Dan Packel
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
May 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Fast-Growing Kobre & Kim Adds Lawyers in NY, Asia, London, DCA key part of the firm's model is finding former federal prosecutors eager to work on the ground in foreign jurisdictions.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 23, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Fast-Growing Kobre & Kim Adds Lawyers in Asia, London, NY, DCA key part of the firm's model is finding former federal prosecutors eager to work on the ground in foreign jurisdictions.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 22, 2018 | International Edition
K&L Gates Adds Arbitration Partner in DubaiPartner Jonathan Sutcliffe, who has been in the Middle East for eight years, comes to the firm from Baker Botts.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
May 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Sheila Birnbaum, 'Queen of Toxic Torts,' Leaves Quinn Emanuel for Dechert With 2 PartnersQuinn Emanuel pre-emptively announced Tuesday that Sheila Birnbaum, Mark Cheffo and Douglas Fleming are leaving the firm five years after they came aboard from Skadden.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 22, 2018 | The American Lawyer
'Queen of Toxic Torts' Sheila Birnbaum Leaves Quinn Emanuel for Dechert With 2 PartnersQuinn Emanuel pre-emptively announced Tuesday that Sheila Birnbaum, Mark Cheffo and Douglas Fleming are leaving the firm five years after they came aboard from Skadden.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 22, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Will Law Firms Be Ready When the Next Recession Hits?The bottom is eventually going to drop on the U.S. economy, and many law firms won't be positioned to handle the fallout.
By Dan Packel
17 minute read
May 22, 2018 | The American Lawyer
US, Global Law Firms Look to Ireland for 'Brexit Insurance Policy'DLA Piper just announced Ireland plans, and Covington & Burling and Dechert have attorneys on the ground. Experts expect other firms to follow.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 21, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Some Big Law Firms Hang On in Turbulent VenezuelaHogan Lovells has exited the reeling Latin American nation after 12 years, but other firms, including Baker McKenzie, aren't ready to abandon Venezuela yet.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 21, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Across the Atlantic, #MeToo Complaints Get CountedWhile lawyers in the U.S. and the U.K. have yet to feel the full effect of the #MeToo movement, the regulatory environment on the other side of the Atlantic may offer a more fertile ground for rooting out misconduct.
By Dan Packel
9 minute read
May 18, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Akerman, in Growth Mode, Beefs Up Chicago OfficeThe Florida-based firm, which added three new partners in Chicago from Hinshaw & Culbertson and Seyfarth Shaw, has grown sevenfold in the Windy City since opening there in 2014.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
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