The Global 20 Law Firms Revealed (2016)
Congratulations to all the firms on the list!
Salary Increases Reach Biglaw Offices In China
Lawyers in China get good news about salary.
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How Opus 2’s AI Powers Smarter, Faster Case Analysis And Trial Preparation
Updates to the award-winning case management software empower lawyers to focus on the most important tasks.
Proof That ‘Bigg & Mediocre’ Has No Future
Does the future belong to super-large, global law firms? Not necessarily, according to in-house columnist Mark Herrmann.
Planning For A Legal Career Overseas (Part II): Language Skills, Caveats, And What You Can Be Doing Now
If you're interested in working overseas, how important are language skills, and what you can be doing now to best position yourself for an international move?
Planning For A Legal Career Overseas (Part I): Picking The Right Practice Area And The Right Firm
Which practice areas are most conducive to working abroad as a U.S. lawyer?
Ukraine Law Firm Rankings Unveiled!
Which Biglaw firms have the strongest Ukrainian offices? There's a ranking for that (of course).
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.
Morrison & Foerster Takes Berlin; Is Hogan Lovells Annoyed?
MoFo stole all of Ho-Love's partners in Berlin, and Ho-Love isn't happy about it.
From Across the Desk: Corporate-Centric Firms
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the corporate-centric firms.
From Across the Desk: Capital-Markets Centric Firms
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. continues his taxonomy of law firms with the capital-markets centric firms.
From Across the Desk: A Law Firm Taxonomy – Introduction
Bruce MacEwen categorizes different types of law firms.
8 Tips For Creating A Comprehensive ‘AI In The Workplace’ Policy
Corporate investment and usage in generative AI technologies continues to accelerate. This article offers eight specific tips to consider when creating an AI usage policy.
All Hail the Global 100, the Highest-Grossing Law Firms in the World
We know how you love rankings. Here are the top ten law firms in the world by revenue, the top ten firms by profits per partner, and the top ten firms in attorney headcount.
Dewey Know Where the Firm Leaders Are Going? Heads of Departments Head for the Exits
Two of Dewey & LeBoeuf's leaders, both members of the Office of the Chairman, are abandoning ship. Where are they going?
The Biggest Law Firms in the World: Meet the Global 100
Say hello to the Global 100 for 2011. This is the American Lawyer's list of the world's 100 largest law firms, ranked by total revenue. Lawyers are a competitive lot. So you're probably less interested in the overall figures than in how different firms fared in the rankings....
Inside Straight: Big-Firm Pitches
Over time (and it doesn’t take long), law firm pitches all begin to sound the same. “We save you money because we staff cases leanly. We send in the Navy SEALs, not the Fifth Fleet.” Do you really think the guy in here last week was saying, “We waste your money hand over foot. We […]
The Biggest of Biglaw: Greet the Global 100
The American Lawyer Global 100 is out. It’s the list that ranks law firms around the world by gross revenue. And this year, there’s a new name at the top. Baker & McKenzie leapfrogged a number of firms to become the top-grossing law firm in the world (based on 2009 revenue numbers). Baker narrowly edged […]