By Scott Flaherty | September 28, 2017
A series of recent gender bias lawsuits from female lawyers have targeted law firms.
By Rees Morrison, Juris Datoris | September 28, 2017
There several methods to determine inequality. Here's a math-centric look at how to make sure your firm maintains equality in a number of different ways.
By Ed Silverstein | September 28, 2017
The Nebraska Supreme Court said in its opinion that it is ethical for attorneys in Nebraska to receive digital currency such as bitcoin as payments.
By Brian Baxter | September 27, 2017
The Ontario Securities Commission, a Canadian regulator, has charged former Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg legal assistant Donna Hutchinson in Toronto with insider trading. Davies Ward is one of the largest law firms in Canada.
By Roy Strom | September 27, 2017
The record for mergers set in a year, 91 in 2015, will fall this year if there are 16 combinations in the fourth quarter. The last time there were fewer than 16 mergers in a fourth quarter was 2010, according to data compiled by legal consultancy Altman Weil. Last year there were 25 tie-ups toward years' end.
By Meghan Tribe | September 27, 2017
The Am Law 100 firm has become the latest in Big Law to unveil a parental leave policy designed to provide additional time off for working parents after a birth, foster or adoption. The new policy increases primary care giver leave for all U.S. lawyers to 20 weeks. Business services staffers will also get an increase, to 14 weeks.
By Marcie Borgal Shunk | September 27, 2017
First, please allow me to acknowledge that no, I am not particularly into self-denigration. I am also well aware that I am, in fact, a consultant to the legal industry. This article is not intended to be an attack on any individuals or even the profession as a whole. Think of it instead as a reset; as an opportunity for reflection and advancement.
By Joseph Evans | September 27, 2017
In its quest for global dominance, Dentons has announced a combination with Kampala Associated Advocates, the largest law firm in Uganda. The move follows nearly a dozen other combinations unveiled by the global legal giant in recent months.
By Vivia Chen | The American Lawyer | September 27, 2017
You know that stubborn pay gap between the sexes? (In big firms, women earn 90 to 94 percent of what men earn in the same position, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers.)
By Anna Ward | September 27, 2017
Magic circle firm extends cost-saving drive worldwide with new hires in the US
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