Law Society Posts a $3 Million Loss after a ‘challenging year’ The Law Society has posted a $3 million loss last year after five redundancies, shifting from its earthquake-prone Wellington building. ==> See new law jobs at LawFuel’s Jobs Site Here The annual report to June 30, 2020 saw a $3 million loss following a
Lawyer burnout is a major problem for law firms globally, but it’s not an inevitability
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Profitability management of law firms combined with market price signaling are ultimately the critical tools Joseph Altonji* A few weeks ago, I addressed “What’s Next for the Legal World?” in a post focused on critical challenges facing law firms. In it, I argued that “profitability management as a survival skill” is now a feature of the industry,
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging SETH ANDREW with wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements to a financial
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Dallas litigator Ostolaza is to take over as the chairwoman of the 2,000-lawyer firm’s management committee and the first Latina woman to take over a Top 10 US law firm Sidley is pleased to announce that Yvette Ostolaza has been elected to chair the Firm’s Management Committee, effective April 2022. Ms. Ostolaza will succeed Larry
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But the top earning partners were at Wachtell Lipton at $7.5 million in profits per equity partner Greedy for top ranking maybe, but Kirkland & Ellis achieve the top gross revenue take law firm in the AmLaw 100 rankings for 2021 with a $4.8 billion revenue haul. The top 10 firms in the site’s gross
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the arrest yesterday afternoon of ANDREW FRANZONE, the founder and former general partner of FF Fund I L.P. on charges of securities fraud
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A conversation with Clifford Chance partner Connie Heng This month we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the firm’s first female partner in London, Rosalind Bax. In partnership with our gender parity group Accelerate>>>, we are looking back and profiling a partner from each decade back to 1971. Here Asia Pacific Regional Managing Partner Connie Heng
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April 23, 2021 – NATIONAL – Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, is pleased to announce the expansion of its national Real Estate Practice Group with the addition of Bruce Wiener and Bedford Wilder in Tallahassee. The new partners join Akerman from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, where Wiener served as Tallahassee Managing Partner. Together they bring
Image Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/DZpc4UY8ZtY Robert Holms* The legal environment has indeed adapted to the new normalcy of the pandemic and its stay-at-home policies. These measures may be a silver lining for the typically traditional legal world, which is now embracing the benefits of a more modern approach to law. Everything has changed not just for these
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