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Law Firm Mergers Continue at a Strong Pace in 2018, Report Finds

Law firm mergers remained robust during the first quarter of 2018, with a strong outlook for cross-border combinations, according to a recent report by legal consultancy firm Fairfax Associates. In the first quarter of 2018, Fairfax tracked 20 completed mergers, which counts combinations once they are completed. According to the report, this number is slightly […]

Law Firm Mergers Continue at a Strong Pace in 2018, Report Finds
05 Feb Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues
Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues

The frenzy of mergers between IP boutiques and national full-service firms shows no signs of abatement, The American Lawyer reports....

03 Feb ‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Increase in Lateral Partner Moves
‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Incre...

Partner moves were at their highest count yet in 2015, the “strongest year since 2009 for lateral partner moves at big law fir...

29 Jan Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Service Midwest Firm
Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Serv...

Intellectual property boutique Brinks, Gilson, & Leone lost four litigation partners to Midwest-based Barnes & Thornburg las...

21 Jan Fortune 500’s Go-To Law Firms for IP Litigation
Fortune 500’s Go-To Law Firms for IP Liti...

Who do the Fortune 500 corporations turn to when they need intellectual property litigators?  According to a recent survey by T...

15 Jan ‘Big Law’ Firms Continue to Struggle as ‘Large Enough’ Firms Thrive
‘Big Law’ Firms Continue to Struggl...

The world’s largest law firms are still feeling the heat from their stagnated approaches, as discussed in last week’s po...

08 Jan How Mid-Market Firms Are Profiting from ‘Big Law’ Firms’ Stagnated Strategies
How Mid-Market Firms Are Profiting from ‘...

Big law firms have always been pathologically conservative in updating their policies, but has this mentality begun to affect their ...

30 Dec The D.C. Biglaw Year in Review
The D.C. Biglaw Year in Review

The National Law Journal recently released a review of the major legal news in Washington’s ‘big law’ fo...

29 Dec 2015 Reports: Best Law Firms for Women
2015 Reports: Best Law Firms for Women

The annual “Best 50 Law Firms for Women” list, released mid-year by Working Mother magazine, remains one of the key surv...

23 Dec Should Law Firms Be More Financially Transparent to Partners?
Should Law Firms Be More Financially Transparen...

Does the increased transparency of firm finances benefit or vitiate its partners?  A recent article by The American Lawyer...

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