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
April 17, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Greenberg Traurig Immune in Stanford Ponzi Scheme Class Action, 5th Circuit RulesInvestors had sought to hold Greenberg responsible for Loumiet's work as primary outside counsel for Stanford.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 16, 2019 | The Recorder
Bentham, Boies Schiller Target Cross-Border Disputes in $30M Funding DealThe Vietnam-focused collaboration suggests a similar deal between Bentham and Kobre & Kim for Israel disputes has been a success.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 16, 2019 | Litigation Daily
Boies Schiller and Bentham Target Cross-Border Disputes in $30M Funding DealThe Vietnam-focused collaboration suggests a similar deal between Bentham and Kobre & Kim for Israel disputes has been a success.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 15, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Baker McKenzie Chairman Helped Erode Taboos About Attorney HealthPaul Rawlinson, who died last week, helped spark an industrywide conversation about lawyer mental health and well-being when his firm announced he was taking leave last year.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 15, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Dentons Taps Chicago Finance Lawyer as New US Managing PartnerMary Wilson is the first woman to serve in the position, filling a seat that has been open since 2017.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 15, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Partner's Fight Against Lobbying Charges to Put Skadden Back in LimelightThe case against ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig will be a "continual reminder of something they wanted to move past," said one political law expert.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
April 11, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Eversheds Employment Pair Finds New Home, Leaner Model at SeyfarthLondon-based Martin Hopkins, who spent three decades at Eversheds, will serve as Seyfarth's director of European practice development.
By Dan Packel
2 minute read
April 10, 2019 | The American Lawyer
For Morgan Lewis' McKeon, Global Mentorship Goes Two WaysWhat does a 34-year-old South African attorney-activist have to teach the leader of one of the world's largest law firms?
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
April 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online
Jones Day Cites Atlanta Litigator in Defense to Gender Bias ClaimsThe firm vowed to fight in a belated response to last week's proposed $200 million gender bias class action.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
April 09, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Jones Day Speaks Out on Bias Claims, Says Working Mothers ThriveThe firm vowed to fight in a belated response to last week's proposed $200 million gender bias class action.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read