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Law firm management: Learning to lead

Harvard started a revolution in leadership training for law firms in the 1990s. Alex Aldridge and Alex Novarese tell the story and assess what management training can offer
26 minute read

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Mishcons finalises redundancy consultation with 16 staff laid off

Mishcon de Reya has completed its second redundancy consultation with 16 people losing their jobs. The consultation, which concluded in July, has seen eight support staff lose their jobs alongside eight fee earners in the firm's corporate and real estate groups. No salaried partners were affected by the redundancies.
2 minute read

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Removing the human interference

Do you want to know how your customer relationship management (CRM) database could do much of your marketing admin for you, as well as automatically ensure you target the right people with the right information at the right time and in the right way? Let's take a look at one contact in your CRM database. James is a good contact - he is in a position to instruct your firm, so he's someone you communicate with regularly.
5 minute read

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IT: Culture clash

Ever-growing global databases of electronically stored information are raising new issues about the nature of privacy and throwing into relief the differences between US and European views on personal information
5 minute read

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Nabarro in second redundancy round as profits fall

Nabarro has reported a 9.7% drop in revenue for the 2008-09 financial year while profits per equity partner (PEP) have fallen by 35%. Unaudited figures from the firm show that revenue for the last financial year stood at £126.5m, down from last year's equivalent figure of £140.1m. PEP fell to £375,000, down from last year's equivalent figure of £574,000.
2 minute read

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DLA Piper cuts 121 in second round of layoffs

DLA Piper has conducted its second US redundancy round so far this year, cutting 21 associates and 100 staff, writes The Recorder.The attorney cuts amount to less than 2% of its US lawyer headcount of 1,380. The firm has already taken several steps this year to control costs, including cutting partner and associate salaries.
2 minute read

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Camerons cuts 73 jobs as consultation closes

CMS Cameron McKenna has completed its redundancy consultation, laying off 73 London staff earlier this month (8 June). The cuts come as the firm prepares to implement its flexible working scheme in the City from the beginning of next month, after 96% of staff opted into the programme.
2 minute read

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BLP completes redundancy consultation with 85 staff laid off

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has completed its redundancy consultation, with the firm laying off 85 members of staff. More than half of the cuts (47) were compulsory, with 32 staff opting for voluntary redundancy and six choosing to take early retirement.
2 minute read

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Redundancy - a scary prospect

According to some of the more optimistic reports, the first clouds of recession may be lifting. However, the immediate prognosis for lawyers still seems to be rather bleak - an impression added to by an article in The Times last week entitled 'UK legal industry faces loss of 10,000 lawyers'. Although a fall in the number of lawyers is likely to be met with cheers in some quarters, what does it mean for us as a profession?
3 minute read

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Editor's Comment: The one-handed lawyer

Most legal jokes aren't much help in understanding commercial lawyers, since the stereotypical ambulance-chaser dominates humour about the profession. So if lawyers want to understand their image in the wider business community they could do well to look at jokes usually reserved for accountants and economists (there are quite a lot).
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