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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | April 18, 2007
The resurgence of big-ticket M&A will please many partners because the work runs throughout their entire practices, stimulating demand for several different services. Yet structural change can also have a traumatic effect on cash flow. There can be few events more disruptive than a key client becoming the subject of a merger or acquisition. Longstanding relationships can be lost as senior contacts move or lose out in organisational change; some practices lose lucrative contracts as work is consolidated under suppliers favoured by acquirers; others lose places on client panels.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | April 18, 2007
When it comes to electronic discovery - the process of producing digital information as part of a legal matter - ignorance is no longer bliss. The massive volume of enterprise data located in file systems, applications, pre-primary storage and archives can be discoverable at any time.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | April 18, 2007
Barristers' chambers have an inherently complex offering. Essentially, chambers are communicating experience, knowledge and people. This raises the question of how best they present that offering.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | April 4, 2007
The legal sector labour market is experiencing the same demographic squeeze as other intellectual capital sectors - and this trend is set to worsen. In addition, employee attrition in some firms is unacceptably high at 20%-25%.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 28, 2007
With the evenings getting lighter and the days lengthening, this time of year always seems to present things in a fresh light. In the past few weeks we have talked to a number of law firms that want to experience something similar. While they may have great clients, those clients tend to call on their advisers only for certain expertise.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 21, 2007
Obtaining new fee income has become an integral part of legal life for every partner and manager. Not only must one be an expert in a chosen field of law, it is also necessary to develop additional sales skills to guarantee a steady stream of new instructions in an increasingly competitive legal environment.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 21, 2007
For those who have never attended LegalTech in New York, it is like so many other things in the US - big. The organisers of this conference, at which lawyers and legal professionals meet the providers of their IT technology, estimated that the 26th annual event, held at the end of January, was attended by more than 11,000 people over the three days, browsing more than 250 exhibitor stands and attending some of the 50 or so presentations.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 21, 2007
In connection with the 'cash for peerages' scandal, there were a number of mentions in the press about secondary email systems, following rumours about the existence of such a system within Downing Street. Do secondary email systems exist? How do they work and why are they used? And what should lawyers and regulators know about disclosure of evidence from them?
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 14, 2007
Anyone with teenage children will appreciate the problems in understanding exactly what makes them tick - and it seems that graduate recruitment is suffering from a similar syndrome. Since today's graduate recruitment partners were students, the economics and philosophy of higher education have changed radically, which in turn has significantly altered the outlook and priorities of students and graduates. These are the main findings of the inaugural Legal Week Intelligence Student Survey, which questioned more than 2,000 students at the Russell Group of leading UK universities, from which the vast majority of trainees are hired by commercial firms.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 14, 2007
In his article 'Leading from the middle' (Legal Week, 15 February, 2007), Tony Angel made the distinction between leadership and management and identified the role of the law firm managing partner as having three basic objectives:
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By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board of The American Lawyer | February 28, 2018
We call for the industry to avoid silence when witnessing harassment and hold perpetrators—no matter how big a book of business—accountable.
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By Charles Toutant | February 27, 2018
A lawyer has been accused in an Essex County discrimination suit of blurting out a profanity when she learned her associate was pregnant. But the defendant says she's being sued because she resisted allowing an attorney in her firm to work on a part-time basis.
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By Jason Grant | February 27, 2018
Newkirk's monthlong fraud trial in late 2015 drew headlines across a broad spectrum of New York press and many lawyers followed its twists and turns.
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By Meghan Tribe | February 27, 2018
Cahill Gordon & Reindel, which saw a rare prominent partner departure in 2017, rode a robust capital market to a second straight year of financial growth.
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By Lidia Dinkova | February 27, 2018
Developer Fortune International Realty denies allegations that it siphoned off profits by feeding funds to affiliates.
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By David Gialanella | February 27, 2018
McGovern credits technology, a change of scene and "goal-oriented" nonlawyer staff for a firm he says is well-prepared for the future.
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By Ryan Lovelace | February 27, 2018
The firm cracked half-a-billion dollars in gross revenues amid a leadership change last year.
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By Gina Passarella Cipriani | February 27, 2018
With an eye on efficiency, firms are ditching old methods for a more corporate form of governance.
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By Miriam Rozen | February 27, 2018
When it comes to hourly billing rates, the largest firms have pulled even farther ahead.
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By Alex Berry | February 27, 2018
Fiona Carlin, managing partner of the firm's European and competition practice and chair of its global and antitrust practice, will lead the integrated business.
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