As the end of the working week beckons, it’s time once more for our weekly recap of the notable legal events that occurred since the heady days of Monday with our Friday Edit column. Continue reading “The Friday Edit: Tods Murray gives up the ghost, innovation everywhere and the secret political life of managing partners”
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 is the standard bearer, bucking the received wisdom of the modern legal market – for detractors, an outfit on borrowed time, hoping to bet against the market (with an unhedged bet at that).
But 17 years since it first articulated what became irritatingly known as its best friends strategy, there remains no clear answer as to which camp is right.
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 Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville.The Gaylord in Nashville is not my favorite venue. It was cobbled together from the original Opryland Hotel when the Gaylord company decided to build conference destinations. It’s difficult to easily get from one area of the structure to another, and easy to get lost, The Gaylord hotels in Dallas and Washington are purpose-built and much more ‘user friendly.’
Continue reading “Guest post: The Blind Men & Big Data – what does Big Data mean for law firms?”
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 are going to press today on an 80-page report. But I can’t let the kids down, so here’s a recap and a dash of commentary on the interesting legal things that happened in the last five days.
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 roles have their elements of drudgery, anxiety and exasperation. This is true of being a lawyer as well, so if you think you want to be a lawyer can I offer you anything worthwhile?
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 week’s more interesting events and put a little context on current events in the commercial law game.
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 notable and interesting articles for readers shamefully doing other things than living on our website over the last four days. The format will likely evolve since I’m making it up as I go along.
‘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 and its potential future for those considering a career in law.