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The Legal Intelligencer

Law Firms Must Be Proactive to Prevent Cyberattacks

In the past few years, major law firms, including Cravath Swaine & Moore and Weil Gotshal & Manges, were victims of cyberattacks. In addition, more than 11.5 million files from Mossack Fonseca, the world's fourth largest offshore law firm, were stolen because the firm failed to take the necessary steps to protect its confidential data, including updating the security of its web servers.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Partners, No Problem for This Boutique Law Firm

Jason Sieminski of Spruce Law said his goal was to have a firm where lawyers "wouldn't be pitted against each other for compensation."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

What Is Diversity in the Legal Market? Or Is Everyone a Special Snowflake?

The legal market is going to have to stop the rhetoric of diversity initiatives and pipeline programs and figure out how to actually increase the number of minorities in the profession, and in positions of leadership.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Nason Yeager Competes With Big Law on the Other Side of the Table

Gary Gerson, president of Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce, gives an overview of the law firm, which has two offices in Palm Beach County.How…
5 minute read

The Recorder

Do You Need a Technical Degree to Make the Switch From Commercial Litigation to IP?

Would a technical degree make you more marketable for IP litigation opportunities in the market today? Yes. Particularly if you possessed an electrical engineering (EE) or computer science (CS) degree.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

With Help From New Law, This Legal Department is Firing its Outside Counsel

Univar Inc. is working with Elevate and a new Elevate-affiliated law firm to find new ways of doing legal work that it claims will result in 50 percent savings for its $10.5 million legal budget. "Law Land is not special," said Univar's general counsel.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

How We Put Together the Am Law 100

A closer look at how The American Lawyer reports the Am Law 100 issue.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Profits Per Equity Partner

Twenty-five firms had growth rates of at least 10 percent, up from 20 in 2016. Norton Rose led the way with a 32.3 percent leap in PPP. Two firms (Crowell & Moring and Jenner & Block) had double-digit declines, fewer than the five firms that saw double-digit declines in 2016.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2018 Am Law 100

The country's largest law firms thumbed their proverbial noses at tough market conditions, posting some of the most significant gains since the Great Recession.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Morgan Lewis Grew Into a Powerhouse on Its Own Terms

The eighth-largest firm in the Am Law 100 charted its own course on the way to becoming a global force.
13 minute read

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