Stories making recent headlines on LawFuel . .
- Big Law Belt Tightening Hits Both Younger & Older Lawyers as The Pandemic Bites Law Firms
In the new era of COVID-invoked recession law firms are developing new strategies to cope with a downturn in work and revenues. Beyond furloughs, pay cuts and layoffs (disclosed or undisclosed), the firms are preparing for their own lockdowns in terms of staffing at both incoming and outgoing lawyer levels. Ropes & Gray have announced […] - Prestigious UK Law Firm Investigated Over Money Laundering Issues
Mischcon de Reya is one of the more prestigious law firms in the UK, gaining prominence for its 1995 representation of Princess Diana in her divorce from Prince Charles. However more recently it has been at the centre of a complex investigation by anti-money laundering investigators. The Guardian has reported that solicitors from the Solicitors […] - What Makes A Great Managing Partner in a Law Firm?*
*According to a leading legal journalist who has gossiped and drunk with many Drinking with managing partners can be a challenging pursuit, even for a legal editor like Alex Novarese of Legal Business. But it does help provide some interesting and perhaps more honest appraisal of where the legal industry is going after the upheavals […] - Charles Manson’s ‘Disruptive’ Attorney Irving Kanarek Dies. Charles Lives Still At A Secure Address
The lawyer who defended Charles Manson has died at age 100. Irving Kanarek (pictured above in 1970) defended the cult killer Manson whose macabre killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others created international headlines and intrigue. The national spotlight that focused on Kanarek made his disruptive circus of courtroom tactics almost as fascinating as […] - Listed Law Firms in UK Take a Price Beating But Still Show Resilience
Listing law firms was an exciting – and profitable – game for some time but the pandemic has seen millions of pounds disappear from the value of the UK listed firms, according to recent research. The Law Gazette reports that Like-for-like comparisons to six months ago – when coronavirus was on the eve of locking […] - The ‘Eat What You Kill’ Mindset Means More Law Partners Taking Work From Juniors To Beat Billing Targets
Partners at US law firms are taking a greater share of the work from junior colleagues during the pandemic, research suggests, as solicitors adopt an ‘eat-what-you-kill’ mindset. Thomson Reuters’ ‘peer monitor index’ – which evaluates the performance of the largest US law firms based on demand, productivity, rates, direct expenses and overheads – found that the […] - Can The Idea From Some Big Law Firms of Working From the Partners’ Office Actually Work?
Working from a partner’s office is hardly something most younger lawyers would dare attempt, but it is part of the new, COVID norm apparently. Increasingly there has been debate about just how sacrosanct the partner’s office should be. As Law.com reported, a law firm partner’s identity and bravado can be shaped by many things, including […] - The Women Disappointed in Meghan & Harry’s Choice of LA’s ‘Scarface Oligarch’ Mansion
The Women Disappointed in Scarface Oligarch’s sale of mansion to Meghan and Harry - The Woman In The Midst Of Freshfield’s Latest #Metoo Misery
The #Metoo movement seems to follow Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer like a very bad smell, but the latest issue involves a Freshfield’s woman partner whose conduct in respect of the investigation of a rape complaint involving a UBS bank employee has come under scrutiny from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The Financial Times reported that Freshfields employment […] - #DougHive – Who Is The Lawyer Who Would Be The First Male “Second Lady” to Veep Kamala Harris?
The anointment of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential nominee for presidential candidate Joe Biden sees her husband, a partner at DLA Piper, as the potential, first ever male ‘Second Lady’ at the White House. Douglas Emhoff, 55 has a quarter century legal experience, working as partner at the Century City office of DLA Piper, where […] - EY Law’s Aggressive Growth Plans
The movement of the Big Four accounting firms into the legal space continues strongly and none moreso than EY who are planning rapid expansion of their legal division. Bloomberg Big Law report that EY’s John Knox, Singapore-based and who became EY’s new global legal managed services leader in July, is working to grow the legal […] - Michael Avenatti – Former Stormy Daniels Attorney Cruelly Labelled ‘Creepy Porn Lawyer’ – is “Flat Out Broke”
Michael Avenatti is apparently destitute. In an effort to secure counsel reserved for the “indigent,” Avenatti recently told a California court that he is flat out broke. In New York, ex-Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP partner Tom Warren, filed to withdraw as Avenatti’s counsel; and disclosed that the disbarred attorney did not pay […]
