Dan Packel surveys the new competitive pressures on law firms and how their managers are coping, plus insights on the tactics and tech employed by would-be disruptors.
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By Dan Packel | January 25, 2024
A new book by sociologist and former Wilmer associate Kevin Woodson sheds light on two recent cases in the news by highlighting the "racial discomfort" that Black employees experience in predominantly white workplaces.
By Dan Packel | January 21, 2024
It's one thing to prioritize "better business" over "more business," but the real challenge is identifying what that "better business" looks like.
By Dan Packel | January 11, 2024
A recent survey of law firm leaders looked at the biggest burning issues for the coming year. Respondents honed on perennial concerns, rather than fresh existential threats.
By Dan Packel | January 4, 2024
After FisherBroyles ramped up quickly to become the first distributed firm in the Am Law 200, it lost roughly half its lawyers to a spinoff. But there's a surprising lack of rancor surrounding the exodus.
By Dan Packel | December 14, 2023
Applying the rising technology to client-facing work may be a fraught discussion, but firms can look to incorporate it in other areas of their operations.
By Dan Packel | December 8, 2023
Attorneys who've already abandoned the brick-and-mortar model are likely committed to their new way of work even with uncertainty facing the most established distributed firm. But most others seem content with hybrid work.
By Dan Packel | November 30, 2023
New York attorneys as a whole are making more use of their offices than other white collar workers in the region. But law firm occupancy trails Chicago and Houston.
By Dan Packel | November 16, 2023
Whether or not the New York firm opts to match associate raises announced by Milbank earlier this month will have an outsized impact on the behavior of the rest of the market.
By Dan Packel | November 10, 2023
One leading alternative legal service provider is playing the long game when it comes to broader reforms to law firm ownership regulations.
By Dan Packel | November 2, 2023
Changes in Arizona have yet to cause a real shakeup, but there's one type of law firm that sees promise in the possibilities unleashed by the 2021 reforms.
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