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Class Action Billions – Will Class Action Lawyers Fuel A Global Litigation Boom?

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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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Big Law Firms Continue Their China ‘Retreat’

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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

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Kirkland & Ellis PEP Growth Creates $8 Million Dollar Men (and Women)

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No sooner have we written about the PEP earnings of big law firms when Kirkland & Ellis come out with a report (from Law.com) showing revenues growing to $7.21 billion and their profits per equity partner (PEP) rising to $7.96 million. Despite the high profile departure of law stars like London-based Neel Sachdev to Paul

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PEP Talk At Big Law Firms Is Up – But Revenues Are More Often Down

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LawFuel contributor Ben Boman writes on law firms profitability and statistics Profits per equity partner (PEP) growth for big law firms is increasing for US law firms and exceeding the revenue growth for law firms. The trend demonstrates significant changes within the US law profession as some firms – for instance, such LawFuel prestige law

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A Partner’s Tragic Death Unveils Mental Health Issues in the Law . . Again

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Sonia Hickey, LawFuel Contributor Mental health issues in the law have once again taken center stage following the tragic death of a key Pinsent Masons’ partner, who died in the course of exhausting work hours completing a major deal, and where she had consumed significant alcohol and was struck by a train. Pinsent Masons’ managing

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Hourly Rate Unveiled: Lawyers Pursue $6 Billion Legal Fee Tied to Musk’s Pay Package

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Record Legal Fee Request Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor We reported recently on a record-breaking ‘first’ billion dollar legal fee in the Elon Musk executive compensation case – but away under-estimated – with the fee looking at several billion more. The lawyers who successfully challenged Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package as excessive are now

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