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Michigan Bar Introduces Legal Resource Designed by Toyota to Improve Practice Efficiency

In recent years, national and global law firms, including Seyfarth Shaw and Clifford Chance, along with corporate law departments searching for ways to "control legal costs," have established internal systems using the LEAN process to increase efficient, according to a website that cultivates information about LEAN for use by lawyers.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dechert to Cut Global Workforce by 5%

The firm is letting go of 55 attorneys and 43 business professionals, including a "redundancy" process that has begun in London.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Anti-ESG Sentiment Is on the Rise, But Law Firms Aren't Flinching

Republican lawmakers like Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis have targeted the concept as they lean into culture war issues, but clients' demands for advice haven't ceased.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

China Tensions 'Center of Gravity' for Strategic Risk Planning Among Attorneys and C-Suite

A "vanilla statement" of the world being politically unstable is no longer sufficient, one attorney said, highlighting urgency to revisit corporate risk disclosures for companies with exposure to China.
5 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: EY Steps Back, And Big Law Can Sigh in Relief

"Project Everest," which aimed to split the Big Four firm's audit and consulting work into two units, might have made it easier to sell legal services. But the proposal is now off the table.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eighth Ex-Dentons Attorney Joins K&L Gates in Pittsburgh

Scott Graham joins seven former colleagues who jumped from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby corporate and private equity practices in January.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why the Am Law 100 Is Hiring More Private Investigators

A Q&A with Dan Nardello, CEO of a global investigations firm Nardello & Co., on the business and ethics of working for law firms on highly contentious matters.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Am Law 100 Law Firm Sued Over China-Based Partner's Alleged Due Diligence Failure

"This case is a cautionary tale for any U.S.-based law firm seeking to expand its brand internationally," said plaintiff's attorney Jonathan Patton.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Big Year in Disputes Helped Wilmer Boost Revenue, Profits in 2022

A number of high-profile representations, frequently against the government, helped Wilmer find growth in a year that saw flat demand in transactional practices.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Enabling Start-Up Success, Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

"Our goal is to use [Neuron] to enable founders to be able to focus on growing their businesses, instead of the labor-intensive typical legal processes," says David Wang, Chief Innovation Officer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
6 minute read

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