Partner Profits
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Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Sponsored Content
Will PPP Be Dethroned?
While PPP is by far the favorite metric for partners and other recruiter shops, all partners will be better off examining the data more closely before shooting their business plan and résumé out to a low-paying firm. -
Biglaw, Blank Rome, Law Firm Mergers
Has Dickstein Shapiro Found A (New) Rescuer?
The firm's last proposed merger fell apart, but sources say this latest transaction is a "done deal." - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
2015 Was A Weak Year For The Legal Industry... And You Should Expect More Of The Same In 2016
As 2015 draws to a close, 2016 looks to be a weak year for law firms.
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Cravath Announces Its 2015 Associate Bonuses!
Welcome to the 2015 Biglaw bonus season! -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Biglaw: Demand Is Slowing, Expenses Are Up
The outlook for law firms isn't all gloom and doom, but there are a lot of caveats to even the modestly good news. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues
You Won't Get The Money!
What are the odds of you actually making $3 million as a partner at a Biglaw firm? Biglaw partner turned in-house lawyer Mark Herrmann runs the numbers. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
The Capitulation Of Merely 'Rich' Firms (And How To Bring In $3 Million In Profits Per Partner)
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann, a former Biglaw partner, crunches some numbers. -
Biglaw, Rankings
The Global 100: The World's Top Law Firms Ranked By Revenue, Profit, And Headcount
Which law firms landed in the top 10 according to these different metrics? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.01.15
* ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams is suing his neighbors over his lawyerly lair — and one of the defendants is a Biglaw partner at a top firm. Expect more on this later. [New York Post]
* Speaking of Biglaw, a familiar tale of financial performance: gross revenue at Am Law 100 firms grew by 4 percent in the first half of 2015, but driven by rate increases rather than demand growth. [American Lawyer]
* If you want the Supreme Court to hear your case, try to steer your cert petition clear of the “long conference,” known as the place “where petitions go to die.” [New York Times]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, the Court won’t come to the rescue of the Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — time to issue those licenses or quit, Kim Davis. [How Appealing]
* But the justices did come to the (temporary) rescue of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, allowing him to remain free until SCOTUS acts on his petition for certiorari. [SCOTUSblog via How Appealing]
* Are criticisms of the S.E.C.’s administrative-law procedures correct? Here’s a study from Professor David Zaring. [New York Times]
* The Show-Me State leads when it comes to showing defendants to their deaths: Missouri has displaced Texas as the “epicenter of the American death penalty.” [The Marshall Project]
* Speaking of capital punishment, I predicted that these particular Ninth Circuit judges wouldn’t be too sympathetic to this challenge to the death penalty — and based on yesterday’s oral argument, it seems I was right. [How Appealing]
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 5)
What does the future hold for small law firms and solo practitioners? Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld offers predictions and advice. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 4)
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld to regional law firms: sorry, but being regional is not a viable strategy. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Peter Kalis Of K&L Gates Strikes Back At Law360
Peter Kalis has some sick burns for Law360, which he claims "is not taken seriously as a journalistic organ." -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Barbarians At The K&L Gates?
Partner departures, staff layoffs, and an office closing, oh my.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: Where Is The Legal Profession Heading? (Part 3)
Managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld notes that if you look at the most profitable law firms in recent years, a good chunk of them are "pure play" firms. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Stat Of The Week: Second-Tier Firms Strike Back
The Am Law 51-100 firms still have plenty of life left in them. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2015 Am Law 100: Revenues Rising, Profits Popping, And A New #1 Firm
Who's the new top firm by gross revenue, and what obscene new high did Wachtell Lipton profits hit last year? -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Want To Understand Law Firms? Learn the RULES.
The most important lesson you can learn before working in a firm is how a firm makes its money. -
Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Zero-Based Budgeting And Law
What is "zero-based budgeting," and how can this concept be useful to law firms? Columnist Gaston Kroub explains. -
In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues, Sponsored Content
Who Makes More: Partners Or General Counsels?
Given your partner compensation, would you seriously consider a general counsel job? Maybe you should. -
Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Which Biglaw Firm Makes Partners Write Essays To Prove Why They Should Be Paid?
Partners, you better make sure you do your homework at this firm.