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The American Lawyer

Practice Area Monopoly: Straight to Jail or Pass Go Collect $200

Firm-wide metrics make great headlines. Latham & Watkins is number one by gross revenue, Fragomen tops the rankings for diversity, and so on. When considering the career satisfaction of individual attorneys, however, it matters less what firm you are at, and more at what practice area within the firm you reside.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Hogan Lovells Boosts German Practice With Mayer Brown Management Hire

Hogan Lovells has boosted its German finance practice with the hire of a two-partner derivatives team from Mayer Brown, led by European capital markets head and global partnership board member Jochen Seitz.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Female Equity Partner Rate Is At All-Time High. (But It's Not That Great.)

Women now represent 19 percent of equity partners—a record high, though still a sad showing. For those of us who've been covering women in the legal profession for over a decade, "depressing" is the usual standard. And while 19 percent remains woefully low, women seem to be on a forward march.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Major Lindsey Unveils Legal Cost-Saving Tool for Corporate Clients

In the seemingly never-ending quest by in-house legal departments to trim their expenditures on outside lawyers, legal recruiting giant Major, Lindsey & Africa has released its Make-Buy Analysis tool to help GCs decide between hiring a new attorney for their in-house staff or rely on external counsel.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Rejoining Old Firms, Partners Move Back, but Not Backward

What draws some lawyers back to their old firms after practicing for years somewhere else?
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Uber May Name Expedia Alum to Lead Its Legal Department

A report has surfaced that Burke Norton of Salesforce.com will soon be headed to Uber as head of its legal department.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Hogan Lovells Eyes 90 Job Redundancies in UK Restructuring

The Am Law 100 firm is poised to shed or move up to 90 jobs in London to its back office operations centers in Birmingham, England, or Johannesburg, South Africa, as part of U.K. a restructuring plan.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

On 'Neo-Nazis Need Not Apply' Policy, Legal Questions Exist

Since the recent disturbances in Charlottesville, the question has arisen whether a private employer can lawfully fire an at will employee who took part in the neo-Nazi demonstration or other white supremacist activity that the employer finds offensive or embarrassing.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

SBOT Search Committee to Name Next Executive Director

Former State Bar of Texas President Trey Apffel is slated to become the bar's next executive director.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

TriMas GC Josh Sherbin Wants Lawyers Who Think Like Business Partners

Sherbin believes his outside counsel should see issues not just as legal problems, but as business problems that need legal solutions.
3 minute read

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