by Phil Stott Published: Monday, April 08, 2013 Did you know that Amazon keeps track of all the highlights that you make on your Kindle? And that it can count up all the individual highlights to create a list that gives us a snapshot of the things in books that people respond to; things they […]
Ed Burke The Am Law Daily 04-04-2013 Here’s a logic problem with practical consequences: Given that a firm’s survival depends on revenue; that revenue comes from sales; that lawyers are the ones charged with bringing in revenue; and that most lawyers can’t sell and don’t want to, which of the following should law firms […]
Sara Randazzo The Am Law Daily The legal sector added 2,000 jobs in March, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Department of Labor, the highest single-month gain in nearly a year, and the first addition of jobs in the industry since 2013 began. Initial reports from the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
Oprah Interview Marks Beginning of Armstrong’s Next Legal Battle Brian Baxter The Am Law Daily 01-18-2013 UPDATE: 1/19/2013, 1:45 p.m. EST. The 33rd and 34th paragraphs of this story have been updated with information gleaned from a Form 990 filing by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Lance Armstrong’s decade-long fight to clear his name of performance-enhancing […]
The presidential race in the United States is heading down the home stretch. Just in time for the election season, West is providing some new election resources on Westlaw. They’re free to subscribers, through the national elections. A new Elections tab, which users can customize on their Westlaw interface, provides access to informatin like voter […]
As promised, we bring you an update on yesterday’s coverage of staff layoffs at Fried Frank. Here are a few additional details, from the National Law Journal (subscription): Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is reducing administrative staff in New York and Washington. The reductions, which a firm spokeswoman said were less than 10% of […]
Working Mother Magazine’s 2008 list of the 50 best law firms for Women is out. AmLaw 100 firms on the list include Skadden, Latham & Watkins, Baker & McKenzie and Sidley Austin. Read More…
The complete 2009 rankings are available. In addition to the prestige and “best to work for” rankings, they include the diversity and partner prestige rankings. You can access all the rankings through this gateway page, or by clicking on the links below. Enjoy! Top 100 Law Firms: 2009 Rankings (portal page) [Vault] Top 100 Law […]
Bruce MacEwen, Adam Smith, Esq. Put these trends together, as reported by this month’s issue of The American Lawyer, and what do you get? Midlevel associates, despite their pay jump since 2006, aren’t satisfied with with their compensation; New York City salary levels have penetrated every major market across the country; The annual midlevel associate […]
With the repercussions of the credit crunch creating a slowdown in finance, real estate and big-deal work, several law firms have unloaded attorneys and have done so under the scrutiny of news outlets eager to report the bad news. But in relative terms, the news might not be all that dismal. “You’d think there would […]
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