by Kevin Iredell, who left the company to pursue an opportunity in the software industry.

In addition to her career accomplishments, Ms. Christino has been a producer and advisor on independent film projects and mentors college students wishing to enter the media profession. She received her bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., where she now sits on the Advisory Board for the School of Communications.

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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Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (June 6, 2011)- After a year of generally flat compensation, paralegals’ pay is rising, according to the Annual Compensation Survey for Paralegals/Legal Assistants and Managers, 2011 Edition, released today.

The survey by ALM Legal Intelligence, a leading source of business intelligence for the legal profession, in partnership with the International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA), tracks compensation, billing rates and billable hours for paralegals.  More than 250 law firms and law departments representing over 9,800 paralegal positions participated in the survey, which has been conducted annually since 2002.

The results of this year’s survey included the following:

•    The number of organizations granting salary increases in 2011 rose from 64.9% of respondents to 87.2% for paralegal positions that are exempt from wage-and-hour regulations and from 70.1% to 90.0% for non-exempt paralegal positions.
•    Changes in base compensation were mostly positive this year, with ten of the eleven positions reporting increases in median base compensation from 2010.
•    While both bonuses and overtime compensation decreased for the majority of the positions in last year’s report, the 2011 Survey shows increases for both in nearly all positions.
•    As in last year’s survey, the top two highest paid positions in 2011 are Litigation Support/Technology Manager and Paralegal Manager.
•    Law firm paralegal billing rates increased or remained the same for nine of the 11 paralegal positions surveyed.  Rates ranged from $135 an hour for a Paralegal Clerk up to a median of $245 for the Paralegal Manager position.
•    The highest paid practice area for the Legal Assistant/Paralegal position remains IP/Patents/Trademarks.

To purchase a copy of the survey, visit www.almlegalintelligence.com. IPMA members or organizations with IPMA members may be eligible for a discount and should phone 888-770-5647 to order.

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 LI’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry. The site also includes an online store where non-subscribers can, on an individual basis, purchase and download preformatted individual law firm reports, research reports and selected current-year survey data.  ALM Legal Intelligence is a division of ALM.

About IPMA
The International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA), founded in 1984 as the Legal Assistant Management Association, promotes the development, professional standing and visibility of paralegal management professionals and consists of members throughout the United States and Canada as well as parts of Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.  More information on the IPMA can be found at www.paralegalmanagement.org.
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.

Media Contact:
Fred Rackmil
Rackmil Associates
Phone: 212-421-0044
E-mail: fred@rackmil.com

NEW YORK (June 2, 2011)- ALM’s Real Estate Media Group, the publisher of GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, will host its ninth annual RealShare CHICAGO, the leading real estate networking conference for the Chicago metro-area commercial real estate market, on June 15th at the Renaissance Downtown Chicago Hotel.

The event is unique from other real estate conferences in that it is focused on identifying specific deal-making opportunities for commercial real estate investors, developers, brokers and other professionals. The agenda for this year’s event is focused on the multi-family and office sectors, distressed assets and debt, and high-level forecasts on market performance in leasing, investment and development.

“Fundamentals like job growth may be lagging, but confidence and activity are increasing, especially downtown, where there are many opportunities that our panelists will discuss,” explains Michael Desiato, vice president and group publisher for ALM’s Real Estate Media Group. “RealShare CHICAGO will aim to provide answers as to where the market is going, and most importantly, how you can position yourself and your firm to survive, find deals and get them done.”

According to Desiato, the event will feature speakers from some of the most powerful players in the U.S. commercial real estate industry, including: Louis Cohen, national chair of the real estate practice at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell; Thomas D’Arcy, president and CEO of Grubb & Ellis; Bruce Duncan, president and CEO of First Industrial Realty Trust; Rick Sinkuler, global markets leader at Ernst & Young.

An innovative feature of the conference will be RealShareCONNECT, a professional social networking platform that allows attendees to network before, during and after the conference. Users of this free service can set up meetings and view attendee lists, explore exhibits, learn more about sponsors, and obtain access to bonus materials, such as videos from every panel and presentation at RealShare CHICAGO.

For more information or to register for RealShare CHICAGO, please go to www.almevents.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.

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.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (June 1, 2011)- The strong recovery by the nation’s hundred-largest law firms (the Am Law 100) reported last month by ALM’s The American Lawyer was not matched by the next hundred largest (the Am Law 200), though a striking profits-per-partner gap is due largely to the smaller firms expanding their head counts as the Am Law 100 trimmed. Meanwhile, an elite group of very-high-billing, very-high-paying firms has emerged to poach competitors’ star partners and generally disrupt their compensation structures.

