Law Firm Management
BigLaw Partner Leaves Firm After Reprimand for DWI and Alleged Assault
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The firm announced that Jeffrey McIntyre had withdrawn from the firm in wake of the state supreme court’s reprimand.
Barnes & Thornburg Appoints Roscoe Howard Office Managing Partner in D.C.
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Former federal prosecutor Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. has been named the new managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg’s Washington, D.C., office.
Mega Biglaw Firm Eliminating Staff Positions; More Cuts Could Be on the Way
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Remaining at-risk jobs are in he human resources, finance, business development, marketing and communications, and knowledge management departments.
Microsoft Embraced Law Firm Alternative, But Many Still Fearful
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It’s still an open question whether enough corporate clients will push the envelope far enough to dramatically alter law firms’ business outlook, reports Bloomberg Law.
Smaller Law Firms Will Benefit from Google’s Site Diversity Change
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Firms will need to provide quality information and good search engine optimization to be able to take advantage of Google’s change, according to Muse Communications.
Jones Day Ex-Partner Settles Suit Over ‘Fraternity’ Culture
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Wendy Moore’s suit claimed the firm’s leadership retaliated against her after she voiced misgivings about its culture, pay transparency, and treatment of female attorneys.
Failed Sedgwick Seeks Clawback Settlement with Ex-Partners
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The partial compromise comes more than eight months after Sedgwick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and a year-and-a-half after the 85-year-old firm ceased operations.
Lowenstein Sandler Adds Three New Leaders
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Lowenstein Sandler announced that three professionals have joined the firm’s senior management team.
Busting the ‘Mean Girls at the Office’ Myth
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Women often hold other women to higher interpersonal behavioral standards than men do, concludes a new book titled “It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace: Women’s Conflict at Work and the Bias that Built It.”
How Small Law Firms Can Improve Cybersecurity to Prevent Data Disasters
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Breaches can inflict irreversible damage to a firm’s reputation, finances and client relationships. So why aren’t they taking cybersecurity seriously?
70 Percent of Biglaw Firms Not on Board With $190K for First-Year Associates
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A few Biglaw firms raised starting salaries for first-year associates to $190,000 last June, but a study by the National Association for Law Placement reveals that most firms held to a more modest course on starting salaries in 2018.
Jones Day Wants Gender Discrimination Plaintiffs to Reveal Themselves to the Public
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Jones Day’s motion claims “the court’s approval of the pseudonyms itself impugns Jones Day’s reputation.”
Lawyer Advertising Rules Proposal Draws Mixed Reactions from Texas Attorneys
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Response to the ad proposal and other possible revisions led the State Bar of Texas’ Committee on Rules and Referenda to scrap the original proposal and issue a new one based on the committee’s work and public comments.
Lawyers Spar Over $64 Million in Fees In $2.2 Billion South Carolina Nuclear Settlement
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The main point of contention was whether the 13 law firms that fought SCE&G for months before negotiating the settlement should earn $64 million in fees.
Morrison & Foerster Trims Some Female Attorneys’ Claims, For Now
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The women are part of a proposed nationwide class action filed in April 2018.
Former Practice Chair Says Dentons Owes Her Over $390K
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Jessica Abrahams, now at Drinker Biddle & Reath, claims Dentons breached a contract that guaranteed she’d have the funds in her capital account returned to her if she left the firm.
Freelance Attorneys or Firms – What’s the Difference?
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Online freelance attorney marketplaces have opened up a world of opportunity for in-house legal departments. In-house counsel Greg Hoover discusses when and how to use freelance attorneys.
Chambers USA 2019 Guide Ranks Top Lawyers and Law Firms
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Chambers and Partners, a research and analytics firm for the legal profession, published its Chambers USA 2019 rankings of the top lawyers and law firms across the United States.
Akerman Adds Pro Bono Director Gina DelChiaro
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Gina DelChiaro has joined Akerman LLP as the firm’s director of pro bono initiatives.
Alexander Dubose Jefferson Adds Former Appellate Justice
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Bill Boyce, a justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston for 11 years, has joined Alexander Dubose & Jefferson in the firm’s Houston office.
