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By Stephanie Barrett, Herbert Smith Freehills | May 5, 2021
Herbert Smith Freehills' Stephanie Barrett argues that alternative legal services are more essential than ever, and the pandemic has shown that.
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By Meganne Tillay | May 4, 2021
The firm is restructuring its secretarial function in London.
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By Simon Lock | April 26, 2021
The firm expects its 15 offices to be at 50% capacity at the end of June when U.K. lockdown restrictions are lifted.
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By Simon Lock | April 26, 2021
The move comes less than a year after the U.K. listed firm shuttered its Singapore base as part of a global restructure.
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By Meganne Tillay | April 23, 2021
The firm is the latest to reward its people for their efforts during the crisis.
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By Simon Lock | April 23, 2021
While its investments in the U.S. appear to be paying off, the firm did, however, experience downturns in Asia and the Middle East, the latest accounts show.
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By Gail J. Cohen | April 22, 2021
In-person and virtual hearings in Ontario are being deferred until at least May 7.
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By Jennigay Coetzer | April 21, 2021
The firm has abandoned its plans for a Johannesburg legal support centre in the same week it lost its regional managing partner to a rival.
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By Meganne Tillay | April 20, 2021
The visualisation tool will help the firm's lawyers produce structure diagrams and steps plans.
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By Simon Lock | April 16, 2021
The firm is the latest to introduce new training schemes outside of the traditional legal sphere.
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By Jessie Yount | November 13, 2023
AI isn't the first technology to disrupt the legal industry, but it's driving a faster pace of change and altering the law firm-legal department relationship, legal analysts report.
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By Colleen Murphy | November 9, 2023
"Basically, the affidavits in support of the motion to vacate alleged a miscommunication between Polymer's counsel and his legal assistant, who was in the process of leaving his firm, and the failure of the assistant to calendar the deadline for filing a motion for trial," Judge Robert Gross wrote for the court.
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By Anthony Davies | November 8, 2023
Hoteling has a negative connotation in the legal industry as little has been done to make the experience reliable and something to look forward to. The fact is, hoteling has worked very well in other industries for many years, and lessons learned here can help law firms.
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By Trudy Knockless | November 6, 2023
"Very quickly in the process, after they asked me whether I wanted to do this, I started asking myself why I wouldn't do this. And I didn't have a good answer to that question," said Akshay Verma, SpotDraft's newly hired COO.
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By ALM Staff | October 27, 2023
We salute these law firms and lawyers for their success in their perspective fields.
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By Alex Anteau | October 26, 2023
"We decline to burden trial courts with a duty to police ostensibly hyperbolic or inventive language between opposing counsel in their professional discourse," Judge Todd Markle wrote in the opinion.
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By Cliff Rieders | October 26, 2023
Plaintiff Zachary Greenberg is a Pennsylvania-licensed attorney who regularly gives continuing legal education presentations about First Amendment protections for offensive speech. His presentations involve quoting offensive language from judicial opinions and discussing arguably controversial topics. Greenberg fears his speech at these presentations will be interpreted as harassment or discrimination under the rule.
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By Rhys Dipshan | October 17, 2023
Harbor, which launched in August via the merger of several legal service providers, noted that the acquisition will expand its enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management (CLM), and legal operations capabilities.
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By Sharon Meit Abrahams | October 16, 2023
Training new partners helps them develop the necessary skills to become successful attorneys and eventually leaders in their firms. This investment demonstrates the commitment the firm has to the young partner which will reduce attrition and enhance engagement.
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By Brian Corbin and Joe Polizzotto | October 13, 2023
The PGA's legal expense burn rate begs the question of whether its leadership predicated a business strategy on a flawed legal operational foundation.
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Celebrate outstanding achievement in law firms, chambers, in-house legal departments and alternative business structures.
The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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Epstein Becker & Green is seeking an associate to joins its Commercial Litigation practice in our Columbus or Cincinnati offices. Ca...
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MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
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