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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
March 12, 2020 | The American Lawyer
There's no sign yet of panicked hiring freezes, and offers are already out for the newest crop of associates. But the situation is evolving quickly, and even if it's very unlike the Great Recession, the pandemic is bound to affect the legal job market.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
January 24, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Washington, D.C., is already the sole jurisdiction in the U.S. that allows nonlawyers to partner in law firms. Now a bar committee will consider going even farther.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
October 2, 2019 | The Recorder
Partner Vanina Guerrero alleges that after Louis Lehot, the co-managing partner of the DLA's Silicon Valley office, recruited her to the firm in 2018, he forced himself on her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct that the firm is forcing her to litigate in secret.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
September 24, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Houston-based Jennifer Cafferty Patton, who comes to Foley from Vinson & Elkins, is joining the ranks of C-level talent managers in Big Law.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
September 18, 2019 | The American Lawyer
The Susman Godfrey founder said his firm was at the vanguard of financing commercial claims. He had some advice for the growing set of investors in the field, along with skepticism about Big Law's ability to get the work right.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 27, 2019 | The American Lawyer
The state's Supreme Court has been presented with a set of recommendations that would significantly overhaul how lawyers and legal businesses in the state are regulated.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
July 24, 2019 | The American Lawyer
The multistate moves mark the latest in a string of exits from LeClairRyan in recent months and will bring Fox Rothschild a new office in Northern Virginia.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
July 11, 2019 | Law.com
Here's why Kirkland & Ellis' announcement that it's "doubling down" on plaintiff's side contingency-fee litigation is worth your attention.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
July 8, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Pittsburgh-based Douglas Cameron, previously global chairman of the firm's litigation department, replaces Michael Pollack, who is retiring at the end of the year.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
July 8, 2019 | The American Lawyer
The D.C. Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit that sought to wrest $90 billion in fines and penalties from four chemical companies—and to set up a $27 billion windfall for Kasowitz Benson Torres.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
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