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International Edition

Shareholder Activism on the Rise: What Investors and Companies Need to Know

The practice made headlines recently when Disney fended off activist investors, writes an A&O Shearman Johannesburg lawyer.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Undercurrent of Disrespect': How to Hold On to Your Marketers

As lawyers tend to model one another's behavior and take cues from leadership, if the managing partner is not supportive, a negative aura seeps into the culture.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.S. Fails by Failing To Ratify Treaties

   Ukraine can be thought of as a world war! This is so because, stating the obvious, the United States and most NATO allies are supplying…
13 minute read

International Edition

Rainmakers are Not the Answer to Transformational Growth: Here's Why

It seems common practice these days, even for the most conservative of law firms to bet on this high-risk strategy.
6 minute read

International Edition

McDonalds v Supermac: When Trademarks Turn Philosophical

The EU dispute revealed a cautionary tale and some useful take home points for trade mark proprietors and their advisors.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Calling All Legal Professionals: Promote and Defend the Rule of Law

Independence Day made me reflect on our country's towering strengths and looming threats. I concluded that we need to make 'Rule of Law' more meaningful to more people, to help avoid the consequences of it weakening further in America. As you'll see below, I took a stab at summarizing the consequences of a weak Rule of Law in an understandable way. It's based on data and what I've seen around the world over my career.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Five Stress Management Strategies to Use During Trial

Work-related stress often increases for attorneys sharply during trial. This raises questions – and perhaps an opportunity. What do attorneys do at trial to mitigate increases in short-term stress? Could those practices help attorneys elsewhere in the profession? And, if so, how?
7 minute read

International Edition

Explaining MiCA: What It Means For Your Crypto-Asset Business

Achieving MiCA compliance will not be an easy task, there should be no doubt about it.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firms Have Abandoned Their Underrepresented Junior Attorneys

Why the positive demographic changes in partner and leadership ranks, but not in junior attorney ranks? The answer is deceptively simple.
8 minute read

Law.com

'Lack of Education ... and Winging It': Why Law Firms Fail at Marketing and Ways to Address Common Issues

"You've got to be realistic about where your clients are coming from and put your marketing efforts towards that," said Brendan Chard, founder and CEO of the law firm website design company The Modern Firm.
6 minute read

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