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The American Lawyer

Weil, Seeking to Expand Private Funds Group, Adds Mayer Brown Partner

Weil's Michael Aiello said the firm is "strategically expanding our private funds practice" and Kristine Koren's arrival "adds new depth to our capabilities."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Old-Fashioned Community Engagement Still Vital to Business Development: Georgia Lawyers

"Relationship-building—there's just no substitute for it. If you can do that in the context of helping the community, that is a win-win, and that's what we're all about," said Morris, Manning & Martin co-chairman John Yates.
8 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: Rising Billing Rates, Rising Partner Compensation

For buyers of legal services, the two phenomena of rising billing rates and rising comp unfolding simultaneously sends the wrong impression.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kirkland Merges Finance Practices Ahead of New Star Hire, as Private Credit Market Booms

Structured finance has moved beyond mortgage-backed securities and into the broader economy. As a consequence, "leveraged finance lawyers need to understand structured finance and structured finance lawyers need to understand leveraged finance," said attorney Michael Urschel, who arrived from Milbank last month.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'That Hurts Our Credibility': GCs' Frustration Over Lack of Law Firm Transparency Boils Over

"An hourly report that says 'analysis and advice: four hours' just doesn't cut it," said Andrew Woods, general counsel of PubMatic.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Elliott Greenleaf Wins $11M Fee Dispute With Ex-Shareholder, After Pa. Justices Decline to Hear Appeal

The dispute centered around former Elliott Greenleaf shareholder Richard DeMarco's claims that he was entitled to referral fees for a personal injury case he helped originate that his then-firm referred to Saltz Mongeluzzi for trial.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Firms, Seeking 'Seat at the Table,' Join AI Safety Consortium

Several large firms are participating in a data sharing space for AI stakeholders in hopes of turning guidelines "into real guardrails" for clients.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law and Big Sports: More Money, Law Firms and Work

"The issues have become far more complex, the stakes far more significant, and the players far more global and institutional," noted Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dentons' Project Golden Spike Reaches the End of the Line

The firm first announced its strategy for expansion in the U.S. in late 2019, via combinations with a firm in Pittsburgh and another in the Midwest. Three more followed, but the last addition was over three years ago.
4 minute read

Law.com

Shielding Law Practices: Mitigating Vendor Risks to Safeguard Client Confidentiality

Because vendors often access clients' internal systems, customer data, and intellectual property, they will always be a magnet for hackers searching for valuable data. Bad actors will always look for the weak spots in a firm's defenses, including those deployed by a firm's vendors and other third parties. And signs point to a growing number of cyberattacks, not a lessening of them.
7 minute read

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