The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | June 5, 2023
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.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Amy Guthrie | June 4, 2023
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.
Texas Lawyer | Analysis|Commentary|Expert Opinion
By Meghan Dawson McElvy and Christopher A. Bowles | June 2, 2023
This was an especially active session for the energy industry, which saw the passage of several bills that, if signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, will have significant and long-term impacts on the oil and gas, renewable energy, and power sectors in Texas.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | June 2, 2023
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.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | June 1, 2023
Law firms have invested in competitive compensation packages for business managers, one of many indicators of raising the profile of nontimekeeping staff in the legal industry.
Texas Lawyer | Analysis|Commentary
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | May 31, 2023
"We found that when people make a negative moral judgment about a parent who leaves her child alone, their estimate of the danger facing that child is higher than for a situation that objectively poses equal risk to the child, but does not elicit the same moral disapproval."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Chris Dunn | May 31, 2023
The First Amendment may limit the extent to which government officials can block from their accounts members of the public who post comments critical of the officials. Social media blocking is burgeoning—at the NYCLU we now receive many complaints about this practice every month—and the federal appellate courts are just starting to grapple with the constitutional issues it raises.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | May 31, 2023
Diversity advancements face roadblocks amid anti-DEI laws and the possible end of affirmative action. Law firm diversity professionals are looking to defend and continue those gains.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Andrew Maloney | May 30, 2023
Many firms are "relying on some natural attrition, and it's not coming along as fast as they'd like," Wells Fargo's Owen Burman said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David J. Kaufmann | May 30, 2023
Unless the Federal Trade Commission desires a repeat performance of having the judiciary declare that the commission has absolutely no authority to do what it seemingly wants to do— regulate the contents of franchise agreements and the franchisor-franchise relationship itself— the FTC may find it wiser to stay in its lane.
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