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Lisa Shuchman
Paul Hodkinson
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International Edition | Commentary
Legal Industry Disruptions and Unchartered Territory: The War in Ukraine, Asia Pacific Shifts and Return-to-Work Policies Ignored
By Lisa Shuchman | May 8, 2022
This week's Global Lawyer highlights some of the forces the legal industry has had to negotiate, as well as some of the big stories of the past week.
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The Global Lawyer: The Am Law 100 is Here | Asia's Pre-Eminent Dealmaker | Russian 'Exits'
By Krishnan Nair | May 2, 2022
From the biggest firms to the greatest dealmakers—our coverage last week had it all.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Fight For the Right To Provide Advice
By Paul Hodkinson | April 24, 2022
The Global Lawyer: The 'even pariahs have rights' argument assumes in it that lawyers themselves will follow the rules. But do they always follow the rules? Plus: The Final Straw for Hong Kong
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International Edition | Commentary
Is This the Legal Industry's Time for Renewal?
By Lisa Shuchman | April 19, 2022
Spring seems to have finally arrived, and people of different faiths have all been observing celebrations of liberation and renewal. But this year, many around the world are unable to celebrate the sentiments the holidays symbolize. This week's Global Lawyer discusses how the legal industry is trying to ease some of the world's suffering—but still inflicts pain on itself.
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International Edition | Commentary
Big Law Firms Are Making Fortune 500 Revenues
By Krishnan Nair | April 11, 2022
The Global Lawyer: As law firms enter the realm of the world's largest companies, women are poised to lead.
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International Edition | Commentary
Is the Legal World Changing Course?
By Lisa Shuchman | April 4, 2022
The Global Lawyer examines what it takes for the legal community to make a course correction and finds that it has the capacity to do and be so much more.
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International Edition | Commentary
It's Impossible For Law Firms to be Totally Apolitical
By Paul Hodkinson | March 27, 2022
The Global Lawyer: As much as law firms try to remain apolitical, they can often find they are judged to have picked a side even by trying to stay out of the debate. They choose by not choosing.
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International Edition | Commentary
Ukraine Has Changed the World. Has It Also Changed Law Firms?
By Lisa Shuchman | March 21, 2022
The global footprint of international law firms has gotten a bit smaller because of the war in Ukraine. Their focus on identity and purpose seems, for the moment, to have gotten a bit bigger. But has it?
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Goodbye, Russia
By Krishnan Nair | March 14, 2022
The Global Lawyer: The Moscow exodus we witnessed last week, though complex and messy, was necessary.
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International Edition | Commentary
Don't Be on the Wrong Side of History
By Krishnan Nair | March 7, 2022
The Global Lawyer: Big Law struggles with morals. But as the last week has shown, the days of firms sitting back and saying 'we are just doing our job' are long gone—a moral recalibration is afoot.
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