Payday Partners In Deep Cover Albert Goodwin, LawFuel contributor It sounds somewhat sinister, but the ‘black box’ pay system for partner remuneration model that is being used by some big law firms is gaining attention and momentum. In an age of transparency – supposedly – the ‘black box’ model requires deep cover and belies the […]
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The Tabloid Villain’s Nice Guy Lawyer Tom Borman, LawFuel ‘Law Star’ writer and legal contributor Representing Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer who became the focus of the #Metoo movement’s most egregious observations about sexual harassment, may not be the most popular client for most lawyers but for Arthur Aidala his appellate win freeing Weinstein
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The Lateral Partner Movement Game Ben Thomson, LawFuel Big Law editor The partner poaching – or lateral movement – season among Big Law firms has been in full swing in recent months with recent departures form Linklaters to Skadden and Paul Weiss being notable recent moves. Recent moves in both the US and UK markets
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The Evolution of the Law Job Landscape Law job opportunities continue to expand and in the United Kingdom a recent report shows a notable trend with an increasing number of lawyers are departing from traditional law firms to join fee-share practices, with one such entity surpassing all others in recruitment numbers last year. According to
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Trump’s Lawyer Lawyers start their own law firms for many reasons, but in the case of Donald Trump lawyer Todd Blanche the move from a prestige law firm to his own has apparently left colleagues bewildered. Blanche’s transition from a prestigious partnership at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to his new moniker at Blanche Law and
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Super Rainmaker Neel Sachdev’s Big Law Effect Neel Sachdev needs no introduction in these columns as the rainmaker whose big-money move from Kirkland & Ellis raised eyebrows to a level in the City where NASA needed to find them. It appears, he continues to make waves as Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison continues on
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Top Big Law Firm Rankings Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom received the top global M&A legal advisor in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). The value of deals surged by over a third compared to the same period last year, despite a decrease in
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Forbes Top Lawyers in America The Forbes Top Lawyers in America lists their top 200, including some of the Law Stars that LawFuel has identified like Ben Crump and Alex Spiro (pictured). Forbes reference the $300 billion-plus size of the US legal market and their inaugural list looks at those who are the top of
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The Continued Rise of the Class Action Lawyer Ben Thompson, LawFuel Contributing Editor Recent successes in class actions from the United States to Australia have been the continued rise of class action lawyers and their potential to build hugely remunerative business models that could see substantial growth in the future. Will class actions see class
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Orrick Reduces China Footprint LawFuel Contributing editor Jacqui Coombe Law firm retreats are normally restful and instructive, but the Big Law firms retreat from China continue in a different vein as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced this week that it would reduce its footprint in China by centralizing its operation to Beijing when the Shanghai