These are among the results and interpretations of this year’s Am Law 200 survey published in the June issue of The American Lawyer and on americanlawyer.com. The issue also includes the annual Diversity Scorecard, which shows an uptick in large-firm minority lawyers, along with a definitive detailed analysis of “The Fall of Howrey.”

The nation’s Second Hundred law firms certainly had a positive 2010. Cumulative gross revenues rose 2.2 percent and average revenue per lawyer was up 1.5 percent. Average profits per partner climbed a healthy 3.4 percent, but that pales beside the 8.4 percent jump for the top 100, whose gross revenue was up 4 percent and while average revenue per lawyer rose 4.4 percent. Much of the difference among the Hundreds can be attributed to the movement of lawyers, often involuntarily, out of the top group, which averaged a 2.7 percent decrease. Many of them found their way to the Second Hundred, whose average head count gained 0.7 percent.

A less obvious but potentially more significant trend that can be gleaned from this and recent surveys is the emergence of a small elite separated from their fellows by a “chasm” in billing rates and partner compensation, according to Aric Press, Editor in Chief of ALM, The American Lawyer‘s parent company. Writing in the June issue, he notes there is now a $1.1 million gap between the average profits per partner of the top 23 firms and the next 27, up from $590,000 in 2001.

“This chasm has consequences,” says Mr. Press. “It has put the firms at the very top—let’s call them Tier 1 firms—in a position to cherry-pick those just below (Tier 1A) in ways almost unthinkable a decade ago.” This poaching, he says, has moved many “Tier 1A” firms to jump star partners’ pay, creating a “cultural challenge”: “When some partners really are more equal than others, Animal Farm can become Animal House over the course of a long partnership retreat.”

The American Lawyer‘s Am Law 100 has been recognized as the definitive public ranking of financial performance for the nation’s largest law firms since its introduction in 1987. Am Law 100/200 metrics are primary benchmarks for law firms seeking to assess their competitive position in the marketplace. Spreadsheet data is available for online purchase 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.

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.

Media Contact:
Fred Rackmil
Rackmil Associates
Phone: 212-421-0044
E-mail: fred@rackmil.com

NEW YORK (May 31, 2011)- ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of books for legal professionals, today announced the publication of The Law of Advertising, Marketing and Promotions, by David H. Bernstein and Bruce P. Keller.

Written for both advertisers and their counsel, this timely guide explains the legal and practical implications of a complex body of laws, regulations, cases and industry rules.  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.

The Law of Advertising, Marketing and Promotions provides comprehensive legal analysis of issues ranging from the scope of the Lanham Act to the legality of the latest online advertising techniques.  Topics include false advertising claims and defenses; intellectual property infringement; direct marketing, sweepstakes, contests; keywords, pop-ups and other online ads; pros and cons of litigation in various forums; and remedies.  It features a number of tools for practitioners, including checklists for claim substantiation, disclaimers, and sweepstakes.

Bernstein, a litigation partner in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, has handled a variety of high profile matters involving false advertising and intellectual property infringement.  He is also adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School where he teaches Advanced Trademark Law.   Keller supervises the Intellectual Property Litigation practice at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and has successfully litigated a number of precedent-setting advertising-related cases over the past 25 years.  Mr. Keller has taught at The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and, in May 2008, received the Berkman Award, the Center’s highest honor.

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.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (May 18, 2011) –ALM, a leading provider of news and business information to the legal and real estate industries, today announced the introduction of its Smart Litigator product for New Jersey legal professionals, the only comprehensive online legal research service focused specially on the needs of New Jersey litigators. The product was launched in conjunction with the New Jersey State Bar Association 2011 Annual Meeting at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J.

Smart Litigator provides attorneys with comprehensive access to online legal resources — including cases, statutes, verdicts, forms and citation checks – combined with exclusive content developed by a contributing team of prominent litigators, timely legal news and analysis from ALM’s New Jersey Law Journal.

Individual annual subscription prices start at $495 per year for solo practitioners and $695 per year for practitioners at other firms. Discounted group accounts are also available. Pricing is a flat-rate, annual subscription fee with no out-of-plan or pay-as-you-go features. Detailed information about the new offering and a 30-day free trial for new subscribers are available at www.smartlitigator.com/nj.

The rollout of Smart Litigator New Jersey is the second such product launch this year. ALM introduced Smart Litigator New York in January and the product has been warmly received by litigators in its first five months of availability. The company plans a third rollout of Smart Litigator for the Pennsylvania legal market later this year.

“New Jersey litigators need fast information tools that help them do their jobs efficiently and accurately,” Sara Diamond, group vice president for substantive law at ALM. “With an intuitive interface and powerful database-driven search capabilities, Smart Litigator gives lawyers the information needed to research and develop their cases more efficiently, all in one easy-to-use Web site.”

