Another law firm merger is on the cards with the Washington law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs discussing a union with Squire Sanders, creating a firm with 1700 lawyers across 22 countries.The talks follow the collapse of a proposed merger between Patton Boggs and Locke Lord, based in Texas.The Wall Street Journal says the discussions […]
We all know that the way law firms are working is changing – but now the head of a weight-loss company has set up a law firm (as a non-lawyer) to offer legal services with “a business advisory component”.It’s called Tandem Legal Group and the former Medifast co-founder is Mike McDevitt, who has set up
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A team of Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) lawyers has advised Cottonex Anstalt, a leading raw cotton manufacturer, in its successful application before the English Commercial Court (10 February 2014) on the matter of the correct approach to the question of contractual incorporation, when considering International Cotton Association (ICA) Bylaws and Rules. ICA Bylaws and Rules are
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Troubled law firms can seek pro bono help via a confidential helpline under a new service provided by UK legal consultants. The service, provided by 360 Legal Group has set up following increased concerns expressed by many law firms facing trouble – a number that is reportedly over 3500 firms in the country.Following the initial
Dr George Beaton reports exclusively for LawFuel on the ReInvent Law conference in New York last weekend.Hot on the heels of the recent story in LawFuel featuring George Beaton and NewLaw New Rules, his new book on trends in the legal services industry, he has sent this exclusive report to LawFuel from the February 7th
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A change of mayor in New York has started a rush for law firms to secure the legal talent that went with Michael Bloomberg’s NYC administration. And one lawyer who secured a top spot on Wall Street was David Karnovsky, general counsel of New York City’s Department of City Planning for the past 15 years
Retaining women lawyers in the profession has been a major problem for law firms in many – if not most- jurisdictions. The attrition rate remains high, the career goals remain unaccomplished and the ladies continue to leave the law, whether they wanted to or not.Various efforts have been made at different times to address the
Law firms are changing for good. This weekend in New York a new book on the so-called “NewLaw” launches to discuss how the rules for how law firms operate will change forever.How so?Australian consultant, writer, speaker and associate professor George Beaton, a partner in Beaton Capital, generated his ebook after writing a blog post about
Being in a Big Law firm doesn’t mean you have to adopt any small-minded attitudes towards being a little of what the New York Times has described David M. Zornow’s desk and office as being – that is, “funky”. In fact Mr Zornow, who is the global head of litigation at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
AbovetheLaw columnist Keith Lee publishes Associate’s Mind and writes about small law firms and the challenges they face.If you are a new lawyer in a small firm, you need to be prepared to have fear as a companion at times. Fear of missing deadlines, screwing up a discovery response, pissing off a partner. Fear of
