Dan Packel

December 19, 2019 | Law.com

The last law firm merger of 2019 may well be the biggest. Plus, help us explore how legal analytics tools are changing the practice of law.

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

December 17, 2019 | The American Lawyer

The firm's unusual move may not be a good fit for everyone, but it introduces an approach worth considering.

By Dan Packel

6 minute read

December 16, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Alan Lipkin founded the bankruptcy practice at Willkie three decades ago, and Caline Mouawad has been at King & Spalding for over 10 years.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

December 16, 2019 | The American Lawyer

The survey found 20% of business development and marketing professionals have a seat on their firm's management committee.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

December 12, 2019 | The American Lawyer

A hotel operator wants to tap the defunct firm's insurance coverage to resolve a dispute that stems from damage in 2003's Hurricane Isabel.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

December 11, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Michael Arata's 2015 federal conviction for a tax fraud scheme over misuse of Louisiana film credits led to a failed Supreme Court appeal involving multiple Big Law firms.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

December 11, 2019 | The American Lawyer

A report from Citi Private Bank and Hildebrandt Consulting found that firms progressively improved their financial performance after a slow start to 2019. That's a good sign for the coming year.

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

December 09, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Legal Innovators aims to give law students a back door into prestigious law firms while offering these firms and corporate law departments a way to keep costs down on entry-level attorneys.

By Dan Packel

8 minute read

December 06, 2019 | The American Lawyer

The firm says plaintiffs lawyers at Sanford Heisler never bothered to probe the allegations at the core of their $200 million lawsuit: that the firm pays female associates less than their male counterparts for equal work.

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

December 05, 2019 | The American Lawyer

As they push to expand their lawsuit, the six named plaintiffs have also added new testimony to back claims that the firm's black box compensation structure is discriminatory.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read