Which Law Firm Rules the Forbes Law Roost? Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor It was only a matter of time before Forbes – the list mavens – would come out with a list of America’s Top lawyers and their list of America’s Top 200 lawyers doesn’t disappoint. It’s a comprehensive effort, as one would expect […]
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Ben Boman, LawFuel contributor Texas-based Locke Lord are in the midst of merger discussions with Troutman Pepper, but the embarrassing issue the firm faces is the Ponzi problems, following the jailing of a former London partner for a £25 million Ponzi fraud and now the $122 million fraud undertaken by a former client of the
London Law NQ Pay Rates The news about Quinn Emanuel’s major pay rise for junior lawyers in London has reignited a salary war – if the ignition was ever required with the rapidly rising London law pay rates in The City. Freshfields has already raised its rates for junior, newly qualified (NQ) salaries to £150,000
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The LawFuel Mother’s Day Lawyers List Mother’s Day sees us look at some leading lawyers who are also mothers and have had to address that perceived conflict between being a mother and being a successful lawyer. Many reports and surveys indicate that women lawyers who are also mothers are advancing more slowly than their male
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From Unlikely Friendship to Legal Tech Innovation: Definely’s Journey For lawyers Nnamdi Emelifeonwu (pictured) and Feargus MacDaeid, their journeys converged in an unlikely friendship that sparked an idea to transform how the legal industry works with contracts and documents. Their startup, Definely, has now raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Octopus
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The Arrival of The New BigLaw Name On The Block The arrival on the legal scene of A&O Shearman, the merged firms of Allen & Overy and Shearman Sterling, will help reshape the legal landscape, but it will have a particularly significant effect upon the London legal scene. The Magic Circle law firms that have
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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