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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
August 19, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Affinity groups, outside resources and flexibility in work arrangements are on the table, while some leaders are promising to be understanding when it comes to billing requirements.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 17, 2020 | The American Lawyer
A DLA Piper spokesman confirmed that Douglas Emhoff, a litigator in the firm's Los Angeles office, is in the process of transitioning his clients to different attorneys in the firm.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 14, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Nancy Lynn Perkins said that she was terminated shortly after returning from brain surgery, while a number of other over 55-year-olds in the firm's litigation support department were also let go.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 14, 2020 | The Recorder
The changes, which come alongside similar discussions in California, Arizona, Illinois and the District of Columbia, have been billed as a solution to the legal system's failure to provide representation to poor, working-class and middle-class Americans.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 12, 2020 | The Recorder
"The excitement of Kamala being selected is going to increase funding, increase other support, because we are just so thrilled that we're seeing a Biden-Harris ticket," said Jonathan Henes, a Kirkland partner.
By Christine Simmons | Dan Packel
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August 12, 2020 | The Recorder
Distributed, or virtual, firms are attracting Am Law 100 talent as the model is an increasingly compelling draw for attorneys who are now questioning the value of paying for a traditional firm's overhead.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
August 6, 2020 | The American Lawyer
Katharine Moir spent two decades at Simpson Thacher before her return to the firm where she spent her first two years out of law school.
By Dan Packel
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August 4, 2020 | The Recorder
In its first guidance on the booming tool since 2012, the group urged lawyers working with outside funders to be exacting and detail all arrangements in writing. But they stopped short of saying the arrangements should be disclosed to the court.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
July 21, 2020 | The Recorder
All of this interest, among firms of different shapes and sizes, indicates the competitiveness of the California legal marketplace and the exceptional vitality of the state's economy even in the midst of a pandemic, particularly in the Bay Area.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
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
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