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17 New Partners At Skadden

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Skadden – We are pleased to announce that the following attorneys have become partners of the firm: Agnesine (Nesa) AmamooReal Estate / New York Matthew B. CollinFinancial Institutions / New York Lara A. FlathLitigation / New York Steven HannahCorporate / London Thaddeus HartmannMergers and Acquisitions / New York Michael J. HongCapital Markets / New York Shalom D. HuberExecutive […]

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Law Firm Mergers Set To Rise After The 2020 Pandemic Drop

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Law firm mergers are set to dramatically increase in 2021 after the pandemic, with some predictions indicating a four-fold increase in mergers is coming. A report from Altman Weil makes the prediction, showing mergers began a rebound in the first quarter of 2021 with 26 transactions which would break the number of mergers last year

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$1.4 Million Partner Pay Is Not Cutting The Mustard For Many Partners At Minters

Board report shows there are money issues at the top Australian law firm There’s some trouble at mill for top Australian law firm Minters, fresh from their difficulties over the email firestorm leading to the departure of former CEO Annette Kimmitt, and it involves partner pay. The firm has long regarded itself as part of

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How Some Gen Y Lawyers Are Steering Their Law Careers Around Their Personal Values and Leaving Big Law

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Alina Lee is one example – a lawyer who left Big Law to settle for a Small Law Alternative Alina Lee did well working for Big Law and then in-house at a corporate legal department, but at age 30, she’s started her own firm, Your Ad Attorney, motivated by a desire to practice law how

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Littler Releases Inaugural Report From Its Global Workplace Transformation Initiative

Report reviews the myriad forces transforming the workplace and formalizes Littler’s Global Workplace Transformation Initiative (March 30, 2021) – Powered by LawFuel – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the Inaugural Report of Littler’s Global Workplace Transformation Initiative. The report provides a detailed analysis of how the workplace is

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The New Zealand Law Firms Leading the Twitter Power List . . And The Big Law Firm With Just 3 Followers

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It’s smaller firms leading the Twitter charge but Donald Trump may have put others off the platform’s advantages The smaller firms and one of the oldest in New Zealand are leading the Twitter charge while the bigger law firms lag in the rankings here. Among the Big Law contenders, Meredith Connell have 122 followers, Anderson

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Linklaters Big ‘Agile Working’ Move – Offering All Its Legal Secretaries & PAs Voluntary Redundancy

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the legal profession like every other business, but some law firms are taking the whole work-from-home trend a step further Linklaters is one of the world’s largest firms, with over $2 bn in gross billings and making it in the top ranks of the world’s largest law firms. It has

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Should ‘Dear Sir’ Be Relegated To The ‘Don’t Use – Ever’ Bin?

Time for lawyers to dump the ‘Dear Sir/s’ greeting? A recent article in LawyersWeekly from Jerome Doraisamy put the obvious to the legal audience, noting that ‘women are not a niche cohort’. Is it time for lawyers to take that message to heart? He notes that there is a wildfire response to comments about the

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