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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 14, 2007
Virtually every law firm in the country will have partners who could do better and contribute more to the firm. In many firms, a lack of a formal appraisal procedure means that their fellow partners are failing to take them to task. This can result in an established culture of underperformance within the firm, leading in some cases to complacency and poor profitability.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 14, 2007
The holiday season is still a distant prospect but for law firms the New Year means the rapid approach of Easter and the long summer break. Juggling staff levels with client demand and natural peaks and troughs in activity is essential to ensure a firm's workflow does not slip into 'go-slow' in the summer. Yet how can the law, a people-centred business, balance ever-fluctuating resource planning needs with a trading environment which encourages firms to constantly drive down overheads?
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 14, 2007
Knowledge and experience management is one of the top four most important strategic challenges faced by the UK's leading law firms, according to research conducted by Thomson Elite. Following a recent survey of the UK's 125 largest firms, 73% of those surveyed rated it as either a 'very important' or an 'important' issue.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 7, 2007
Twenty years ago, partnership was the pre-eminent form of governance in most major professional sectors. In the 1980s, it began to decline in sectors such as accounting, consulting and investment banking to the extent that almost 50 of the top 100 accounting firms are now organised as privately-held or publicly-quoted corporations. So far, law firms have been slow to follow their lead, but in the UK the new Legal Services Bill brings with it the possibility of change.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 31, 2007
The news that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to shed some 50 or so partners in the next year may have surprised a few at the firm's Fleet Street HQ, but at Linklaters the shock was that its arch rival had not acted sooner. Over at Silk Street, they have long shed the softly, softly approach to partnership that used to characterise the profession and managing partner Tony Angel has taken the firm in hand with obvious results.
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 24, 2007
What future trends are worrying managing partners in the US? A survey of 100 managing partners highlighted a range of concerns, such as regulatory changes, the rise of outsourcing and the generation gap. Patrick McKenna reports
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 10, 2007
With the Carter reforms set to take hold next year, insolvency is a very real threat facing law firms. David Miles offers advice on how not to go bust in 2007
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 13, 2006
Searching archives stored on obsolete data formats presents a serious challenge to efficient and cost-effective e-discovery. Gordon Harris reports on how companies can index billions of files and facilitate information-searching procedures
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 13, 2006
Partnerships can face severe disruption in the event of a death or serious illness for a partner. It pays to plan for those unpleasant eventualities, says Matt Haswell
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By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 13, 2006
There is more to free software applications than meets the eye. John Buyers looks at the legal risks of open source software
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By Ryan Lovelace | February 23, 2018
CEO Steve Immelt said he expects more growth to be driven by the tech sector and the Chinese market this year.
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By Rose Walker | February 23, 2018
Corporate and litigation partners to contest top role at Anglo-Australian firm
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By Meghan Tribe | February 22, 2018
With a continued focus on delivering better value to clients, Nixon Peabody saw gains in gross revenue and profits per partner in 2017.
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By Meredith Hobbs | February 22, 2018
The hires by South Carolina-based Nelson Mullins coincide with a leadership change at Miles & Stockbridge.
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By Miriam Rozen | February 22, 2018
David Beveridge will replace M&A partner Creighton Condon as the firm's senior partner.
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By Ryan Lovelace | February 22, 2018
Months after a crippling malware attack on one of the world's largest law firms made global headlines, firms in the nation's capital say they're doing everything they can to fend off a similar crisis.
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By Xiumei Dong | February 22, 2018
The Los Angeles-based Am Law 100 firm saw gains in several key metrics in 2017.
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By Hank Grezlak | February 22, 2018
The legal profession, particularly when it comes to firm leadership and highest paid partners, remains, amazingly in 2018, overwhelmingly white and…
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By Roy Strom | February 22, 2018
The firm became the first to exceed $3 billion in annual revenue last year, setting up a new challenge for anyone looking to take its place atop the Am Law 100.
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By Alex Berry | February 22, 2018
The big four firm's on-demand lawyering service has signed up more than 1,000 contractors since it launched in the U.K. four months ago. The model is now also being used at PwC's Swiss offices, and its Asia network is considering adopting it as well.
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