Simpson Thacher Honored by Animal Legal Defense Fund Powered By LawFuel –Simpson Thacher was awarded the 2019 “Advancement in Animal Law Pro Bono Achievement Award” by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). The award recognizes the Firm’s dedication of pro bono hours in helping the ALDF achieve their mission of protecting the lives of animals […]
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Kevin Morris, a prominent Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner, died this week at age 46 after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Morris was one of only a small number of African American lawyers heavily involved in dealmaking in major law firms. He had worked at Kirkland all his career with the firm saying
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As New Law continues to make inroads into traditional legal work and the way legal services are delivers, Lawyers on Demand (LOD) has expanded its footprint in Australia and New Zealand. LOD acquired Lexvoco six months ago with lawyers joining the LOD Australian offices, as well as adding offices in both Australia (Adelaide, Geelong) and
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Profit growth expectations of Australian law firms have reduced, with businesses pushing into non-legal services to meet evolving client demand, according to Commonwealth Bank survey. According to the 2019 CommBank Legal Market Pulse report law firms’ confidence in business conditions has slipped. In 2018, business confidence reached its highest point since the CommBank Legal Market
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We reported last week about the aggressive stance taken by Cleary Gottlieb over the departure of a senior legal team to Freshfields. We now see The Lawyer has written about the ‘doomed’ lockstep model, with New York legal recruiter Mark Rosen, chairman of Mark Bruce International, predicting the end of the lockstep era. The reason
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For the past two years, Fish has been named a “BTI Business Development Badass Powered By LawFuel –Boston, MA, November 8, 2019 – Fish & Richardson today announced that Rachel Merrick Maggs has joined the firm as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer (CMBDO). Merrick Maggs will be responsible for building and implementing the firm’s global business development (BD) and marketing strategy.
Law firms are carefully examining the ethical and risk issues attaching to accepting crypto currency payments The ‘feared’ litigation juggernaut Quinn Emanuel has indicated it will take crypto currency payments after examining the options of doing so. The firm that is regarded by some as the firm most lawyers are afraid of seeing on the
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Award based on feedback from nearly 16,000 lawyers Powered By LawFuel –LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2019 — Wilshire Law Firm is proud to announce that U.S. News & World Report, in conjunction with Best Lawyers, has recognized the firm in the 2020 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings in the area of Personal Injury Litigation
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s firing of a four partner team that planned to move to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a further example of the increasing aggression for legal talent shown in the competitive corporate legal market in the US. It has also provoked some criticism for the impact it will have on Clearys – and potentially
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