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Dan Packel covers law firms' global strategy and economics. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at dpackel@alm.com. On twitter at @packeld
November 21, 2018
Business leaders are becoming more open about mental health issues - but openness is only one piece of the puzzle
November 20, 2018
Kaplan Hecker & Fink and Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz, both founded by high-profile women who left Paul Weiss in recent years, will blow past the bonuses announced this week by Cravath.
November 20, 2018
The six-year-old firm also promptly matched Cravath's associate salary bump in June.
November 19, 2018
U.K. business and professional services leaders are sharing more and more about mental health issues. But openness is only one piece of the puzzle.
November 19, 2018
The firm now has offices in five Central American countries and is eyeing Belize for its next move in the region.
November 15, 2018
The IP boutique will be only the second foreign firm to set up shop in Shenzhen, known as "China's Silicon Valley."
November 14, 2018
The reverse gender gap narrows in larger, richer law firms, a new report says, ensuring that men in top positions earn higher average salaries than women.
November 12, 2018
Anthony Kelly spent 18 years with the SEC, rising from securities compliance examiner to the co-leader of the Enforcement Division's largest unit.
November 09, 2018
A new affinity group at Dechert looks out for the interests of veterans and military families in the firm.
November 08, 2018
Shingles are shrinking in Chicago, where Much Shelist now goes by "Much" and Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott has become just Bartlit Beck.
November 08, 2018
Baker & Hostetler is the latest law firm to land a new partner from one of the big accounting firms.
November 07, 2018
A client of the veteran white-collar defender at his former firm has been linked to the geopolitical drama over Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
November 07, 2018
Done right, law firm apps and other tools keep clients happy, generate paying work and prevent firms from having to cut rates to do low-cost work they don't want in the first place.
November 06, 2018
After a longstanding client asked tax attorney Gary Gartner to help structure his entry into the film business, Gartner himself sought a piece of the action.
November 06, 2018
After a longstanding client asked tax attorney Gary Gartner to help structure his entry into the film business, Gartner himself sought a piece of the action.
November 06, 2018
Dozens of big law firms are hosting call centers and making other efforts to protect voting rights in Tuesday's highly charged midterm elections.
November 05, 2018
Michael Lebowitz moved from White & Case to PwC in 2016 because of the accounting giant's vast resources. But the firm's auditing business was an obstacle to servicing some of his clients.
November 05, 2018
Michael Lebowitz moved from White & Case to PwC in 2016 because of the accounting giant's vast resources. But the firm's auditing business was an obstacle to servicing some of his clients.
November 05, 2018
Dozens of big law firms are hosting call centers and making other efforts to protect voting rights in Tuesday's highly charged midterm elections.
November 05, 2018
Dozens of big law firms are hosting call centers and making other efforts to protect voting rights for Tuesday's highly charged midterm elections.
November 05, 2018
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett expects over 230 volunteers at its call center in New York, according to partner John Ericson.
November 05, 2018
Dozens of big law firms are hosting call centers and making other efforts to protect voting rights in Tuesday's highly charged midterm elections.
November 01, 2018
The New York business development specialist who filed the suit has since moved to a similar role at White & Case.
November 01, 2018
The New York business development specialist who filed the suit has since moved to a similar role at White & Case.
October 26, 2018
"The sooner I got there the better," Washington, D.C.-based Doreen Edelman said of the move, pointing to dealmakers' increasing need for due diligence on trade issues.
October 26, 2018
"There is no question that there has been an erosion of partner and client loyalty and a degradation of cultural “glue” over the last decade, and these trends, unfortunately, are likely to accelerate in the future," said Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Chairman Brad Karp
October 25, 2018
More and more firms are trimming away legacy partner names and drawing up new logos in an effort to slim down their monikers and change their public image.
October 24, 2018
While stresses are undoubtedly mounting for global law firm leaders, strategies like delegation, power-sharing and coaching can help ease the burden
October 24, 2018
While stresses are undoubtedly mounting for global law firm leaders, strategies like delegation, power-sharing and coaching can help ease the burden.
October 23, 2018
The partner quartet includes a former co-head of Morgan Lewis' restructuring and bankruptcy practice and the leader of its London transactional finance practice group.
October 23, 2018
After completing its acquisition of Avvo in March, the company is fusing its name with the venerable Martindale-Hubbell brand.
October 19, 2018
The university initially said Paul Weiss' Ted Wells Jr. would handle the probe into allegations involving a former archbishop, but former Obama White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler at Latham is now running the show.
October 19, 2018
The university initially said Paul Weiss' Ted Wells Jr. would handle the probe into allegations involving a former archbishop, but former Obama White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler at Latham is now running the show.
