By Lawrence R. Jones | October 30, 2017
The importance of thorough preparation strongly supports the scheduling of at least one detailed face-to-face meeting in counsel's office, to focus on the anticipated settlement conference itself.
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By Lizzy McLellan | October 23, 2017
After years of complacency about their business model and the pipeline for talent, there's a reason law firms are so worried about managing the millennial generation.
By Lawrence R. Jones | October 23, 2017
Successful settlements arise most easily when all parties treat each other cordially and respectfully -- advise your client what to expect.
By Brian Baxter | September 29, 2017
The two firms, which have partnered up on Chapter 11 cases for Gymboree and Gordmans, have now submitted court papers showing how much they intend to charge—and have already been paid—for their roles representing another ailing retailer. Another bankrupt Kirkland client paid $47.5 million to the firm within the past year.
By Meghan Tribe | September 19, 2017
From bikes to trains to video games, a quartet of large law firms led by Kirkland & Ellis is advising on the Chapter 11 case of toy retail giant Toys “R” Us Inc., which became the latest in a string of struggling brick-and-mortar retailers to file for bankruptcy this year.
By Miriam Rozen | August 16, 2017
New billing models are about to sweep the industry, according to one law firm leader who says alternative fees helped catapult his firm onto The Am Law 200 just 14 years after he founded it.
By Vivia Chen, The Careerist | July 25, 2017
Maybe it's because I get jaded easily, but I just can't get myself excited that the legal profession is really getting on the stick about diversity or women.
By Mia V. Stollen and Kelley Rutkowski | July 24, 2017
A client's disclosure of unfavorable or potentially damaging information to his attorney in a confidential setting does not automatically prevent the disclosure of that information.
By Hugh A. Simons | July 12, 2017
The dangerous path Big Law is headed down and what it has to do to change course.
By Jonathan P. Holtz | July 3, 2017
When legal fees outpace the recovery to the client, it can give rise to serious implications under New Jersey's RPCs.
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