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Legal Regulator Angers Lawyers After Issuing Only 6-Month Suspension for Lawyer Who Punched Trainee in Groin

A Canadian immigration lawyer was slapped with a six-month suspension for assaulting a junior even though it's the fourth time he's been disciplined for misconduct.
3 minute read

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'Fake Partners': These Holdout Law Firms Are Sticking With Single-Tier Partnerships

"Some partners feel like lesser-class citizens than other partners" in some two-tier partnerships, noted one Am Law 200 firm leader.
7 minute read

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Less Is More: Baker McKenzie Australia Says It's Earning More With Fewer Partners

She credits the Australian arm's success to increased focus on performance and delivering on the firm's strategy.
4 minute read

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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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New Kirkland Policy For Withholding Pay of Departing Partners Creates 'Pain Point' for Laterals

Withholding equity partner compensation comes with risks to a firm's culture, although the practice isn't new in Big Law, recruiters say.
4 minute read

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Spain's Pérez-Llorca Eyes Americas Growth Via Mexico Merger

The road map for Pérez-Llorca is diverging from that of its top Spanish rival, Uría Menendez, which opted to close its New York office in June and shied away from an acquisition in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic. But more Spanish firms are expected to seek tie-ups in Mexico.
5 minute read

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The Age-Old Question: The Law Firms with the Oldest and Youngest Lawyers

Age within law firms is a complex and often overlooked matter—Law.com data reveals significant variability in how different firms approach the issue in the U.K.
6 minute read

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Dentons Firm in Kenya Elects First Female Managing Partner

Sigee Koech, who rose through the ranks to the firm partnership, will be the first female managing partner in the Kenyan member firm's 122-year existence.
2 minute read

International Edition

'Deeply Reactive': Are Law Firms Becoming Increasingly Hostile to Leavers?

Top London partners, ex-lawyers and support staff talk about the averse situations law firms designed to make their exit difficult and how it speaks to the wider issue of clawback in present-day partnerships.
7 minute read

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US Ambassador to Spain Rejoins Winston & Strawn

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, former chief of staff to the first lady, will rejoin Winston's New York office in its litigation department.
2 minute read

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