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The American Lawyer

Who's at Risk Being Left Behind When Firms Return to the Office?

Associates, new partners and senior partners all have different reasons to want, or not want, to go back into the office. They also could face differing consequences if they don't.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

With Patience and PPP Money, Shutts & Bowen Finished 2020 With Characteristic Growth

The firm reported its 22nd consecutive year of revenue and net income growth while a $9.63 million PPP loan helped the firm avoid layoffs and widespread payouts.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Legal Jobs Multiply Following Historic Month in Dealmaking

February continued a trend of steady growth for the legal industry as the profession climbs out of its April 2020 trough.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law's 'Big Tech' Problem: Are You With Them or Against Them?

With the tech giants entering all manner of industries with increasing speed in Europe, major law firms may have to start picking sides with clients.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Its First Year Post-Merger, Faegre Drinker Kept Profits Steady

"We started the year as two firms, and despite all these circumstances that no one could have anticipated, we really ended the year as one firm," co-chair Tom Froehle said.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Procopio Posts Record Revenue After Year of Cuts, PPP Money and Resilient Clients

The San Diego firm's 2020 was an amalgam of prevailing trends in the Am Law 200: Layoffs in spring, a $5.5 million PPP loan, and surprisingly resilient clients that came through for a year of record revenue and 27% more income.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Firms Rallied in Response to the Pandemic, but How Long Can That Intensity Last?

For all the success Big Law had in 2020, in large part due to a common rallying cry, a new problem now comes into play: What happens when that unifying crisis is no longer there?
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why So Many Big Firms Had More Nonequity Partners in 2020

Firms are carefully thinking about who should be owners, and the pandemic complicated that question further.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Denver's Holland & Hart Hit Paydirt in the Pandemic

After years of stagnant revenue and dwindling head count, the 401-lawyer law firm posted a 10% jump in revenue and 12% more profits per partner as practices including corporate, M&A, intellectual property, and private wealth and tax saw high demand.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

With Retroactive 2-Year Suspension, Did Court 'Underplay' Gordon Caplan's Wrongdoing?

"The truth is if Mr. Caplan had not been someone who had a great [ethics] lawyer, and if he hadn't been from a white-shoe law firm, he may not" have ended up with a retroactive two-year license suspension from the First Department court, but rather could have received a harsher sanction, said University of Connecticut law professor Leslie Levin.
9 minute read

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