Is Private Equity’s Involvement In Beauty Stifling Brand Individuality?
Growth capital can accelerate success, but it can also compromise the identity that made a brand worth investing in to begin with.
Biglaw Partners Aren’t Ready To Hand Over The Keys To Private Equity Just Yet
Any firm pursuing private equity backing will need to calm fears about culture, independence, and profitability.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Private Equity Has Its Eyes On Biglaw’s Second Hundred Firms
The billion-dollar question: which firm goes first?
Are Kirkland Deal Lawyers THE Biggest Assh*les Or What?
The firm's 'uncooperative' behavior is well known in PE circles.
Private Equity Partners Left Out Of Biglaw’s Lateral Move Mania
PE partners get no -- well, less -- lateral love.
The Biglaw Firm Bringing Private Equity To Football
The Dolphins are one of the first NFL teams to welcome PE cash.
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.
Private Equity Reaps The Benefits Of Fifth Circuit’s Wild Jurisprudence
Eugene Scalia has mastered this whole forum shopping thing.
Biglaw Firm Bounced From Case Over Private Equity Work
Is a profitable source of Biglaw work about to run dry?
What Publishing Industry Downturn? Legendary Publisher Simon & Schuster Acquired For $1.62B
Defying an overall cooling market for books, Simon & Schuster has posted strong sales for the past two years.
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The Best Of Biglaw In Private Equity
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A Look Inside Kirkland & Ellis Partner’s New $38 Million Malibu Mansion
When moving across the globe, best to do it in style.
DLA Piper Makes Major Lateral Move In Private Equity Space
The firm's making a big play in the space.
5 Hot Practice Areas In A Biden Administration
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Morning Docket: 09.06.19
* “I like sex. Sex is fun and I can get paid for it. You can make a job out of this? That’s fantastic.” Sears said. “Why would I not do this?” Of course we've heard about the lawyer who's also working as a prostitute. We'll have more on this incredibly interesting story later today. [KCCI Des Moines] * Will 2019 be a year without a blockbuster Biglaw merger? With the A&O/O’Melveny combo off the table, it could be. “There were so many mergers the last couple of years that we are seeing a slowdown.” [American Lawyer] * Lawyers for Paul Manafort are trying to get a mortgage fraud case against him in New York dismissed, citing double jeopardy law. He doesn’t want to have to do more jail time, even if Trump pardons him. [Reuters] * Lawyer staffing company Axiom will no longer be pursuing an IPO thanks to an infusion of cash from private equity firm Permira Funds. It would have been one of the first publicly traded legal businesses in the country. [Big Law Business] * Remember the Jussie Smollett controversy where the actor claimed he was involved in a racist and homophobic attack? His lawyers say he shouldn’t have to pay Chicago six figures for the investigation into the hoax because how was he supposed to know so much time would be spent on it. [ABC 7 Chicago]