March 9, 2021 at 3:17 PM
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For smaller law firms, having a thoughtful business development strategy can make a world of difference, especially in a pandemic-challenged market. Deborah Farone, who wrote the book on law firm business development (
What are some business development challenges – and opportunities – for smaller firms in the current market?
DF: Business development and marketing can be a challenge for firms of any size with the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic. Small firms, in particular, often lack a strong business development infrastructure, and this can be the biggest hurdle. In that case, individual lawyers need to be even more proactive.
March 2, 2021 at 12:01 PM
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I am not above the gossip columns for some light entertainment, especially when my Bing and Yahoo news feeds are littered with royal family photos of pretty faces and beautiful fashion. And it seems Harry and Meghan (aka the Sussexes) are always in the news. Most recently it’s been about Queen Elizabeth taking away Harry’s titles and stripping the couple of the remaining duties that come with a life of public service.
It’s hard to know what to make of this royal dustup. But as a former UK barrister, now U.S. immigration attorney, I can’t help but think about Harry’s immigration prospects as a Brit living in the United States. While I have no particular insight into the couple’s lives (though I admit to wishing I were representing them!), I can speculate on Harry’s possible immigration paths.
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: Please welcome our newest columnist, Tahmina Watson of Watson Immigration Law, an immigration law boutique in Seattle with a focus on business immigration law. She’ll be writing about U.S. immigration law and related issues.
I am so thrilled to be one of the newest columnists with Above the Law.
I started practicing immigration law in 2006 in Seattle. It was a reluctant choice initially. Having gone through the immigration process of moving from the UK, where I was a barrister, to the United States, where I became a lawyer, immigration law was not my first choice. I envisioned only asylum cases; I didn’t really know it could be more. But as life would have it, immigration law and all its complexities kept following me around until I succumbed to it. And it was then that I realized it was my calling in life.
March 1, 2021 at 10:57 AM
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Champ Biden in repose. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Twitter wildly oscillates between the disgraceful underpolicing of their platform and the disgraceful overpolicing of their platform. While some folks were given years-long leashes to peddle violent and degrading rhetoric in violation of community guidelines, others get sent to Twitter jail for complete nonsense. It’s the fundamental problem with moderation at scale and Twitter can’t be blamed for making the occasional mistake along the way, but when they keep doubling down on their errors it’s a doggone shame.
If you bristled at that sly word choice, then you probably don’t want to read Clare Locke’s new letter to Twitter. Or more accurately, Gipper Locke’s letter to Twitter, because the Fox Red Labrador Retriever took on this letter himself. He is a Juris Dog-tor after all.