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 18, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Akerman, in Growth Mode, Beefs Up Chicago OfficeThe Miami-based law firm, which added three new partners in Chicago from Hinshaw & Culbertson and Seyfarth Shaw, has grown sevenfold in the Windy City since the opening in 2014.
By Dan Packel
3 minute read
May 17, 2018 | Delaware Law Weekly
Big Law Vets Open Blockchain Boutique, Add Del. DOJ LeaderA pair of former partners at Reed Smith and Hogan Lovells launched DLx Law earlier this month. They've now named their first new attorney, a top securities enforcer for the state of Delaware.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Big Law Vets Target Buzzy Blockchain for Growing BoutiqueA pair of former partners at Reed Smith and Hogan Lovells launched DLx Law earlier this month. They've now named their first new attorney who will split his time between Delaware and New York.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 17, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Big Law Vets Target Buzzy Blockchain for Growing BoutiqueA pair of former partners at Reed Smith and Hogan Lovells launched DLx Law earlier this month. They've now named their first new attorney, a top securities enforcer for the state of Delaware.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
May 15, 2018 | Legaltech News
Billable Hours for Promoting Legal Tech and Operations? That's Reed Smith's PlanThe newly adopted 'Innovation Hours' program initiative gives attorneys up to 50 hours of billable hour credits for putting time in new innovations.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 15, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Reed Smith 'Innovation Hours' Program Gives Credit for Non-Client WorkThe newly adopted initiative gives attorneys up to 50 hours of billable hour credits for putting time in new innovations.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 14, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Regulatory Regime Change Helps Axiom Put Its Promise to the TestAxiom's Chris DeConti said GDPR and Brexit can be “proof points” for the company's value as an alternative to traditional law firms.
By Dan Packel | Miriam Rozen
4 minute read
May 11, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Q&A: Goodwin Procter and the Nuts and Bolts of Going GlobalAs Goodwin Procter works to grow its reach, the firm's new managing director of international operations and its COO talked about the mechanics of competing on a global stage.
By Dan Packel
10 minute read
May 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Gets 37 Months in Insider Trading That Took Place at Grand CentralSteven Metro was charged with stealing stock tips from Simpson Thacher and scribbling them on small pieces of paper that his accomplice chewed up to destroy the evidence.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 09, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Gets 37 Months in Insider Trading ResentencingSteven Metro was charged with stealing stock tips from Simpson Thacher and scribbling them on small pieces of paper that his accomplice chewed up to destroy the evidence.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
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