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National Law Journal

Movers

By | December 12, 2016
Lateral moves in this week's column.
58 minute read

Litigation Daily

How a Problem Client Stuck Two Am Law 100 Firms With His Unpaid Bills

Hold on. You can't even get a smartphone without a credit check. How did two of the biggest, most sophisticated law firms in the nation do $800,000 worth of work without ensuring that they were actually going to get paid? Blame “a very convincing fraudster,” said Thomas Buchanan, the managing partner and head of litigation for Winston & Strawn's D.C. office.
73 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

BTI Report: Client-Targeted Marketing Boosts Leading Law Firms

Firms that know their clients well and tailor their strategies to each client will be the most financially successful, the head of BTI Consulting said.
25 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Midmarket Firms Step Back From Bonus Buzz

As the usual suspects roll out their 2016 bonus announcements, midsize law firms based in Pennsylvania are abstaining from the competition, finding themselves in a separate league for rates and compensation.
30 minute read

The American Lawyer

Winston & Strawn Enters Fray of Those Pursuing KWM Europe

The struggling European arm of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is weighing "a number" of offers for parts of the business. The move comes amid talk of a pre-packaged administration for the branch of the firm, formerly known as SJ Berwin.
20 minute read

The American Lawyer

Schiff Hardin Data Whiz Who Revolutionized Baseball Stats Turns to Driverless Cars

Jonathan Judge, a litigation partner at Schiff Hardin in Chicago, carved out an interesting side career as a baseball statistician, with some calling him to the next Nate Silver. Now, like Silver's switch from baseball to politics, he's setting his sights on a new industry.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

On the Move

By | December 08, 2016
Crowell & Moring, Venable and Baker & McKenzie have added new attorneys, while five firms have announced promotions.
21 minute read

National Law Journal

How One Firm Is Confronting Its LGBT Diversity Deficit

The same month a nonprofit docked it points for its internal LGBT programming, Steptoe & Johnson launched an LGBT affinity group and is encouraging its gay and lesbian lawyers to come out to the firm.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Robinson & Cole Project Fights Poaching in Africa

The firm has spent nearly 400 hours, or $125,000, in pro bono work helping the Namibian government look for ways to strengthen its environmental laws.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sutherland-Eversheds Merger Would Reconfigure Atlanta Legal Landscape

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan's proposed merger with U.K. firm Eversheds would cause another big shift in Atlanta's evolving law firm landscape, leaving only a few legacy Atlanta firms that have resisted the trend to merge.
47 minute read

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