Sedgwick LLP, the international Big Law firm, has lost dozens of attorneys last year, including 12 percent of its partners. Law360 reports the departures streaming from the firm, which his shifting its practice away from areas like intellectual property law and real estate to focus on what the firm says are its core areas of […]
We know the whole business of law is changing – greater competition, fees pressures, alternative billing arrangements – but should the entire partnership structure be abandoned? It is already happening in some jurisdictions, but the move by Australian and UK law regulators to free up the law business and permit the introduction of outside capital
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Issues to increase law firm productivity have long excited the interest of law firm managers, but an English firm has now taken on a ‘paid time off’ (PTO) policy that lets employees take the time they like from the firm. The firm, Ashton KCJ in East Anglia, is trialling the policy with a few towards
Lockstep compensation is as much a part of most Big Law firms in Britain and some other jurisdictions as the law firm art and foyers. However mega-firm Clifford Chance is looking at changing all that with a review that is placing more attention on merit-based compensation rather than the lockstep system. Clifford Chance is not
Just how law firms make money by giving away services and documents is an issue that lawyers have been examining for some time. TechCrunch have an article a bout the law firm s ranging from Silicon Valley to Boston who give away documents to statups neededing to execute basic deals. As TechCrunch report: New sites,
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Alternative fee arrangements are increasingly capturing the attention of innovative law firms, as well as fee-sensitive clients. So when a lawyer like Omaha labor lawyer Ross Gardner went to Orlando to speak at the human resources conference held by one of his firm’s biggest clients, it was a trip the Jackson Lewis lawyer may not
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Innovation in the law firm business is a growing trend as profits are trimmed with increased competition and the market for law services has slumped in many areas. And so firms look increasingly to ways they can increase their innovation to drive profitability and service levels. For small Canadian law firm Conduit Law their efforts
Can it be the beginning of the end of the billable hour for law firms? Take one, Big Law firm – in this case Jackson Lewis – who used to require associates to bill 1900 hours a year to make themselves liable for a bonus. No longer. Now Jackson Lewis are looking at other, more
Getting clients to pay on time is a major issue for businesses and professionals everywhere. Lawyers are no exception. A LexisNexis survey indicated that almost three-quarters of all firms experienced past due accounts. Here’s an Infographic from LN to explain the position. Invoicing and billing present steep challenges for law firms. According to a recent law firm
It’s to become easier than ever for non-law firms to enter the UK legal profession following recent changes made by the solicitors’ watchdog. The changes came about because changes made by the “Tesco law” reforms were failing to attract new players in the UK law business. The measures will make it easier for companies to
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