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• Quinn Emanuel's winning strategy

  Sep 19 2011 Interesting article here on the success of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, who made the strategic decision a few years ago to step back from advising major banks... more

• The myth of work-life balance in big firms

  Jul 01 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Guardian about work-life balance – or the lack thereof – in large law firms. The article observes that firms maintain the fiction... more

• Outsourcing industry growing at 20-30 % per year

  Dec 22 2010 Legal outsourcing can still be described as small. Of the $180 billion that Americans spend annually on legal services, only about $1 billion goes to outsourcers. But... more

• What can we learn from this year's promotions?

  Dec 17 2010 This article takes a closer look at some of the decisions being made in this year’s partnership promotions round, asking what those decisions indicate about the... more

• Billing rates at US firms up by less than 3%

  Dec 09 2010 The tough economic environment has chilled fees, with average law firm billing rates increasing by a mere 2.7 percent in 2010. This is the second consecutive year that... more

• Large law firms in Australia feel the pinch

  Dec 09 2010 Large law firms in Australia have responded to increased foreign competition and deep cuts to profitability by cutting partner numbers and eliminating jobs, according... more

• Washington DC's top lawyers talk about the future of BigLaw

  Dec 06 2010 The Big Law business model has fundamentally changed, according to the managing partners of some of Washington’s DC's top law firms. In a breakfast discussion... more

• Top London firms streak ahead as mid-tier firms struggle

  Nov 04 2010 An annual survey of the legal services market by PricewaterhouseCoopers has shown a widening gap between London’s biggest law firms and the mid-tier firms.... more

• The next step in gender equality at law firms

  Nov 01 2010 Women graduates make up about 60% of the trainee intake at large London law firms, and have accounted for over half of the intake at these firms for over a decade.... more

• Salary survey: non-equity partners

  Sep 27 2010 RollOnFriday has conducted an unofficial survey to determine how much salaried partners are getting paid. Their report finds that salaried partners at the biggest... more

• High fee potential in family law? BigLaw may want to take a look

  Sep 01 2010 The view that family law is not lucrative enough to attract the interest of large law firms may be changing, in light of a recent series of divorce cases that earned... more

• Deferred lawyers no longer keen to work for big firms

  Aug 20 2010 Many young lawyers are reconsidering their career goals after their job offers with major law firms were deferred in response to recession in the industry.... more

• Smaller firms take lions share of lucrative work acting against banks

  Apr 08 2010 Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the role of small to midsize law firms in the lucrative legal work of acting against banks in the wake of the... more

• For Large Firms, Alternative Billing Makes Inroads

  May 25 2009 When Eli Lilly & Co. settled a whistleblower suit in January for $1.42 billion over allegations it improperly marketed an anti-psychotic drug, Duane Morris was in the... more