Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner is losing three of its New-York based partners, according to an internal Monday memo. This will include a practice group leader as well as the firm’s co-general counsel. The firm has experienced a significant leadership shakeup in recent years as well as numerous lawyer departures to rival firms. In an […]
Let’s be honest: if a select group of law firms haven’t been persuaded about the benefits of working from home by now, they’re just not going to be. Higher levels of productivity; fewer commutes; less contact with the COVID plague – all these advantages have entered one ear of such holdouts and left the other […]
In an exclusive interview, Lawyer Monthly speaks with Pallas’ Founder and Managing Partner Natasha Harrison about the challenges of establishing a new law firm, the importance of sustainability in the legal sector, and her vision for Pallas across the next 3 - 5 years. What were the greatest challenges you faced when founding Pallas? How […]
Dating app Grindr has tapped global law firm Cooley as its legal counsel as it goes public via a $2.1 billion acquisition by a blank-cheque company based in Singapore. SPACS raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs) to take private companies public. According to a statement by Cooley, the team representing Grindr is led by […]
As the human cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine grows, global industry has come under pressure to take a moral stance in a historically unprecedented way.
On April 6, the need for divorcing couples to place blame on one of themselves will end as no-fault divorce comes into effect for England and Wales after years of campaigning by family lawyers. They argue that the removal of blame from the divorce process will help more people to rebuild their lives and protect […]
The thinking around cloud computing has matured significantly with regard to cost. There was a time when ‘cost savings’ might have been the carrot to dangle in front of senior partners to incentivise a move to the cloud – but today, the real challenge for law firms is ‘cost predictability’. If a CIO is trying […]
Adjacent to the work undertaken by law firms and legal departments, alternative legal and consulting services have seen incredible growth over the past decade.
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