2013 witnessed a record 88 law firm mergers, and the market shows no signs of slowing with law firms announcing 22 more mergers during the first three months of 2014. While some mergers are certainly driven by strategic factors, as The Washington Post notes HERE,
“Law firms have been turning to consolidation as the demand for legal services is largely flat… Merging is one way firms can still show growth…”
Professor Heidi Gardner of Harvard Law School presented her research at the 20th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum in early October, whe...
The American Lawyer reports that 2019 was a record-breaking year for law firm merger announcements and represented a “solid yea...
The gap in gender parity in the legal industry remains somewhat stagnant, but there are Big Law firms that have adopted new cultures...