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New York Law Journal

How New York's Top Boutiques Are Staying Competitive in Associate Compensation and Retention

Many New York-based boutiques—like Holwell Shuster & Goldberg and Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna—are staying close to or on the Cravath scale to be able to compete with firms like Kirkland & Ellis for the best associates.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Sizing Up a Potential Trump Presidency, Some Big Law Practices Turn to Political Crystal Ball

"I feel like I'm being looked to as a political prognosticator," said one Hogan Lovells regulatory partner.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Five Years of A-List Firms: The Stalwarts, the Sinkers and the Subsumed

A handful of the top firms from 2019 remain there, but just as many have fallen out of the top 20 entirely, and a couple of them don't even technically exist anymore.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Bucks Plus Big Responsibility? A-List Firms Are Finding Balance—and Scores Aren't Getting Any Lower

Growth can limit flexibility. But the average A-List score this year is the highest it's been in at least the last five years.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal-Ops Professionals Grapple With Power Struggles Among Legal Teams and AI Adoption

All 200 legal-operations professionals responding to a survey experienced tensions with their legal teams due to conflicting power dynamics and decision-making authority.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

As It Stands: Who's Leading the UK Top 50 Law Firm Revenue Race?

An up-to-date table showing the performance of all the law firms to have announced results so far.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Private Fund Advisers Still on SEC's Radar Despite Vacated Rule

The agency "could increase enforcement actions based on the rules that they already have on their books," said Teresa Goody Guillen, a partner at Baker & Hostetler.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Firm Transparency Issues Have GCs 'Fed Up'—And It's Not Just Billing

"The first time that I'm aware that an attorney is working on my file shouldn't be when I get the bill," one GC said.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI to Redefine Paralegal Role, Imperiling Some Practitioners, Turbocharging Careers of Others

"It's not completely taking over my oversight and judgment," Luigi Caldeira, a senior paralegal at Greenberg Traurig, said. "Rather, it's an added feature to increase my productivity and allow me more time to focus on the big stuff."
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Merger Prospects Alive But Dwindling for Burns & Levinson

The midsize firm could act as another firm's entrance point to Boston, but an aging partnership, low leverage, rate-constrained practices and a major lease obligation present challenges.
6 minute read

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