Intellectual property boutique Brinks, Gilson, & Leone lost four litigation partners to Midwest-based Barnes & Thornburg last week, according to The American Lawyer. This follows the recent trend for IP boutiques, many of which have either been absorbed by larger firms or have also had...
Who do the Fortune 500 corporations turn to when they need intellectual property litigators? According to a recent survey by The American Lawyer, these companies don't rely exclusively on the giant brand-name law firms, but instead often depend on mid-sized IP firms for their defense. See the survey...
The world's largest law firms are still feeling the heat from their stagnated approaches, as discussed in last week's post. A report released by CounselLink concluded that firms with 201 to 500 attorneys--termed "large enough" firms--are "increasingly winning the market share at the expense of...
Big law firms have always been pathologically conservative in updating their policies, but has this mentality begun to affect their overall profitability? The American Lawyer recently released an article investigating whether large firms’ aging partners, who often control a majority of the client base, habitually put their self-interests...
The National Law Journal recently released a review of the major legal news in Washington's 'big law' for 2015, including reports on the paramount moves and mergers, influential administrative changes, and the "reinvention" of the D.C. law practice. Dentons continues its reign as the world's largest firm, announcing ten...
The annual "Best 50 Law Firms for Women" list, released mid-year by Working Mother magazine, remains one of the key surveys of 2015. The list reports that law firms featured in the Best 50 employed more female equity partners, at twenty percent, than the national average (seventeen percent). The Best 50 compilation also boasts...
Does the increased transparency of firm finances benefit or vitiate its partners? A recent article by The American Lawyer investigates, positing that "as part-owners of the business, law firm partners have both a financial incentive and an ethical responsibility to take an active interest in the firm's strategic...
Fifteen Southern California firms have just been featured by The National Law Journal as demonstrating "excellence in practice areas critical to the Southern California economy and legal community." Loeb & Loeb received the top honors in the Entertainment industry. Nossaman was crowned the winner for Government...
Innovative strategies are necessary for continued firm growth in the corporate legal market, according to a recent article from The American Lawyer. William Henderson and Evan Parker report that due to decades of organic growth, when law firms simply grew with their clients, the "supply of capable outside...
Firms are taking a more analytical approach to partner compensation, reports LegalTech News. While partner compensation has traditionally been calculated in a more subjective manner, experts from legal software producer Aderant posit that "analytical models should be the best practice for determining law firm compensation." Dan Ronesi of...