Flexible lawyering has become something of a byword for firms seeking to meet client demands, develop enhanced business models and also meet the demand from lawyers for flexible working opportunities. All of which has lead to Hogan Lovells joining with law company Elevate to build a new, flexible lawyering business designed to meet legal demand […]
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Is the legal business next in line for the #Metoo treatment meted out within the movie, fashion and other industries? According to a UK Times story two-thirds of women lawyers have experienced sexual harassment in one form or another. The Times story says that the UK complaints authority (Solicitors Regulation Authority or SRA) have received
It pays to be posh if you’re looking for a top UK law job. A private education will secure you a better paid law job in the UK, a new survey has shown. A ‘conscious or unconscious bias’ exists in favour of those students who studied at private schools compared to state-schooled students, the survey
In a #Metoo news round, we’ve been keen to avoid being caught up in any excessive paranoia over sexual harassment and sexual assault in law firms, but somehow it’s all about us. First there is the claim we reported about Baker + McKenzie’s apparent gagging of a solicitor accusing a partner of sexual assault, then
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No sooner had LawFuel published its piece on sexual harassment/assault issues with Baker + McKenzie when New Zealand’s arguably most prestigious law firm, Russell McVeagh, has been brought into the same firing line. The sexual harassment issue with law firms internationally has been an issue for many years, made worse by the male-dominated legal partners
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Looking for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift for a lawyer? No? Okay, will what about if your ARE looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for the lawyer in your life? Consider these suggestions 1.The Card There’s that terrific standby – the card with a legal reasoning backing it up, such as the Georgetown University
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Sexual assault appears to be all the rage in the entertainment industry – and many others – but is the law business immune? Hardly, and a recently reported gagging order against one of the world’s largest law firms, Baker + McKenzie, appears to prove the point firmly. The Times reported that the firm is being
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Raymond Ho was a highly successful lawyer – a partner at Arent Fox at the age of 33 before opening a successful IP law firm. But no more. His career ended when he pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors said that he was a “prolific money launderer” who funneled $2.1
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We all know that artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly making its mark on the law business. But the value of the new technology is now becoming more competitive with one of the first AI Attorney products – ROSS – introducing a new, free AI tool for lawyers. The new tool, EVA, is a brief analyzer
The law firm gender pay gap continues as before, according to a survey from a law firm recruiter in the UK which has surveyed London law firm partners. It comes as no surprise that women are consistently underpaid on the law pay front, notwithstanding the repeated efforts and statements from law firms about how they’re
