There are more law firm mergers than ever in the US but an important – if not leading question – has arisen: Do they work?Law firm consultants Altman Weil has been tracking the legal marketplace for such matters since 2007 and 2013 saw the largest number of law mergers since they began, with a total […]
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The position of the United States has grown stronger in the world economy since the global financial crisis, according to Clifford Chance’s retiring managing partner David Childs.Childs spoke with Forbes writer Daniel Fisher and told him that there was no need for hand wringing about the financial crisis, as money and economic power flows through
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Changing the traditional law firm model is something that is working with great success in Australia and the United Kingdom. The United States is much slower to grapple with the issue of introducing outside investment into law firms, but new law firm models continue to arise.The story of non-lawyer investment in the United Kingdom has
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LawFuel.com – Sedgwick Chudleigh’s Alex Potts and Chen Foley contributed a chapter on Bermuda Anti-Corruption Regulation law in the 2014 edition of Getting the Deal Through – Anti-Corruption Regulation 2014. The guide is a database of law and regulation in 60 practice areas and more than 150 jurisdictions containing concise explanations to the most important legal and
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It had to happen. With the increased commercial use of drones the lawyers are sitting up and wondering what the noise above is all about. Drones are being used increasingly for everything from surveying crops to photographing houses for estate agents – quite apart from efforts to destroy terrorists in the remotest parts of the
Writing incriminating material in emails was something that broke the cardinal rule for many lawyers – don’t put anything incriminating in emails – which could serve to lead to the criminal conviction of four former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders, according to a report in the New York Times.The report follows the charges laid against the
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Law firm branding has become a more important issue for law firms in a post-recession environment. But according to one branding agency, law firm branding is in regression.Why?Because for some reason brand awareness and related issues are dropping along with the quality and quantity of law firm branding.Greenfield Belser decided to poll law firm CEOs
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The good news is that lawyers are an industrious and intelligent bunch. Unfortunately, they’re often busy and averse to risk. While the explosion of the Web has helped many lawyers become visible on search engines, leading to more clients and money, others are reluctant to try digital advertising.Coaches help lawyers become more productive and eventually
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Patton Bloggs is a law firm in DC that has a pedigree and profile almost as distinctive as the Lincoln Memorial. But will the firm itself become a monument to what was . . and what could have been?Or will the firm’s entanglement with the oil monolith Chevron ensure that the firm simply disappears in
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Elder law is an area of growing importance for law firms in an era of boomging numbers of baby boomers. In Hartford Connecticut the aging population has created a law firm merger for the growing – ageing – population base.Law firm mergers and acquisitions continue apace, especiallyl among small firms seeking scale and a broader
