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Why Are So Many Superstar Litigators Jumping Ship?
In the most recent of what’s beginning to feel like a parade of star litigators jumping ship from BigLaw, comes word that Karen Dunn has left Paul Weiss to join a startup litigation boutique; in the first few months of its existence it’s already past two... read more +Get Big or Else?
If you believe Hildebrandt, there were 47 law firm mergers of significance last year. (The editorial insertion "of significance" is my own, because while Hildebrandt says they limit their sample to law firms of five or more attorneys, the private...
You Can Never Be Too Thin, Too Rich, or Too Well-Educated
If you believe that the merger wave is far from cresting and that the future promises a landscape of perhaps two or three dozen truly international mega-firms with revenues north of $1-billion/year—but you're currently at less than half that...
The Billable Hour is Dead: Long Live the Billable Hour
“I can’t think of a more important problem facing the profession,” Justice Breyer told Washington Lawyer, “than how to maintain a life for a young lawyer that will lead to satisfaction in his or her career, that will produce time for a family,...
But I Don’t Want to Change!
In a happy confluence, two articles which are far stronger together than is either alone were pointed out to me today by two loyal readers. The first is The American Lawyer's current "Management" column, about Customer Relationship Management systems...
“If You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere”
The Lawyer (UK) is out with its Global 100 for 2004 and their gloss on the raw statistics, understandable given their perspective, highlights the different approaches to globalization taken by UK and US firms. One strategy to adopt vis-a-vis globalization...
