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New Leaders: 5 of the Biggest Legal Tech Moves This Fall

This fall has already seen a host of career shifts spanning multiple areas of the legal tech market.
1 minute read

The Recorder

'A Market for the Work We're Doing': Cleary Sees Its Bay Area Offices Bloom in Year 1

After just one year in the Bay Area, the Wall Street firm is seeing plenty of demand as the technology sector confronts a new regulatory landscape.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cooley's 'Performance-Based' Layoffs Also Hit High-Achievers

Sources close to the firm said Cooley let go of associates with positive performance reviews due to a lack of work in practices such as venture capital and capital markets.
4 minute read

Law.com

Unseen Champions: Hiring for Long-Term Success

In the current talent war, many law firms are hunting for talent with a focus on traditional "industry experience" and prestigious educational backgrounds as familiar criteria in their candidate search process. But what if law firms are missing high value talent — on both the legal and administrative side — that may be right under their nose?
7 minute read

Pro Mid Market

In Softening Mid-Market Practices, Rising AFA Demand Prompts Questions About Commoditization

Midsize firm leaders expected a rise in flat-fee requests from clients under pressure to control costs, but getting too many requests in a specific area could signal pricing pressures on firms themselves on the horizon.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CEOs Are Starting to Hit Brakes on ESG to Weather Expected Recession

The environmental, social and governance programs that many legal departments have been ramping up could take a hit as companies put resources elsewhere, according to a new survey by KPMG.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Two-Thirds of Nation's Biggest Firms Are Mansfield 5.0-Certified

A total of 165 law firms achieved the latest Mansfield certification as Diversity Lab urged firms to double down on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the face of a potential recession.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

'Jacks and Jills of All Trades?' Hard-to-Get E-Discovery Project Managers Face Growing Workloads

As organizations struggle to hire and retain e-discovery project managers, those with the right expertise are left facing higher numbers of projects and responsibilities than they might have wished for.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

DLA Piper Lands Former Pa. Federal Prosecutor in Wilmington

Michelle Morgan spent 15 years in the U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia and prosecuted high-profile cases against former Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Many Advantages In Lateral Partner Recruiting Come With Being 'In The Middle'

"As a midsize firm we have found ourselves perched comfortably between Big Law partners who crave our comparative agility and flexibility, and lawyers from smaller firms who see the midsize platform providing the potential to raise their ceiling and business development goals," writes Pryor Cashman managing partner Ronald H. Shechtman.
5 minute read

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