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Want to Drive an Electric Vehicle? In Australia, Law Firms Aim to Retain Talent With Appealing Perks

By Christopher Niesche | July 5, 2023

The crazed competition for talent at Australian law firms has died down since last year. But firms are now focused on retaining talent.

4 minute read

International Edition

Goodwin Performance Reviews Lead to Cuts, as Midyear Reviews Increase

By Jessie Yount | June 28, 2023

Sources confirmed cuts at Goodwin that coincided with the firm's midyear review process this week.

4 minute read
International Edition

The Top Law Firms for LGBTQ+ Representation in the UK, 2023

By Charlotte Johnstone | June 26, 2023

Though a handful of firms have consistently performed well year on year, the sector as a whole is struggling to improve its numbers.

4 minute read

International Edition

Perkins Coie Defers Incoming Corporate Associates

By Jessie Yount | June 22, 2023

Corporate associates will receive a $15,000 stipend and begin in January. Perkins, which has offices in Asia as well as in the U.S., is the latest of several tech-oriented law firms to defer its incoming class.

2 minute read
International Edition

'A Huge Concern': Big Law Leaders Grappling With Attorney Disengagement

By Andrew Maloney | June 22, 2023

"We can't just measure ourselves on billable hours," said Paul Schmidt, chair of Baker & Hostetler. "In the long run, engagement is important, and we've got to get people engaged."

5 minute read
International Edition

Layoffs Are Spreading. After All, There's Only So Much Work to Go Around

By Justin Henry | Jessie Yount | June 20, 2023

A patchy corporate market has created a mismatch between staffing and demand levels at several law firms with broader client bases that stretch beyond the tech sector.

6 minute read
International Edition

'The Power Is Going Back to the Law Firms': Only Modest Pay Hikes Likely at Australian Firms in the Coming Year

By Christopher Niesche | June 14, 2023

The lower raises come after two years of outsized pay increases.

4 minute read
International Edition

Associates Making the Leap In-House: Do You Know Where You'll Land?

By Nathan Peart and Jerry Temko, Major, Lindsey & Africa | June 14, 2023

Associates should be mindful that in-house lawyers are not guaranteed a 40-hour week, sometimes working as many hours as law firm associates.

5 minute read
International Edition

Baker McKenzie Snags Paul Hastings' Former Latin America Head, Along With Team of Partners and Associates

By Amy Guthrie | June 13, 2023

Former Paul Hastings Latin America practice head Michael Fitzgerald, who is considered a pioneering U.S.-based lawyer in Latin America, is moving to Baker McKenzie along with two long-time collaborators, partners Joy Gallup and Arturo Carrillo, a counsel and several associates.

3 minute read
International Edition

Orrick Lays Off Attorneys and Staff, Defers Incoming Class

By Jessie Yount | June 13, 2023

The firm is letting go of about 40 associates and 50 staff members due to reduced client demand in some areas and the impact of technology, data and the evolving workplace on the type of support it needs to operate.

2 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Jan. 3, 2024—Panitch Schwarze, Kleinbard

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | January 3, 2024

Intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel announce that Ikenna C. Ejimonyeugwo and Ava Lutz joined the firm as associates, focusing their practices on patent law.

3 minute read
Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Promotes 46 to Partner, Boosting Corporate, Litigation Practices

By Alexander Lugo | January 2, 2024

Holland & Knight announced its latest round of partner promotions, reflecting a slight decrease in partner promotions compared to last year and a sharper focus on northeast markets.

2 minute read
International Edition

Senior Partners—Retention, Not Cyber Crime, Is Your Biggest Issue in 2024

By Krishnan Nair | January 1, 2024

Cyber threats are real and dangerous—but good old fashioned retention is number one, and goes to the very heart of your firm's success and survival, writes The Global Lawyer.

5 minute read
New York Law Journal

Attorneys 'On the Move': Harter Secrest Adds Environmental Law Partner; New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Names New Co-Directors of Health Justice Program

By Patricia Kane | December 29, 2023

And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

4 minute read
Daily Report Online

Bondurant Mixson's Unprecedented 11th Circuit Streak: 5 Attorneys Leading Oral Arguments in 4 Days

By Mason Lawlor | December 28, 2023

"Associates get a lot of responsibility at the outset," Matthew Sellers, a fifth-year associate at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, told the Daily Report. "I think this may be the honly anti-terrorism case we have, so it may be unusual in that respect, but it's not at all unusual for associates to get put on big cases and work closely with partners on moving them along."

5 minute read
Pro Mid Market

2023 Was The Year Of Generative AI Speculation. What Did We Learn?

By Justin Henry | December 27, 2023

Law.com Pro Mid Market compiled the most significant insights we learned this year on the emerging use of AI at law firms.

7 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Dec. 27, 2023—Capehart Scatchard, Sweet Stevens

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | December 27, 2023

Over the past several weeks, Capehart Scatchard attorneys and staff have been donating toys, clothes, gift cards, entertainment tickets, and household items listed on the "Holiday Wish List" provided to the firm by the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey (RMHSNJ).

3 minute read
The American Lawyer

Ex-Kirkland Associate Asks Court to Quash Firm's 'Invasive' Probe of Work History at Paul Hastings, Fish & Richardson

By Justin Henry | December 26, 2023

Plaintiff Zoya Kovalenko's original complaint against drew notice for inadvertently including comments that highlighted perceived weaknesses in her argument.

5 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

PLW People in the News—Dec. 26, 2023—Flaster Greenberg, Hofstein Weiner

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | December 26, 2023

Hongyu Wong joined Flaster Greenberg in early November as an associate in the firm's intellectual property department and patent practice group.

2 minute read
Delaware Law Weekly

12 Morris Nichols Associates Admitted to Practice in Delaware

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | December 26, 2023

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell congratulated 12 lawyers associated with the firm who were admitted to practice in Delaware in December 2023.

1 minute read

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