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The Legal Intelligencer

Why Is Law Firm Innovation Failing? How to Push for Success

Recent news and awards indicate law firms are increasing their investments in innovation. Stories of recently launched innovation committees, R&D teams and idea labs routinely grace the pages of industry publications. Yet despite these investments, the trajectory of the industry as a whole seems to have remained largely unchanged. Why are innovation efforts by larger law firms failing to make a meaningful impact?
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Looks On as 'New Law' Gets Closer to Clients

A deal to outsource a portion of DXC Technology Co.'s legal department to UnitedLex Corp. may have long-term effects for law firms.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Law Firms Lag Behind Am Law 100 Firms in Adoption of Alternative Fee Arrangements

Legal industry experts say this trend is not likely to continue, as clients will apply more pressure.
3 minute read

The Recorder

How to Get the Dirt From a Reference Check (Part 2: Pre-Call Prep)

Speaking with a candidate's references provides an employer with a unique opportunity to gain more insight into the person they're about to hire. But many employers don't see it this way. Their referencing experience has given them a different opinion—based on unhelpful vanilla, cookie-cutter feedback and in some cases, no feedback at all.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Many' Sedgwick Lawyers to Join UK Law Firm in New Year

A memo announcing the move of two San Francisco-based Sedgwick partners to Clyde & Co indicates that a larger contingent—perhaps up to 25 partners—is poised to join them at the firm.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Revenue Growth for Florida Law Firms Below National Average

Average revenue in Florida grew only 2.8 percent in the first nine months of the year, while the national average was 3.7 percent.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Spun-Off Firm Battles Goldberg Segalla in Court and in Business

Northeast regional powerhouse Goldberg Segalla is facing more defections to a newly formed firm, amid a new rivalry with some of its own former partners.
24 minute read

The American Lawyer

Middle Market Proves Top Prospect for Many Am Law Firms

Rather than trying to crack into the overly competitive Fortune 50 territory, an increasing number of Am Law 200 firms and below are finding there is no shame being in the middle.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fake South Florida Foreclosure Law Firm Operators Sentenced to 5 Years

Prosecutors charged the federal defendants operated companies that billed themselves as law firms and legal referral firms in Coral Springs, West Palm Beach and Boca Raton.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Morgan & Morgan Slams False Advertising Suit Over TV Ads

Florida's Morgan & Morgan moved to dismiss a Philadelphia firm's lawsuit, calling it "grossly deficient."
19 minute read

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