5 Questions To Ask Your Managing Partner
The answers given should give partners a good sense of both their relative standing within their firms and the values that drive the business decisions of their leadership.
Recently Announced Law Firm Mergers Could Create Cascade of Lateral Moves
With mega-mergers on the horizon, partnership moves can change the legal landscape.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
5 Findings From A Survey Of New Partners
What are the most notable findings from the American Lawyer's latest New Partners Survey?
The Aspiring Lateral: Integrating Yourself
Because the lateral journey does not end when you place the potted plant and picture of your family on your new desk.
Where Did Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Big-Name Partners Land?
In the aftermath of Dewey, where have the pieces of this former empire landed?
Who Will Fill The Weil-Shaped Hole In Houston?
Which Biglaw firm has designs on the Houston legal market?
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Weil Weil West: Weil Gotshal Reiterates Its Commitment To Texas
Glenn West, Weil Gotshal's managing partner in Dallas, issues a statement about the firm's Texas operations.
As The Weil Turns: Insights From Partner Departure Memos
The latest reports from Weil Gotshal, out of Dallas and New York.
The Aspiring Lateral: The Succession Plan
Is this a great job opportunity, or a career dead-end? If you’re missing a critical fact, you may never know.
Riding To The Rescue Of A Troubled Law Firm
Who's the white knight riding to the rescue of Dow Lohnes?
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
As The Weil Turns: Another Private-Equity Partner Parts Ways
Who is leaving which Weil office? Hint: it's one with low morale.
Morning Docket: 10.08.13
* Say what you will about Justice Scalia, but the man is hilarious — more funny than his four liberal colleagues combined, according to a statistical analysis of oral argument recordings. [New York Times] * The government shutdown is slowing down the judicial confirmation process, already famous for its speed and efficiency. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * More about news for Steven Donziger in his long-running battle with Chevron. Maybe it’s time to surrender, Steve? I hear Ecuador is a great place to retire. [New York Law Journal] * Law firm merger mania continues, as Carlton Fields combines with Jorden Burt. [Carlton Fields (press release)] * Herbert Smith Freehills says “you’re hired” to Scott Balber, the lawyer for Donald Trump who got mocked by Bill Maher on national television. [The Lawyer] * You might see your dog as harmless and cuddly, but the law might see your dog as a weapon (and rightfully so, in my opinion). [New York Times via ABA Journal] * Congratulations to all the winners of the FT’s Innovative Lawyers awards. [Financial Times] * And congratulations to Heidi Wendel and Deirdre McEvoy, high-ranking government lawyers headed to Jones Day and Patterson Belknap, respectively. [New York Law Journal] * Today the Supreme Court will hear argument in McCutcheon v. FEC, a major campaign finance case that some are calling “the next Citizens United.” Check out an interview with one of the lawyers behind it, after the jump. [UCTV] Marty Lasden of California Lawyer magazine interviewed the severely conservative James Bopp Jr. for the “Legally Speaking” series (in which I previously participated). It appears this interview with Bopp took place before Bopp got bumped from the podium in favor of Erin Murphy, a young superstar of the Supreme Court bar.
Weil Weil West: Dallas Departures Deepen
Who just left Weil Gotshal in Dallas, and where are they going?
As The Weil Turns: Houston, We Have A Problem
Additional information about the recent partner defections in Houston.
The Aspiring Lateral: Doing Your Diligence
A few reasons why prospective laterals should take the due diligence process as seriously as firms do.