October 19, 2018
Firm's international trade co-chair steps down as husband joins social media giant
October 19, 2018
Miriam Gonzalez will be leaving the firm as husband Nick Clegg, the former U.K. deputy prime minister, is taking a top job with Facebook in Silicon Valley.
October 17, 2018
The global firm already has operating centers in Manila and Belfast and plans another in Latin America.
October 17, 2018
News of launch comes after firm's announcement of three-year global business services review
October 17, 2018
The global firm, which expects to employ 300 people at the Florida center, already has back offices in Manila and Belfast and plans another in Latin America.
October 16, 2018
As "Davos in the Desert" dries up due to the controversy surrounding Jamal Khashoggi, international arbitration lawyers from around the world were scheduled to rub elbows with Saudi leadership at another conference down the road.
October 16, 2018
As "Davos in the Desert" dries up due to the controversy surrounding Jamal Khashoggi, international arbitration lawyers from King & Spalding and other big firms were scheduled to rub elbows with Saudi leadership at another conference down the road.
October 16, 2018
As "Davos in the Desert" dries up due to the controversy surrounding Jamal Khashoggi, international arbitration lawyers from around the world were scheduled to rub elbows with Saudi leadership at another conference down the road.
October 12, 2018
Stephen S. Rabinowitz is the firm's fourth senior hire in the practice in the last six months.
October 12, 2018
Stephen S. Rabinowitz is the firm's fourth senior hire in the practice in the last six months.
October 11, 2018
Manning Gross + Massenburg's tie-up with Kurowski Shultz will create a combined firm of over 100 attorneys in 14 offices spanning the country.
October 10, 2018
Latham hits a trifecta, and other takeaways from Mergermarket, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters' rankings for the first three quarters of 2018.
October 09, 2018
Charles Borden, who helped launch Allen & Overy's D.C. office in 2011, projects an "explosion" in his practice between now and the 2020 presidential election.
October 05, 2018
Documents also show a Schiff Hardin partner's $500-an-hour billings for digging into harassment allegations in the Illinois Legislature.
October 04, 2018
Average law firm billing rates are keeping pace with inflation, a report found, but the picture is worse for nonlawyers.
October 04, 2018
PwC landed in the No. 1 spot in a new ranking of alternative legal services providers' brand strength, and its peers were all in the top five.
October 02, 2018
"Almost every law firm we work with is actively considering its merger options in 2018," said Altman Weil consultant Eric Seeger.
October 02, 2018
Clifford Chance and DLA Piper were runners-up in the latest survey of law firm brand strength from Acritas.
October 02, 2018
Clifford Chance and DLA Piper were runners-up in the latest survey of law firm brand strength from Acritas.
October 01, 2018
Chief talent officer Alison Bernard said the firm wanted to move past "antiquated" distinctions between lawyers and business support staff, and also between genders.
September 30, 2018
Ten years ago, the Atlanta-based firm set out to scale the Am Law 50 and become an ultra-profitable, international law firm. So far, it’s working.
September 28, 2018
Governor Andrew Cuomo led a trade mission to Cuba, which resulted in the NY cancer institution testing the Cuban-developed lung cancer treatment CIMAvax.
September 28, 2018
The joint venture went from an Obama-era glimmer to a done deal despite tumultuous politics in both countries.
September 27, 2018
Real estate giant CBRE also thinks the time is ripe for firms to revive moves to consolidate administrative functions at what it calls "centers of excellence."
September 27, 2018
Real estate giant CBRE also thinks the time is ripe for firms to revive moves to consolidate administrative functions at what it calls "centers of excellence."
September 26, 2018
Noah Mamet has a relationship with the firm that goes back to his days as a Democratic Party operative in Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2018
Said one law firm managing partner: "I think they're going to go after everything eventually."
September 24, 2018
Said one law firm managing partner: "I think they're going to go after everything eventually."
September 24, 2018
Global law firms are increasingly looking beyond just Brazil and Mexico when they eye Latin American growth.
September 24, 2018
Revenues reached new heights in 2017 as Global 100 takes on more international flavour
September 24, 2018
Revenues reached new heights thanks to steady demand as the Global 100 took on a more international flavor.
September 21, 2018
The Wall Street firm's FinTech Foundry program is aimed not just at banks and startups, but also other companies that see applications for technologies like blockchain.
September 20, 2018
The Wall Street firm's FinTech Foundry program is aimed not just at banks and startups, but also other companies that see applications for technologies like blockchain.
September 20, 2018
International law firms are increasingly finding themselves cut off from key Russian clients
September 18, 2018
Business development company specialist Harry Pangas is the firm's fifth senior-level hire in the nation's capital in 2018.
