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The American Lawyer

Facing a Shrinking Talent Pool, Insurance Defense Firms Are Fighting to Add Attorneys

"As insurance carriers become more aggressive with auditing and exceptions and cost containment, that is an impediment to our ability to retain talent," said one law firm leader. "It's having an adverse effect on morale."
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dear Dan: Lateral Partners, Mixed Feelings, and Ghosting

Dan explains what happens behind the scenes when lateral partners are faced with the fairly typical emotions of uncertainty, and how to ensure the process is not unnecessarily derailed.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hyper-Aggressive FTC Turns High Beam on Auto Industry's Sales Culture

The agency's latest target is vehicle-service-contract marketer CarShield, which agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations of deceptive sales practices.
5 minute read

Pro Mid Market

In the Big Law-Mid Law Talent Tango, Who's Taking the Lead?

The value propositions of Mid Law and Big Law are, to paint with a broad brush, diametrically opposed. While it's easy to understand the appeal of both, the transition between the two can be fraught.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm Mergers: How to Match, How to Date and When to Leave (Your Recruiter)

"This is an important PSA: Recruiters should not introduce two firms and then create the road on which you connect," Kimberly Stockinger writes.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

This Tech Platform Found Midsize Firms Needed More Recruiting Support

Major, Lindsey & Africa recognized an opportunity when it acquired web platform Hire an Esquire in 2022. Executive director Catherine Enck discusses the value of technology in hiring and the current state of the recruiting market.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Armstrong Teasdale Withdraws From Salt Lake City

"Salt Lake City is a great legal market and a fantastic city, but it's not the right time for us to be there," managing partner Richard Engel said Tuesday. The firm first opened there in April 2020.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hiring From a Law Firm for an In-House Position? Use Caution

As a recruiter, I don't question the pedigree credentials or skill sets of accomplished law firm attorneys. Nor do I doubt the willingness of many to switch over to law department compensation structures. But is the match a good idea? Skill set and experience are two different things.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Consumer Finance Law Enforcer Takes Private Practice Job at Morgan Lewis

Alice Hrdy spent three decades in government service and had been at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the agency's inception in 2010.
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

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