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How The Pandemic Helped Big Law Giant Baker McKenzie Shatter The $3 Billion Barrier

BigLaw, Featured / September 30, 2021

Baker McKenzie has broken through the $3 billion revenue barrier. Already the largest law firm in the United States by lawyer head count, it has announced revenue increases of 7.8 per cent in its latest report. The revenue growth makes Baker McKenzie similar to other law firms that have experienced double-digit growth helped in

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Prince Andrew’s Star Lawyer – The Hollywood Celebrity Lawyer Prince Andrew Is Using For His Legal Drama?

BigLaw, Rankings, US Law / September 14, 2021

“. . it’s never a good day for my clients if they need to talk to me” When it comes to choosing a celebrity lawyer, Prince Andrew has gone to the top shelf with his selection of the Hollywood lawyer he is using to represent him in his impending civil lawsuit over sexual assault allegations.

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Are COVID Vaccine Mandates Coming To The Workplace?

BigLaw / September 10, 2021

Legal and Practical Considerations for Employers Regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations Sidley Austin – Ever since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available to the public, U.S. businesses, newsrooms, and employees alike have debated whether vaccine mandates would be coming to the workplace. As discussed in more detail below, various federal agencies have issued guidance indicating that mandating vaccines

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Georgia Personal Injury Law – Why is Having a Personal Injury Lawyer Important? How To Understand What Damages You Are Entitled To in Atlanta

BigLaw, Frequently Asked Questions / September 10, 2021

https://www.pexels.com/photo/ambulance-architecture-building-business-263402/ Generally, it is a bad idea to represent yourself in a personal injury case, but one of the key issues for any attorney in a personal injury case is to be able to assess what damages should be payable – and whether it is a court-filing or an insurance settlement that will achieve the

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Mishcon de Reya’s Latest Major Money Move: Litigation Funding

BigLaw, UK Law / September 9, 2021

London lawyers Mishcon de Reya, already preparing for a stock exchange float, has started a litigation funding division with Harbour Litigation Funders, one of the largest litigation funding operations in the world. A report in the FInancial Times says that Harbour is to invest £150m in the new fund which will see Mischon de Reya

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Surprise Resignation of Recently Appointed Boies Schiller Deputy Chair

BigLaw / September 1, 2021

Boies Schiller’s Deputy Chair Natasha Harrison is to leave the firm following disclosure of a memo sent around the troubled firm recently with more than one third of the partners having left in the past year. Harrison was appointed to the role Her departure follows the departure at the end of last year of then

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The Billable Hour Alternative – Would You Subscribe To A Law Firm?

BigLaw, Law Firm Marketing / September 1, 2021

Kim Beane* – I have subscriptions to several different types of products – news (The New York Times), entertainment (Audible), education (Harvard Business Journal), food (Oats Overnight) – you get the drift. But when the Director of my team, Medical & Scientific Solutions, at our transatlantic law firm told me we were going to offer a trial subscription

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The Law for Spent Convictions in New South Wales, Australia

Australia Law News, BigLaw, Frequently Asked Questions / September 1, 2021

Daniel Radcliffe* – Everyone deserves a second chance, including those who made some mistakes and got in trouble with the law. This idea is enshrined in Australian law under the name of the Spent Convictions Scheme. However, the scheme applies differently in the various Australian states and territories and you need to be aware of

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The Highest Paid In-House Counsel List – But How Should Their Pay Be Ranked?

BigLaw, Legal Careers / August 30, 2021

And the gender diversity issue that persists with In-House Counsel too Pandemic or not, 2020 was generally a very good year for partners at Big Law, but General Counsel in the US Fortune 1000 companies ‘suffered’ a relatively flat years according to Corporate Counsel’s recently released 2021 GC Compensation Survey. The average salaries were in the

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On A Scale of 1-5 – Where Does Your Law Firm Sit for Law Firm Job Satisfaction?

BigLaw / August 25, 2021

The American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings show the ‘most satisfying’ law firms to work for . . but law firm jobs satisfaction was just one factor that featured The latest American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings have McDermott Will & Emory taking the top spot in the rankings, completed by 3700 mid-level associates – being associates

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