Tom Caine – We recently reported in LawFuel about defections – or poachings – from top-of-the-tree law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore to fellow super firm Kirkland Ellis.The major moves of superstar lawyers from a firm like Cravaths was a hitherto almost unheard of occurrence. After all, why would any lawyer worth his salt leave […]
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Mega law firm mergers have kicked off the year as three of this year’s biggest mergers involve law firms with over 1000 lawyers and the pace of law firms swallowing other large firms is set to continue. The reported merger between London-based Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy who are evidently talking with O’Melveny &
Gender discrimination – or at least attempts to reduce the pay gap between male and female lawyers in UK law firms – has seen large firms disclose what the gap is. Pay gap gender discrimination is a major issue in the US and the UK, as well as other jurisdictions and was highlighted with the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Solicitor and blogger Rosie Watterson publishes the popular UK blog Apply.Shine.Win which provides practical advise to lawyers seeking a training contract with a firm and law career tips. Receiving a strong and growing readership via witty and insightful observations on working for a firm, Rosie Watterson has become an increasingly visible and listened-to
How did the head of one of the world’s largest and richest law firms get caught up in a #Metoo scandal that cost him his job? Latham & Watkins has been reported as being the wealthiest law firm in the world, breaching the $3 billion barrier it was reported last month and it’s managing partner
Image: Law.com Caroline Burgess – Why are lawyers prone to sexual abuse and harassment? The answer to a large extent can be found in the way in which lawyers operate, their personality type and the fact that their
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From porn stars to Playmate models, the Trump accuser list continues to grow, but when the lawyers for one accuser, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer (Michael Avenatti) and for the President’s lawyer Michael Cohen’s lawyer (David Schwartz) got together on CNN the ‘discussion’ went right off the rails. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] Discussing whether Trump knew about the ‘hush money’
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Much has been written, lobbied, protested over and argued regarding the British legal system cutbacks in recent years. Now a new book has said the system is an A&E case. But now a book written by a ‘Secret Barrister’, a criminal lawyer and prosecutor, has exposed the system as one that is broken – in
The gender disparity issue in the legal industry has been no better highlighted than in the lawsuit brought by female lawyers at law firm Chadbourne & Parke, which has now been settled after a history of twists and turns. A motion filed by the plaintffs to settle has been filed in recent days and the
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John Bowie – Starting a new law firm can be daunting at the best of times, but when legal stars leave a Big Law outfit to start up their own shop, then things can get . . well, delicate. And none more so than a poem forwarded by an exiting partner to her erstwhile colleagues.
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