Dan Packel
Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
October 19, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: The News Cycle Heats Up, and an Am Law 50 Firm Sticks Its Neck OutFirms are under increasing pressure to take a public stance on hot-button issues, and confronted with two of these, Winston & Strawn leaned in.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
October 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer
Quinn Emanuel Fights to Depose Foley & Lardner CEO in $2M Dispute Over LeClairRyan FeesThe firms are at odds because Quinn Emanuel partners Erika Morabito and Brittany Nelson began the contingency-based representation of LeClairRyan's bankruptcy trustee as partners at Foley & Lardner.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
October 12, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Who Needs a 50-State Law Firm?A personal injury giant and a litigation defense shop are both touting their scale, offering clients lawyers from Alabama to Wyoming.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
October 05, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: A Spotlight on Travails in the Legal Recruiting WorldOne high-end New York headhunter got sued over a lateral who left less than three months into a new placement, while Major Lindsey & Africa is expecting to face sexual misconduct claims from a former recruiter.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
September 28, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Lawyers Must Balance Caution and Curiosity in Confronting Gen AI"It's going to be necessary for lawyers to figure out how over the next 10 years and we need to lean in," said Philip Goodin, executive vice president of the litigation services business unit at Integreon.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
September 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer
The New Normal?All five articles from our series about the future of in-office work in the legal industry.
By Dan Packel
2 minute read
September 14, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Don't Call It A Compensation GuaranteePaul Weiss may not like to categorize its pledges to new laterals as "guarantees" but the standard of specifying fixed compensation to new recruits is well established. Still, partners receiving multiple years are in rarified air.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
September 08, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: What I've Learned About the New NormalThe office remains indivisible from the law firm experience, even after several years that demonstrated that, on a certain level, the work can get done from anywhere.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
August 31, 2023 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: The Generation Gap in Big Law Is Real, but It's Broader TooGuess who made which damning statement about Gen Z.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
August 29, 2023 | The American Lawyer
After Ripping 'Unseemly' Deal Between LeClairRyan Founder and Trustee, Judge OKs Updated Settlement"While the meteoric rise and fall of LeClairRyan PLLC may have been extraordinary, LeClair's personal avarice does not translate into a circumstance worthy of vacating this court's opinion," the judge wrote.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
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