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Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
July 2, 2020 | The Recorder
Caren Ulrich Stacy, CEO of San Francisco-based Diversity Lab, had worried that participation would drop as firms focused their attention on the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis. But the result was quite the opposite.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
June 30, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Strong finances and a willingness to invest for the future have kept some firms active in the lateral market, despite growing uncertainty over the financial impact of the coronavirus.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
June 25, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Faced with an expanding field of competitors, law firms are branching out, forming ancillary businesses that they hope can help them secure a place in the growing market for alternative legal services.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
June 24, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Holland & Hart, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Fried Frank are the latest firms looking to reduce personnel costs, via a combination of voluntary buyouts and mandatory pay cuts.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
June 23, 2020 | The American Lawyer
In the midst of an economic crisis, the traditional operating model, in which firms strip the balance sheet clean at the end of each fiscal year, distributing all the profits to the partnership and starting fresh, looks more and more like a liability.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
May 26, 2020 | The American Lawyer
The 2008 recession caused claims to skyrocket. Expect the same to follow for the next few years.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
May 13, 2020 | The American Lawyer
A restaurant vet himself, Riley Lagesen connected Fieri and Murray for this Friday's Nacho Average Showdown to raise money for food industry workers hit hard by the pandemic.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
April 17, 2020 | The American Lawyer
The reductions, for U.S. partners, attorneys, and staff, will hit the firm's mostly highly compensated partners hardest, with cuts "much higher" than 20%.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
March 27, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Kirkland & Ellis and others are joining the City Bar Justice Center to roll out a pilot in New York, and the Lawyers for Good Government Foundation will provide national assistance in the effort to guide small business owners on how to access government support.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
March 26, 2020 | The American Lawyer
"This is not your normal cyclical event," one industry consultant said of the COVID-19 crisis, and law firm leaders are taking action.
By David Thomas | Dan Packel
1 minute read
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