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The American Lawyer

Editor's Note: Why We Created the Business of Law Forum

Our editorial team crafted a forum to bring together thought leaders on the tough questions facing the legal industry, all geared toward answering two broad questions: What needs to change and how do we do it?
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

From Pyramid to Pangea: A Hypothesis for the Future of Law Firm Talent

Law Firm Marketing columnist Marcie Borgal Shunk writes: As the connection between the billable hour and financial success becomes more tenuous, so too does the premise for advocating a highly leveraged business model comprised primarily of lawyers. The pyramid model the industry has grown to know and love may be coming to an end. What will surface in its place?
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Small and Midsize Law Firms Survived the Big Law Salary Hikes

In the summer of 2016, Cravath, Swaine & Moore rocked the legal world by raising starting salaries for associates from $160,000 to $180,000. Shortly…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Flaster Greenberg Litigation Head Starts New Firm

Two labor and employment veterans strike out on their own.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Merged Firm Faces $214M Malpractice Suit Over Kaye Scholer Work

Billionaire Ira Rennert is looking to hold Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer accountable for the alleged shortcomings of one of its predecessors.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Conrad & Scherer Fights Former Partner in Case Resembling 'a John Grisham Novel'

The partner "abruptly resigned" in February 2009, “stealthily” taking 120 files.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broad and Cassel: 170 Florida Attorneys in an Entrepreneurial Setting

This question-and-answer article is the first in an occasional series profiling midsize law firms in Florida.1. How big is your firm, where is…
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright Closes Offices in Abu Dhabi, Almaty

The global legal giant has become the latest large law firm to shutter an outpost in the Middle East, although it still has three bases in the restive region. Another small outpost in Kazakhstan has also been closed.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyer Accused of Bilking Former Partner and His Widow

The suit paints a picture of a slippery attorney looking to take advantage of his partner's fragile mental state, and later defraud a widow.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

After 20 Years, Riker Danzig Changes Leadership

It's the first such leadership change at the Morristown-based firm in about two decades, though each of the new leaders dates back to at least the 1990s, and have found themselves in prominent roles already.
5 minute read

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