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May 17 2012
A new survey looking at the attitudes of lawyers in India has revealed significant instability in the legal services market, with just 15 per cent of lawyers saying...
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May 08 2012
The University of California Hastings College of Law has decided to admit 20% less students this year, as part of an effort to shift legal education to better respond...
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May 07 2012
The most expensive US lawyers are becoming even more costly, while the cheapest are barely keeping up with inflation, according to this story published in the Wall...
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May 04 2012
The Am Law Daily has released figures that give a snapshot of the legal services industry over the past year. The top 100 firms saw single digit growth in gross...
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May 03 2012
The turmoil over at New York firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, a large and prestigious name in the business - has forced many industry observers to take stock and pose some...
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Mar 06 2012
According to this report, securities class actions have flat-lined in the US, but there is a significant upward trend in this kind of litigation in Canada, and US...
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Feb 01 2012
In the year before Howrey went under, the firm had a headcount of 242 lawyers in Washington. After the firm’s collapse on March 15, 2011, those lawyers flooded the...
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Jan 31 2012
Brand research company Acritas has compiled a list of the strongest brands in the US and global legal services market. Their study, which surveyed 902 clients, of...
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Jan 30 2012
Olswang’s limited liability partnership accounts show that the firm’s profits fell from £31.6m in 2009-10 to £29.3m last year. The firm’s highest paid member took...
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Jan 15 2012
There were 60 mergers between US law firms last year – an increase of 53 per cent – according to a new report by legal consulting firm Altman Weil. The growth in...
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Nov 15 2011
Here is a very interesting article providing a kind of anatomy of the Indian legal services market, ad touching upon the major players, changes, and the nature of the...
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Jun 13 2011
RollOnFriday has reported that Allen & Overy has reduced its trainee intake by 25 per cent since the peak in 2008.
In 2008 the firm took on 120 trainees a year,...
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May 06 2011
After sustained growth for a period of twelve years, the last three years have seen the legal markets in decline around the world. Work in mergers and acquisitions has...
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Apr 27 2011
US firms are increasing their presence in China, with the top 250 US firms running 70 offices in China at the end of 2010. According to the National Law Journal, these...
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Feb 17 2011
Hogan Lovells has posted its first financial results since its merger last year, with average profits per equity partner climbing around 10% from $1.042 million to...
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Jan 10 2011
The US market promises little growth this year, and law firms are looking to expand in the so-called BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China – along with...
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Jan 02 2011
Two recent mergers have highlighted changing currents in the legal services industry. Thomson Reuters' purchase of legal-process outsourcing firm Pangea3 and Axiom...
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Dec 15 2010
Lawyer advertising is heavily regulated in the United States by state bar associations, but New York attorneys may have more room to move after the Supreme Court...
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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...
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Dec 02 2010
The UK Solicitors' Regulation Authority has released updated guidelines for law firms that wish to take up alternative business structures when the regulatory changes...
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Nov 24 2010
US firm Nixon Peabody has established a presence in Hong Kong with the formation of an alliance with local boutique firm Cheng Wong Lam & Partners. The move will give...
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Nov 16 2010
The Global LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) conference was organized by KPO consultants in the capital over the weekend, which had some interesting trends and...
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Nov 12 2010
American Bar Association president Stephen N Zack is lobbying the US government to make access to India’s legal services market for US lawyers a priority on his visit...
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Oct 20 2010
A new survey reveals that in-house legal departments have cut spending for the first time in a decade. The survey, conducted by legal consultants Hildebrandt Baker...
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Oct 20 2010
Scottish law firm McGrigors has announced its entry into a redundancy consultation, with plans to cut 40 lawyers from the roster, as well as a number of support staff...
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Aug 23 2010
The American Bar Association is considering whether to accredit law schools outside of the USA, and has put together a committee to investigate the issue ahead of a...
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Aug 11 2010
As international law firms have grown in size and influence, boutique firms are emerging to take up ground in niche legal markets. These boutique firms are often...
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Apr 29 2010
Robert Lewis, the managing partner of the Beijing office of Lovells, has announced plans to leave the firm to take up a post as head of international practice at...
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