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

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August 06, 2019 | The American Lawyer

LeClairRyan LA Labor & Employment Team Heads to Clark Hill

The quartet is among the exodus of lawyers from LeClairRyan in recent weeks.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

August 06, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Litigation Finance Users Say They'd Do It Again, Survey Finds

Validity Finance and ALM Intelligence found that while most lawyers still haven't used third-party litigation funding, more than half of them are game to try it.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

August 01, 2019 | Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: LeClairRyan's Hail Mary?

LeClairRyan's 2018 joint venture with UnitedLex was a groundbreaking partnership between Big Law and New Law. With LeClair Ryan taking steps toward dissolution, is there a lesson on law firm disruption?

By Dan Packel

5 minute read

August 01, 2019 | The American Lawyer

After Deloitte Alliance, Epstein Becker Reels In a Big Fish From Proskauer

Erika Collins, who was co-chair of Proskauer's international labor and employment practice, says she reached out soon after reading about Epstein Becker's deal with Deloitte on LinkedIn.

By Dan Packel

3 minute read

August 01, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Reform or Revolution? California's Bid for Nonlawyer Ownership Could Spread

Nonlawyer investment in law firms is closer than ever in California, as a bar group accepts public comment on its recommendations. Where might it go next?

By Dan Packel

6 minute read

July 31, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Client Ties Powered Nixon Peabody's Pioneering Third Party Litigation Play

The firm helped connect Longford Capital with UC Santa Barbara to finance a patent battle with Amazon, Walmart and others over LED lightbulb technology.

By Dan Packel

4 minute read

July 31, 2019 | The American Lawyer

LeClairRyan Takes Steps to Dissolve as Its Lawyers Seek New Homes

Several sources say the dissolution process has begun at the Virginia-headquartered Am Law 200 firm.

By Jack Newsham | Dan Packel | Christine Simmons | Lizzy McLellan

3 minute read

July 30, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Teetering LeClairRyan Faces Claims Over Shuttered Office, Gender Bias

The firm has failed to make payments to the landlord of its shuttered Williamsburg, Virginia, office and stands accused of paying a female marketing professional less than her male subordinate.

By Dan Packel | Jack Newsham

5 minute read