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The Law Firm Disrupted: It's Bonus Time

Once again, Milbank is the first mover, and peer firms will likely follow. But two questions remain. What figure are they going to match? And when?
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The Law Firm Disrupted: Big Law Profits Vs. Political Values

Personnel in Big Law were far more enthusiastic about the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency, according to campaign finance records. But firm leaders are bullish about the upcoming Trump presidency.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: Quality Partner Training—The Exception or the Rule?

At firms with more than 500 attorneys, 49% of leaders indicated in a new survey they were rolling out new training initiatives to help upskill partners. For firms under that threshold, only 23% indicated that this was a priority.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: Playing the Talent Game to Win

"You want to be part of a winning team," one former Big Law CEO said. "It's very important in legal, maybe more so than other professions. As a leader, you need to be very attentive to that."
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The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter

The shift toward brevity in law firm names may be at odds with another tendency in the legal world: a seeming unending wave of mergers and consolidations.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: A Harsher Take on Litigation Funding

A former law firm CFO says firms should be committing 5% to 8% of their own revenue every year to fund their own cases.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: Litigation Finance Goes Mainstream. That's No Accident

Funders like Burford Capital need to partner with lawyers to realize returns on their capital. That puts a premium on efforts to demystify their work.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: Firms Should 'Partner' With Newcomers in Legal Services, Not 'Stiff Arm' Them

James Turoff, the GC at Hershey Company, shares observations from the in-house side on a rapidly evolving legal services marketplace.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: The Legal Workplace Spans 4 Generations. Treat That as an Opportunity

Baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Zoomers are all part of the talent mix right now, offering opportunities in the workplace, noted Husch Blackwell CEO Jamie Lawless.
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The Law Firm Disrupted: A New Opportunity isn't a Betrayal

Punitive measures for departing partners are on the rise.
4 minute read

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