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Law Firms Are Focusing on Growth in the United States, Study Finds

The American Lawyer reports that after years of globalization, some firms are pulling back to focus on building a stronger platform in the world’s most lucrative legal market. According to the article, the United States remains the world’s largest, strongest and most lucrative legal market. A recent study by U.K.-based market research company Acritas found that U.S. companies […]

Law Firms Are Focusing on Growth in the United States, Study Finds
23 May Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 100
Highlights from the 2016 Am Law 100

The American Lawyer just released the results of the most recent Am Law 100, their annual financial report of the top 100 U.S. ...

18 May Profits Unsurprisingly Down at Colossal Biglaw Firm, Reports AmLaw
Profits Unsurprisingly Down at Colossal Biglaw ...

Mega-firm Reed Smith had a rough year in 2015, The American Lawyer reports–a year that perhaps led to the highly publicized 45...

12 May Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women
Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women

Law360 recently released their annual Glass Ceiling report, ranking ten firms above their peers based on the percentage of...

27 Apr Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360, Discussing the Midwest Legal Market
Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360,...

Astor Professional Search president Bill Sugarman quoted in Law360, discussing the Midwest legal market: http://www.law360.com/...

22 Apr No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Kenyon?
No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Ken...

Intellectual property firm Kenyon & Kenyon neither confirmed nor denied rumors that they will be canceling their summer associat...

15 Apr Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a Crawl
Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a ...

In a profession “less diverse than doctors or engineers [who are] 88 percent white,” says Danielle Holley-Walker, dean o...

07 Apr Billable Hour Moves In-House
Billable Hour Moves In-House

In-house attorneys have always extolled the abolishment of the billable hour as a major plus over traditional firm life.  But now, T...

31 Mar No Such Thing as a Good Merger?
No Such Thing as a Good Merger?

Last year saw the dissolution of several high-profile firm mergers, yet still boasted a record 91 successful law firm amalgamations ...

22 Mar Schiff Hardin Lays Off Associates After Partners Depart
Schiff Hardin Lays Off Associates After Partner...

Schiff Hardin laid off seven current associates and retracted offers for four incoming associates yesterday, reports the ABA Journal...

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