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January 21, 2011 |

How CEOs Assess the Performance of Their Lawyers; or Why It's Good to Say Thanks for the Coffee

OK, let's just ignore the irony that this post about assessment of lawyers' performance is written by a lawyer shall we? Yes? Phew, all right, that's good ...
5 minute read
October 23, 2009 |

Major U.K. Firms Cut Back Profit Payouts Amid Tough Markets

A growing number of U.K. firms are either holding back or reducing partner profit distributions as a result of the recession. Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper have both withheld profit distributions in recent months. Pinsent has withheld its last two quarterly profit distributions, with the firm attributing the "profits distribution holiday" to a series of management responses to the recession. DLA held back its August distribution firmwide and has yet to decide on its next payment, due in November.
3 minute read
August 08, 2007 |

Thelen Demolishes U.K. Joint Venture

Thelen Reid and Britain's Pinsent Masons are breaking up their combined construction law entity, but they promise to keep in touch and stay best friends forever.
3 minute read
December 06, 2011 |

How to kill the holiday party fun

With so many rules, and so little fun the Carriest wonders what happened to the raucous holiday party?
3 minute read
January 25, 2012 |

More U.K. Law Firms Assess Plans to Convert to Alternative Business Structure

Hill Dickinson and Kennedys are the latest top 50 U.K. law firms to confirm plans to convert to an alternative business structure, which permits non-lawyer ownership of law firms. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has received 65 applications from law firms and non-legal companies to convert to an ABS in the two weeks since it began taking applications Jan. 3.
4 minute read
October 10, 2008 |

Ten Legal Podcasts to Keep You Informed

When attorney Robert J. Ambrogi revisited his last podcast column, he found five of the 10 fell off the digital airwaves. But after surveying the current crop, he deems legal podcasting alive and well. Here are the latest 10 podcasts he views as essential to legal professionals.
6 minute read
November 23, 2009 |

Eight More U.K. Top 30 Firms Size Up Legal Outsourcing Moves

Some of London's leading law firms are considering outsourcing legal work as increasing numbers of firms look to cut costs by using external providers. Linklaters, SJ Berwin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna are among the eight. Camerons and SJ Berwin have yet to identify which areas they would like to outsource, while Linklaters is considering sending some document review, due diligence, contract development and legal research functions to an outside provider.
3 minute read
March 21, 2012 |

Linklaters Named Strongest U.K. Law Firm Brand

Linklaters has the strongest brand of any U.K. law firm, according to this year's Superbrands list of the country's top 500 business brands. In usurping rival Clifford Chance as the highest-placed law firm, Linklaters rose 13 places from its spot on last year's list to rank 175th.
2 minute read
August 30, 2013 |

Dan Guildford Promoted to GC of Financial Times

The London-based Financial Times has promoted Dan Guildford, a senior legal counsel at the business-news organization, to be its new general counsel.
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