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Kirkland’s ‘Emotionally Deficient’ Gravy Train Email Scores a Sour Bullseye With Expendable Lawyers

An article in Law.com from Olivia Chen caught our eye for no reason other than its insensitivity to both the lawyers working with Big Law partners, but also to the curren coronavirus crisis situation occurring in workplaces. The need to pump out billables may continue even in times of crisis but some sensitivity to the […]

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The Big Law Pro Bono Winners – The US Law Firms That Give Back Most

The coronavirus crisis has been one of many when law firms have provided invaluable legal services to those in need. This year’s honors to those law firms that have dealt with some of the largest issues confronting everyone have been outlined by the National Law Journal. Access to justice and dealing with issues ranging from

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UK Law Firm Survey Shows Many Are In Dire Financial Straits

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A UK law firm survey has indicated that over half had insufficient cash on their balance sheets to cover one month’s operating expenses and almost 40 per cent were unable to meet one month’s salary costs. The fact that so many firms are under-capitilised and face major problems dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic was reported

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NZ Lawyer’s Innovative Law Firm List Lists Apps . . But The Pandemic Creates a Whole New Issue For All NZ Law Firms

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Christine Lloyd* Building law lists is an entire industry, but the problem with generating a list of ‘innovative law firms’ is made more difficult because there are few euphemisms more abused by law firm profiles than the word ‘innovative’. Yet the coronavirus pandemic will unquestionably change the practice of law forever, with one of the

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Pierce Bainbridge Litigation Finance Plays: The $1 Billion Lie and The $65 Million Debt

This page about Pierce Bainbridge law firm is no longer available, but you may see further updated information about law firms by joining our list (below)and receiving the latest law firm news As noted, Pravati has been sued, a slew of John Pierce’s former partners have been sued, John Pierce and the firm have been

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Largest Law Firm Chair Says “Going Back to the Office” Will Never Be The Same

Joe Andrew* – With 19,000 employees in 183 offices in 75 countries, most working remotely, I keep being asked when we are going back to the office. With offices in every pandemic hot spot in the world — from Wuhan to Milan — let alone places with reputations of managing the crisis, like Singapore or

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Law Firm Boies Schiller Raises Eyebrows With Departures and Firings

The new leadership at B0ies Schiller Flexner will be either flexing their law management muscle or worried about the fact that fully one fifth of their partners have left since they took over. Firm leadership changed in December when the new management – headed by Natasha Harrison and Nick Gravante (pictured) – took over after

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Crisis Management Law Firm – New Parternship Promotions Maintains Schillings’ 50/50 Non-Legal to Legal Split

Schillings, the strategic crisis response law firm, is appointing two new partners to its multidisciplinary partnership team. Joelle Rich, previously Director of Legal, and Lily Kennett, formerly Director of Intelligence & Investigations, will be promoted to the firm’s partnership team on 1 May. This maintains Schillings’ split of 50/50 Legal to Non-Legal partners. Lily Kennett

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