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Mapped Out: How A&O Shearman's Global Office Network Would Look

Law.com International has compiled an interactive world map to show where lawyers from the two firms are located across their 49 offices.
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International Edition

Whats Up With Texas? Clifford Chance's Houston Debut Marks the Latest UK Entry into Texas

"We are trying to play our own game," said Clifford Chance's Sharis Pozen. "We are looking at where the talent is and where our clients are pointing us."
5 minute read

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The Problem With the 'Bogus' ChatGPT Legal Brief? It's Not the Tech

A New York lawyer faces sanctions after submitting a ChatGPT-written brief with fake case citations to the court. "None of this has to do with the technology itself. It has to do with a lawyer who didn't live up to their obligations as a litigator," said Laura Safdie, COO and general counsel of Casetext.
9 minute read

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When Rainmakers Leave, Partners Ask 'Should I Stay or Should I Go?'

A string of individual departures along with an increase in group moves at both Shearman & Sterling and Stroock & Stroock & Lavin bring attention to the calculations partners need to make when they gain a sense their firm may be in distress.
10 minute read

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As Layoffs Loom, How Much Control Do Associates Have Over Low Billable Hours?

As law firms wait and see whether the economy picks up in the third quarter, associates at risk of layoffs are feeling the other side of the billable hour's wrath.
6 minute read

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Near-Shoring Push Promises Growth for Law Firms in Mexico

Global firms Baker McKenzie and Hogan Lovells are fielding tons of inquiries, although there's plenty of inbound work to go around as manufacturing shifts from Asia back to North America.
6 minute read

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Law Firms in Australia Remain Confident as Economy Slows

The heat has come out of the "frenzied" hiring market compared with a year ago, and lawyers say hiring and pay increases are now at a more "normal" level.
4 minute read

International Edition

In Battle for Billable Hours, Not Coming in Will Cost Some Associates Their Jobs

"Frankly, I do not give assignments to associates and junior partners who are not in the office at least 3 days a week," wrote one Am Law 100 practice leader.
6 minute read

International Edition

Just How Much Will US-China Geopolitics Threaten Law Firms in Asia?

China's former zero-COVID policy is still having lingering effects on its economy, the country's housing boom is over, its shrinking population is becoming a serious problem, and its prosperous residents have spent the last two years offshoring their wealth to countries like Singapore and the U.K. But it is the decoupling of the world's two largest economies that poses the biggest threat to law firms in Greater China, lawyers say.
7 minute read

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As Korean Corporates Exit China, Korean Law Firms Pivot, Focusing On Chinese Investments into Korea

Until a few years ago, Korean companies were pouring into China, giving the China practices of Korean law firms plenty of work. But as demand for that work has declined in the wake of geopolitical and economic pressures, those same firms have found a new revenue stream for their China practices: advising Chinese companies as they invest in South Korea.
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