. . or is the law a dying profession? It may surprise some to know that the United States attorney population has remained remarkably stable in recent years, despite the fact that we ask ‘how many lawyers are there?’ in the expectation that it is a fast-growing profession. It still stands at a healthy 1.33
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Powered by LawFuel – The momentum continues to build at Squire Patton Boggs, with the arrival of Sydney Corporate/M&A partner Michael Gajic. Formerly with MinterEllison, Mr. Gajic specialises in public mergers and acquisitions and acts for bidders, targets and major shareholders on public M&A transactions, including schemes of arrangement, takeovers (hostile, unsolicited and friendly), takeover
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LawFuel Editors – Lawyer ‘burnout’ is an increasing phenomenon unfortunately and the stressful nature of legal work, its competition and the excessive work hours has seen wellness and mental health issues become increasingly problematic. There have been signs across multiple jurisdictions of the problem from the largest jurisdictions where there have been signs of major
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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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Lawyers looking for love can be a brief too far for many overworked, stressed legal professionals, but a London legal entrepreneur has developed a dating app for lawyers-use-only – hoping to change the lawyer dating game for good. Release over a week ago, the new Lawyr app has already proven a success based on the
A Google search for the term ‘Attorney’ will return you around 533 million results – give or take a million or so. A similar search for ‘Lawyer’ returns 640 million. So, within the 100 million region they two can be regarded in search terms as largely similar in terms of online search popularity. But the
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“Leading with Influence” is a new research study Morrison & Foerster has completed in partnership with Global Leaders in Law, aimed at helping you, our global GC community, lead and thrive as you juggle increasingly complex roles, in uncertain times. Over 150 global legal executives participated in this comprehensive study to understand the competencies crucial
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A victory to Vergara over the control of frozen embryos provides an insight into right-to-live lawsuits, another fast-growing area of law that family lawyers everywhere need to be aware of Actress Sofia Vergara has succeeded in her ongoing lawsuit with her former fiance Nick Loeb over their frozen embryos in a long legal battle that
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London Barrister Jolyon Maugham hit the social media headlines for killing a fox with a baseball bat over a year ago. At least one big law firm hasn’t forgotten. It’s a ‘shocking abuse of power’, he says. Jolyon Maugham is a director of the Good Law Project, and claims that ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Allen &
Zoom has been the big boom for the pandemic, but a recent Zoom filter mishap with a US lawyer has seen what can happen when the Zoom ‘cat’ filter – or any filter, actually – is not switched off. “I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” a voice can be heard saying, while a kitten’s
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