There are more law firm mergers than ever in the US but an important – if not leading question – has arisen: Do they work? Law firm consultants Altman Weil has been tracking the legal marketplace for such matters since 2007 and 2013 saw the largest number of law mergers since they began, with a […]
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Katherine Heigl (cautiously pictured here) is on the legal warpath, issuing a $6 million lawsuit for the use of her image without permission. The picture included here is purely for identification purposes and nothing more. It may not be up to date and may not be representative of the Grey’s Anatomy actress, whose lawsuit is
By LawFuel contributor, Kevin Mackee. Law firms looking to recruit lateral partners should consider some key factors that can put them ahead of the competition when it comes to attracting quality candidates for their firms. Here are some key points that can lift your firm above the crowd in the search for good laterals prepared
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We knew it. The main reason partners leave law firms is the firm “culture”, that over-worked word that law firms usually employ in the positive sense. Unfortunately, it also has some major negatives when “culture” is negative, bad or just downright disagreeable for the jumping-ship partners. The survey, from legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa
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Former Pillsbury Winthrop CEO Mary Cranston spoke to LawFuel about New Zealand law firms, noting that they included some of the best law firm managers in the world and the country’s record with the recently published Economist glass ceiling index, which indicated that New Zealand was fifth in the world on the index, behind the
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Like to see the data on the National Association for Law Placement and whether law schools are withholding information from their ‘consumers’? Law.com’s Kylee McEntee has written about the list of schools publishing NALP reports for 2010-2012, with the largest number (108 reports) for 2012. To see the data go to the LST Score Reports.
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Law firm rankings? Where would we be without them. The first quarter of the 2014 Am Law rankings, released this week, and for M&A advisors has Skadden Arps and Simpson Tacher in the top three. The charts were released by various media entities and trends were based on the value of coprorate clients’ transactions internationally
Former Pillsbury Winthrop senior partner and chair Mary Cranson spoke to LawFuel about gender diversity issues in law firms, noting the top three things she recommends that law firms – and others – need to do in order to achieve gender diversity. Ms Cranston’s successful reign at Pillsburys saw the firm expand from its California
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Winnie M Li wrote this article about her experience being raped while at Harvard and how her case was handled. Her article appears in the Huffington Post. When I woke up this morning a friend had mailed me this anonymous article by a current under-graduate about Harvard’s mishandling of her sexual assault case. “This made
Cherie Blair, the wife of former British PM Tony, has been doing alright since her husband left Number 10 Downing Street. Like husband Tony, who has operated lucrative business broking deals and various charitable and peace-keeping missions (the results of which are perhaps less notable), Cherie Blair operates her ultra-private law and strategy firm from
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