According to Diamond, New Jersey Litigator will feature the editorial contributions of some of New Jersey’s most prominent litigators. Each member has contributed specific and original content, as well as their knowledge of New Jersey law and practice.

Using a 50-state case law database, litigators can rely on Smart Litigator to research cases from any federal or state appellate court. Statutes can also be searched or browsed by topic and the site includes full access to verdict and settlement data.
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.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (May 18, 2011)- ALM’s Corporate Counsel today announced that Google Inc. has won its 2011 Best Legal Department competition. United Parcel Service, Inc., and WellPoint, Inc., were named finalists. Detailed profiles of all three will be published in the magazine’s June issue and online at www.corpcounsel.com.

“Past years’ winners were often defined by sedate virtues like superior systems and organization, but this year I’d have to say the key quality was audacity,” said Anthony Paonita, Editor in Chief of Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading magazine for general counsel and in-house attorneys.

Google’s legal department has had to deal with the sometimes messy consequences of its frequent marketplace “disruptions,” a word the company uses with pride, according to Corporate Counsel. Its Best Legal Department win stems from these cases that “test the limits of laws perpetually lagging behind new technology. Can advertisers use trademarked terms in Google ads? Can Google scan and make available copyrighted but out-of-print books? Is the company liable if results of its search engine direct users to counterfeit or pirated products?”

UPS stood out from the crowd of legal departments in several ways. Most notably, its staff is radically lean – comparably sized companies have two or three times the headcount – and shaped by a “culture rich in tradition and what some might call old-fashioned values,” according to the magazine, which notes that even top UPS legal managers have spent time in brown uniforms delivering packages.

WellPoint’s lawyers had a tumultuous year, having to deal with political reaction to its Anthem Blue Cross subsidiary’s proposed California rate hikes, filed just as health care reform passions began to flare. Even after the Affordable Care Act was signed, the nation’s largest health benefits company continued to take heat from the President on down, while it struggled to interpret and comply with the new law.

The winners of the Best Legal Department competition were selected from responses to a detailed questionnaire developed by Corporate Counsel and distributed to the general counsel of all Fortune 500 corporations and online. The magazine’s editors and reporters evaluated submissions and selected the winners.

The winner and finalists will be honored this fall at a joint event with Corporate Counsel‘s ALM sibling publication The American Lawyer. The dinner will salute The American Lawyer‘s Lifetime Achievement Award winners, firm’s that placed at the top of its “A-List,” and the winner and finalists of Corporate Counsel‘s Best Legal Department competition.

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.

Media Contact:
Fred Rackmil
Rackmil Associates
Phone: 212-421-0044
E-mail: fred@rackmil.com

CHICAGO, IL (May 11, 2011) DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar today announced a strategic partnership with ALM’s The National Law Journal in which the two organizations will collaborate in the development and production of continuing legal education (CLE) webcasts and other live events to be offered to DRI members and the legal defense community at large. Additionally, DRI members will now be eligible for discounted subscription services for The National Law Journal. Go to http://www.lawcatalog.com/nljdri for subscription details and eligibility requirements.

“DRI is renowned for its premier defense-oriented educational offerings,” stated John R. Kouris, DRI Executive Director.  “We are very excited about this partnership with The National Law Journal.  This joint initiative will enable DRI to expand its webcast offerings and generate unparalleled member value.”

DRI and The National Law Journal will work together to identify emerging topics and nationally recognized speakers with the goal of producing the highest quality legal webcasts within the legal market.  The first webcast will be held during the summer of 2011.

“For more than three decades, The National Law Journal has been one of the preeminent sources of news and information for the U.S. legal community, so we’re excited about the opportunity to team up with DRI in the creation of these cutting-edge CLE programs,” said Kenneth A. Gary, J.D., associate publisher of The National Law Journal.

The National Law Journal boasts the largest paid circulation of any weekly publication serving the legal profession and is read by an influential audience of both in-house and private practice attorneys.  The formation of such a strategic alliance demonstrates the value of DRI to its members.  “We are committed to creating unique and innovative content for our members through our relationships with partners such as ALM,” Kouris added.

About DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar
Chicago based DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar is an international organization of defense attorneys and corporate counsel that is recognized as a thought-leader and an advocate for the defense bar at the national and state level as well as in Europe. DRI provides its 22,000 members and their clients access to world-class education, legal resources and numerous marketing and networking opportunities that facilitate career and law firm growth.  For more information, log on to www.dri.org.

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.

Media Contact:

For ALM: Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

For DRI: Tracy Schorle
Phone: 312-698-6226
E-mail: tschorle@dri.org