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Nov 26, 2023

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Law Firm Partners | Analysis

Law Firms Offer Income Partners 'Skin in the Game' With Partial Equity Status

By Justin Henry

"For purposes of accuracy and analysis, it would make things much more clear to the market if there were three tiers: income partner, hybrid and full equity," says one recruiter. Read More

Class Actions | Analysis

David Boies' Succession Plan Will Make or Break Boies Schiller

By Dan Roe

The partners of Boies Schiller Flexner will vote on the next firm chair in December, marking the culmination of a long, rocky and highly public succession plan. Read More

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Law Firm Management | News

How Can Law Firms 'Crack the Nuts on Collections' While Closing Out 2023?

By Andrew Maloney

Law firms will try everything in their control, such as setting up so-called milestone payments on next year's work or using discounts to incentivize payment of outstanding bills. Read More

Law Firm Associates | Analysis

Where Are the Milbank Pay Matches? Mixed Market Signals Weigh on Law Firms

By Andrew Maloney

"It's a bit telling of how the overall market is kind of feeling at the moment. There's going to be a lot of variability in how firms perform this year," noted New York legal recruiter Scott Yaccarino. Read More

Law Firm Competition | News

New York Law Firms See Good News, But Still Have Some Cause for Concern

By Patrick Smith

"We've been incredibly fortunate to have had a lot more stability and excitement in our own work during 2023," Wachtell's Adam Emmerich said. Read More

Consumer Products | News

$1.56B Roundup Verdict Was Fourth Against Bayer but First for This Plaintiffs Firm

By Amanda Bronstad

Jay Utley and Bart Rankin, of Dallas-based Forrest Weldon Law Group, represented three plaintiffs diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Roundup trial—and their first mass tort case. Read More

6 Steps for Breaking Out of a Job Hunt Rut

Getting stuck in a job search rut is easy to do and very common amongst the majority of job searchers.. Read More

Legal Education | News

'If You Cry, It's OK': How to Pick Yourself Up and Try Again After Failing the Bar Exam

By Christine Charnosky

"Whether it's your first time or your sixth time, you really need to have that end goal in sight," said Alaina Arroyo. "I'm doing this to become a lawyer and hopefully make the world a little bit of a better place." Read More