September 18, 2018
The expansion into Washington gives the firm two new practice leaders and a federal lobbying presence.
September 18, 2018
The expansion into Washington gives the firm two new practice leaders and a federal lobbying presence.
The American Lawyer |Analysis |News
September 17, 2018
International firms are finding themselves cut off from key Russian clients, and they're coping with increasing homegrown competition. But some are equipped to ride out the storm.
September 14, 2018
The global firm said it had no role in the Brazilian firm's addition of a lawyer still employed as a federal prosecutor to a conglomerate's defense team—a move that allegedly put a $3.18 billion settlement in question.
September 13, 2018
The Twitch founder, whose New Law venture Atrium just raised $65 million, says his company can make legal services more efficient for clients and more "meaningful" for lawyers.
The American Lawyer |News |Q&A
September 12, 2018
The Twitch founder, whose New Law venture Atrium just raised $65 million, says his company can make legal services more efficient for clients and more "meaningful" for lawyers.
September 12, 2018
Following stints at the Justice Department and on the federal bench in Manhattan, Forrest said she was "thrilled" to be rejoining her former firm.
September 12, 2018
Atrium, which bills itself as a tech-powered platform providing flat-fee legal services to the startup community, is receiving investment from Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz.
September 11, 2018
With big new infusions from Andreessen Horowitz and others, San Francisco-based Atrium and Toronto's Kira Systems are the latest New Law ventures to win VC's attention.
September 11, 2018
Once Littler Mendelson's tie-up with 20-attorney employment boutique Reliance is complete, the firm will have a presence in six European countries.
September 10, 2018
A dozen major law firms have already signed on to a seven-point pledge that the ABA hopes the whole industry will embrace.
September 10, 2018
A dozen major law firms have already signed on to a seven-point pledge that the ABA hopes the whole industry will embrace.
September 06, 2018
The international firm's new intelligence and strategic services group draws on over 50 attorneys and security experts and will be led by its chief global security officer.
September 05, 2018
The international firm's new intelligence and strategic services group draws on over 50 attorneys and security experts and will be led by its chief global security officer.
September 05, 2018
Akin Gump Moscow rainmaker takes team to launch new firm amid pressure on Russian clients
September 05, 2018
Ilya Rybalkin, who reportedly had some $20 million in business last year, is launching a 13-lawyer independent firm as a result of a tightening international regulatory landscape.
August 27, 2018
The firm announced the arrival of David Stepp from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on a big day for trade that also saw President Donald Trump tout an agreement with Mexico to revamp NAFTA.
August 22, 2018
Mary Ann Hynes was a trailblazer for women in the GC suite. She's passed on what she knows to as many women as she can.
August 20, 2018
Law firms that can combine strong traditional investigations practices with #MeToo-era savvy are especially in demand.
August 20, 2018
The slow volume of legal work owes as much to hurdles put in place by the Cuban government as the Trump administration's policy reversal, but the island's draft constitution could change the trade equation.
August 17, 2018
The tie-up with Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly is the culmination of a strategy that has added affiliates in Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico
August 15, 2018
The tie-up with Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly is the culmination of a strategy that has added affiliates in Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
August 14, 2018
Three shareholders and one of counsel attorney have come on board, two of whom joined Husch Blackwell in 2014 when it absorbed a local health care-focused firm.
August 14, 2018
Since the passage of the Trump tax plan in December, Tully Rinckey has both opened up a new office in Dublin and restructured its American operations.
August 13, 2018
Since the passage of the Trump tax plan in December, Tully Rinckey has both opened up a new office in Dublin and restructured its American operations.
August 09, 2018
The Debevoise partner, named last week to help lead CBS' probe into harassment allegations against Leslie Moonves, is also investigating failure-to-report claims against Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer.
August 08, 2018
The Debevoise partner, named last week to help lead CBS' probe into harassment allegations against Leslie Moonves, is also investigating failure-to-report claims against Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer.
August 06, 2018
City National Bank, part of Royal Bank of Canada, has its sights set on lending to the biggest law firms in the country.
Delaware Business Court Insider |News
August 02, 2018
CBS Corp. has tapped Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton to conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by CEO Leslie Moonves, naming two former prosecutors to lead the probe.
August 01, 2018
A finalized union of Miami-based Broad and Cassel and Nelson Mullins supercharges the Southeast-focused Am Law 100 firm, which now boasts 25 offices up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
August 01, 2018
A finalized union with Florida's Broad and Cassel supercharges the Southeast-focused Am Law 100 firm, which now boasts 25 offices up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
July 31, 2018
New business development strategies are taking hold in the legal industry, but turning lawyers into better marketers remains a challenge.
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November 29, 2018
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