All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 65
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News
US firms eye $810m tieup
San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Manhattan’s Chadbourne & Parke are in preliminary merger talks. A tieup of the two firms would create a 945-lawyer firm with revenues of $810m.
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Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Innovation in Law Report 2014
Report of opinion survey looks at legal aid, court modernisation and law firm management.
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News
Firms losing millions to phone fraudsters - insurer
Office accounts as well as client accounts at risk from ‘very sophisticated’ callers posing as bank staff.
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Feature
How client interview skills can raise the stakes
The Client Interviewing Competition has huge benefits for law students and has led to work placements and training contracts.
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Opinion
Unbundling is not the answer
The LSB is pushing firms to offer a half-service, but is this a good idea?
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Feature
Small firms: majority support
The ups and downs of running a small firm and where their owners can go for advice.
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News
Solicitors from Hell copycat site ordered to pay £10,000
City firm takes action over claims that it was rude and intimidating.
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News
In-house service reflects workforce ‘shift’
Addleshaw Goddard is the latest firm to establish a contract lawyer offering.
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News
Firm sorry for partner’s ‘misogynistic’ LinkedIn email
Charlotte Proudman complained after being sent a message complimenting her ‘stunning picture’.
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News
Taylor Wessing merges with Dutch firm
Merger will give the firm new offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven.
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News
Shakespeare Martineau to axe 45 jobs
Redundancies highlighted as part of ‘ongoing business review’ following merger of Shakespeares and SGH Martineau.
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News
A quarter of Britons know us, says Slater and Gordon
Results show Australian firm’s UK-generated revenue now almost £100m after a spate of acquisitions.
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News
City giants embrace flexible working as staff laud benefits
Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills the latest to think differently about how and where lawyers work.
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Feature
Planning a future at the criminal bar
The criminal bar could plan for a profitable future with more confidence, barrister John McNally of new set Drystone Chambers argues.
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News
Clear your desk - leading firms embrace agile working
‘When you look across the floor every desk is clear and there is not a piece of paper in sight’.
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News
Slater and Gordon shares dip as key Quindell contract set to end
Agreement with insurance giant set to finish later this year, Slaters says in surprise announcement.
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News
West Country firm claims Iran first
Everys Solicitors boosts Middle East presence by acquiring Iranian law firm with offices in Shiraz and Tehran.
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Feature
International: flying the flag
Prospecting for overseas business is a long-term project, the Law Society’s international marketplace conference heard.