Roy Strom
March 19, 2018 | The American Lawyer
David Wales Starts at Skadden Following Jones Day JumpDavid Wales, the former head of Jones Day's 150-lawyer antitrust and competition practice, officially started Monday as a partner at Skadden in Washington, D.C.
By Roy Strom |
3 minute read
March 15, 2018 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: What Does Litigation Finance Do for Big Law's Capital Cravings?Burford Capital's big income and profit figures could give managing partners room to maneuver.
By Roy Strom |
7 minute read
March 14, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Burford Investors Get Rich as Financier Deepens Am Law 100 TiesThe litigation finance giant announced Wednesday that it had tripled its investment commitments on new cases.
By Roy Strom
4 minute read
March 12, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Winston & Strawn's Record Year Sees Revenue Rise 19 PercentThomas Fitzgerald, chairman of Winston & Strawn and head of the firm's executive committee, predicted late last year that 2017 would be the “best year the firm has ever had.” He was right.
By Roy Strom |
4 minute read
March 09, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Barnes & Thornburg Budgeting Push Pays Off in Record RevenueGross revenue jumped 7 percent last year at Barnes & Thornburg, where a push to use budgets and legal project management has grown to encompass 20 percent of the firm's work.
By Roy Strom |
4 minute read
March 08, 2018 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Grunt to Great Part 2It's no exaggeration to say the rise of AI will change what it means to be lawyer. A forthcoming article on automation and the legal profession by attorneys at Hogan Lovells has a lot to say on the topic.
By Roy Strom |
10 minute read
March 07, 2018 | The American Lawyer
DLA Piper Loses Another Leader as Poulos Prepares to Join McDermottMichael Poulos, a Chicago-based rainmaker at DLA Piper and until recently the firm's co-managing partner of the Americas, is poised to take a team of lawyers to McDermott Will & Emery.
By Roy Strom |
4 minute read
March 06, 2018 | The American Lawyer
An AI 'Spell-Check for Lawyers,' But Will They Trust It?A company called LawGeex commissioned a study matching up human lawyers against artificial intelligence to read and review non-disclosure agreements. The robots won.
By Roy Strom |
7 minute read
March 06, 2018 | Daily Business Review
Akerman's 7-Year Growth Record Stays Alive as Revenue Rises 10 PercentThe Am Law 100 firm, which has been busy expanding outside the Sunshine State in recent years, saw its gross revenue surge 10.4 percent in 2017.
By Roy Strom |
4 minute read
March 05, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Bryan Cave Finances Dip Ahead of Trans-Atlantic DealThe St. Louis-based Am Law 100 firm, poised to join the ranks of the global legal giants on March 31 following the completion of a merger with the U.K.'s Berwin Leighton Paisner, saw gross revenue fall in 2017.
By Roy Strom |
3 minute read
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