Welcome to the Law Firm Disrupted, a briefing from Law.com editor Dan Packel that surveys new competitive pressures on law firms and how their managers are coping, plus insights on the tactics and tech employed by would-be disruptors. Have an opinion? Email me here. Want to be alerted to this dispatch in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here.

Our publications offer nothing if not a reminder that competition for top talent is extreme in the legal industry: not just the steady stream of lateral moves, but our recent reporting on brewing compensation battles.