Managing Partners Losing Faith In The Economy
For managing partners, the economic outlook can best be described as "cautiously pessimistic."
Managing Partners More Confident In Market — Not Intended As An April Fools’ Joke
If you didn't completely believe the headline that managing partners see the market improving, then you were right.
7 Key Trends In Law Firm Rate Negotiations
And how to navigate them in 2026.
Where Are All The Midlevels? Oops, You Laid Them Off!
Biglaw leaders aren't confident about much, except for their need of more warm bodies...
Survey Points To Managing Partners’ Malaise
How confident are managing partners feeling right now? Not very, according to the latest survey from Citi.
Do Managing Partners Need Mood Stabilizers?
What prompted the question on our part? Here's the evidence....
More Bad News for Biglaw: Waning Confidence of Managing Partners Spells Trouble Ahead
What does the rest of this year look like for large law firms? Not great, it seems.
5 Tips For Proving Your Legal Department’s Value
Join our expert panel on March 3rd at 1pm ET to explore actionable, emerging ways you can gather and proactively share the data that demonstrates the impact of your work.
Morning Docket: 09.12.12
* Good news, everyone! According to Citi’s Managing Partner Confidence Index survey, firm leaders are feeling pessimistic about their business due to an overall lack of confidence in the economy. [Am Law Daily] * Per the Ninth Circuit, an Idaho statute that essentially criminalizes medication-induced abortions imposes an undue burden on a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. Really? You don’t say. [Bloomberg] * Kiwi Camara’s circuitous route to SCOTUS: thanks to the Eighth Circuit, Jammie Thomas-Rasset started and ended her journey with $222K damages for copyright infringement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * “Fashion law is a real career choice,” says Gibson Dunn partner Lois Herzeca. This niche practice area is one of the hottest new trends in the wonderful world of fashion, and it’s not likely to go out of style any time in the remote future. [Reuters] * Your clawback suit is a wonderland? John Mayer was named as a defendant in a suit filed by trustees seeking to recover money paid out by Ponzi schemer Darren Berg. [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]