...Legal Week Lunchbox 8/02/08...
The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; Good Week, Bad Week; and more
February 07, 2008 at 07:04 PM
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The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
- Mishcons and Mills in divorce fees dispute
- US firms move to protect European partners as dollar slump continues
- Career Clinic: Should I convert my LPC to an LLM?
- Latham outpaces US rivals with 23% revenue surge; profits match magic circle
- HSBC launches offshore legal team for bulk work
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Post of the day
"Is our profession so tied to alcohol that we really feel the need to "fake it" when a client wants us to drink more than we want? I really cannot think of a single other activity, legal or illicit, regarding which we would feel absolutely compelled to engage in the same sort of subterfuge. If your client asked you to go hunting with him and you were not fond of hunting, you might accompany him if that's what he wanted, but would you pull the trigger? Have we become a profession of wimps?" Well, have you? Find out in the always-enlightening Career Clinic
Good week, bad week
US results season means it's been a decent week for firms including Paul Weiss, McDermott and Dorsey & Whitney.
Not so good for Howrey or Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, which both saw PEP drop.
It's been a busy week at Latham & Watkins, meanwhile, where fees and profits are both up and European partners might be getting some more help about that pesky exchange rate. However, the firm will have to do without private equity chief Ronald Hopkinson, who's off to… Cadwalader. Swings and roundabouts, eh?
The rise of the generalist lawyer took a knock thanks to Eversheds' clients, while Cobbetts' top brass will be worrying what next week holds in store.
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