The Friday Edit: Tods Murray gives up the ghost, innovation everywhere and the secret political life of managing partners
As the end of the working week beckons, it’s time once more for our weekly recap of the notable legal…
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Never mind the magic, feel the substance
During its 125th anniversary year, Slaughter and May still divides the industry like no other institution. For its admirers, it…
The Friday Edit: Geffen quits Appold St, the accountants are coming again and human rights factions mainline the moral high ground
Welcome to the latest instalment of our weekly recap of interesting things that happened in law land this week.
Guest post: The Blind Men & Big Data – what does Big Data mean for law firms?
A few weeks ago I returned from the 37th annual ILTA education conference, which was held this year at the…
The Friday Edit: Wrongdoing in high and low places, the latest on Bingham and cutting edge New Law twaddle
Welcome to the latest instalment of our weekly recap of interesting things that happened in law land this week.
The Friday Edit: Bingham sees $50m team quit, Scots lawyers relieved and GC ethics get a prod
This is the third edition of our new review of the week, which I am now bitterly regretting as we…
Guest post: So you think you want to be a lawyer…? The pro and cons of entering the legal profession
There are many careers that are worthwhile. All jobs should be important to the people who do them. And all…
The Friday edit: Endangered female partners, endangered insurance lawyers and more mergers
Welcome to the second of our new series the Friday Edit in which we take an informal look back at…
‘The question is do law firms have the guts to change or just wait for their own giant killer’ – LB’s head talks future of law with Lex 100
Alex Novarese, editor-in-chief of Legal Business, sat down with Lex 100 recently to discuss the current state of the legal industry…
The Friday Edit: Interesting things that happened this week…in case you were doing something else
Welcome to a new and hastily-named feature on Legal Business’s blog in which we reflect on the week and highlight…
Guest post: End of an era – the legacy of Des Hudson
Eight years is a long time at the helm of an organisation like the Law Society, and so as he…
Guest Blog: Are you behaviourally challenged? How you frame advice could influence client decisions
I finally got round to reading this report from John Maule on the Legal Services Board research pages. It sells…
Guest post: Wild Boys: Why some at the Tax bar need to learn to say no
It’s quite a rarity for a practising lawyer to suggest serious unethicality on the part of his or her colleagues,…
Guest post: The Age of Anxiety – In London, in New York, it’s still hard out there
We’re just back from a week in London – coincidentally smack in the middle of the UK firms’ earnings-release season…
Marking your own homework: Dentons and a defence of PEP
Alex Novarese takes a jaded view of the latest attempt to avoid transparency It would almost be too easy to…
Guest post: Is sustainability improving corporate and professional ethics?
The ethical dimensions of in-house practice are a significant source of academic and practical interest, as the recent investigation of…
Comment: Cameronics redux – a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise
Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
Comment: Marking your own homework, Dentons and a defence of PEP
It would almost be too easy to pick holes in the letter that Dentons has supplied to the media to justify…
Cameronics redux: a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise
Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
DISSENT: A self-deceiving return to business as usual
RSG’s Reena SenGupta argues an improving economic climate is leading top law firms to wrongly assume the ‘new’ normal is…