New York partner succeeds Vice Chair Ora Fisher, who is retiring after nearly three decades at the firm. Powered by LawFuel – Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that New York partner and current Executive Committee member Lisa Watts has been elected Vice Chair of the firm, effective immediately. She joins Chicago partner Brad […]
Another senior lawyer has moved from a Magic Circle firm, this time Slaughter and May, to a US competitor. Cleary Gottlieb have hired experienced corporate lawyer Jackie Holland, announcing the hire in the release below – Jackie Holland will join the firm as a partner in the London office, focusing on competition practice, including antitrust
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The Pandemic does not appear to have harmed too many Big Law Firms Big Law continues to report large ‘pandemic profit’ growth, as Cooleys and White & Case report double digit growth in 2020, while Hogan Lovells reports profits per partner (PPP) jumping 30 per cent from 2019 to 2020. The pandemic has seen revenues
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London Barrister Jolyon Maugham hit the social media headlines for killing a fox with a baseball bat over a year ago. At least one big law firm hasn’t forgotten. It’s a ‘shocking abuse of power’, he says. Jolyon Maugham is a director of the Good Law Project, and claims that ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Allen &
The discrimination lawsuit brought by plaintiffs across the United States and against Jones Day has been discontinued. Claims of a ‘black box’ compensation system used by the law firm allegedly meant the law firm kept their pay below that made to men at the law firm. US District Judge Randolph Moss of the District of
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Clifford Chance is to ‘neutralize’ gender-specific language from its legal documents by using a new artificial intelligence tool that will remove greetings like ‘Dear Sir’ to provide a non-sexist language to its documents. ‘He’ or ‘she’ will be replaced with ‘they’ or ‘them’ in the future documents and ‘chairman’ will b no more. The move
The chaotic US election has been enveloped in the ‘voter fraud’ controversy, which has also largely enveloped Big Law firm Jones Day and their involvement in lawsuits for the GOP. The firm has worked to avoid being drawn into the controvery, any more than it can, that is, by releasing a statement that affirms that
Deloitte once again demonstrates the ambitions of the Big Four accountants to push into the legaltech market.
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Powered by LawFuel –Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that it is participating in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule 4.0, which measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women, attorneys of color, attorneys with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ attorneys for governance roles, equity partner promotions, formal client pitch opportunities, and senior lateral positions. Blank
Jennifer Bridges – Big Law firm Goodwin Procter is apparently implementing layoffs by stealth according to reports. The firm, which grosses over a billion dollars in revenues, is reportedly cutting associates, having already reduced staff numbers. Using ‘stealth tactics’, the firms can reduce employee numbers almost undercover where they avoid referring to cutbacks that relate
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