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Freshfields Joins Slim Ranks of Big Law Firm Female Leaders As Gender Diversity Moves Slowly Grow
Dan Garner – Female law firm leadership ranks are growing – albeit slowly – but in the London law scene the first of the Magic Circle law firms to appont a woman to the top leadership role has been Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP who have appointed Georgia Dawson as Senior Partner. Dawson is currently Asia’s […]
“Notorious RBG” Dies: The Passing of a Legal Legend
The legal and female judicial icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. The famed and much-admired firebrand jurist died on Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C., surrounded by family. […]
Big Law Belt Tightening Hits Both Younger & Older Lawyers as The Pandemic Bites Law Firms
In the new era of COVID-invoked recession law firms are developing new strategies to cope with a downturn in work and revenues. Beyond furloughs, pay cuts and layoffs (disclosed or undisclosed), the firms are preparing for their own lockdowns in terms of staffing at both incoming and outgoing lawyer levels. Ropes & Gray have announced […]
Prestigious UK Law Firm Investigated Over Money Laundering Issues
Mischcon de Reya is one of the more prestigious law firms in the UK, gaining prominence for its 1995 representation of Princess Diana in her divorce from Prince Charles. However more recently it has been at the centre of a complex investigation by anti-money laundering investigators. The Guardian has reported that solicitors from the Solicitors […]
What Makes A Great Managing Partner in a Law Firm?*
*According to a leading legal journalist who has gossiped and drunk with many Drinking with managing partners can be a challenging pursuit, even for a legal editor like Alex Novarese of Legal Business. But it does help provide some interesting and perhaps more honest appraisal of where the legal industry is going after the upheavals […]
Charles Manson’s ‘Disruptive’ Attorney Irving Kanarek Dies. Charles Lives Still At A Secure Address
The lawyer who defended Charles Manson has died at age 100. Irving Kanarek (pictured above in 1970) defended the cult killer Manson whose macabre killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others created international headlines and intrigue. The national spotlight that focused on Kanarek made his disruptive circus of courtroom tactics almost as fascinating as […]
Listed Law Firms in UK Take a Price Beating But Still Show Resilience
Listing law firms was an exciting – and profitable – game for some time but the pandemic has seen millions of pounds disappear from the value of the UK listed firms, according to recent research. The Law Gazette reports that Like-for-like comparisons to six months ago – when coronavirus was on the eve of locking […]
The ‘Eat What You Kill’ Mindset Means More Law Partners Taking Work From Juniors To Beat Billing Targets
Partners at US law firms are taking a greater share of the work from junior colleagues during the pandemic, research suggests, as solicitors adopt an ‘eat-what-you-kill’ mindset. Thomson Reuters’ ‘peer monitor index’ – which evaluates the performance of the largest US law firms based on demand, productivity, rates, direct expenses and overheads – found that the […]
