Letting go: anathema to a control-freak partner
Two observations from the GC of BT Technology, Chris Fowler, stand out in our innovation feature, ‘Arrested development’. One: ‘If…
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The work from home dilemma – get creative
If 2020 was about surviving coronavirus and lockdown, 2021 is most certainly about rebuilding and making up for lost time.…
Depressing end to Weinstein gagging order narrative means closure for none
The whimpering conclusion to the three-year saga that dragged City law into the middle of #MeToo could hardly have been…
Failings in Beckwith prosecution undermine #MeToo fight and muzzle regulator
The High Court ruling in November that overturned the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)’s finding against ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith has…
Falling angels: Freshfields faces cum-ex repercussions
It has been a difficult year for Freshfields. In PR terms it has been an annus horribilis, and the enormity…
Comment: Remembering Mr Disruption – How Clayton Christensen became the legal industry’s North Star
Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
Remembering Mr Disruption – The innovator’s legacy for the profession
Barely into 2020 and news came that probably the most influential business thinker of the last 20 years had passed…
Comment: #MeToo is law’s Libor-rigging moment – Unheralded comes regulation of City law
Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
Unheralded comes regulation of City law
Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
New Law needs a new dictionary to get that promised break through
For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
The LB100 Comment: UK legal elite shows resilience amid the ominous haze
It is a measure of how fast-moving the Brexit-dominated landscape now is that imagery in this year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100)…
LB100: Legal elite shows resilience amid ominous haze
It is a measure of how fast-moving the Brexit-dominated landscape now is that imagery in this year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100)…
Comment: Profit per equity partner and law’s other enduring hypocrisies
No-one got into journalism to be consistent, the trade typically being more attractive to trouble-makers than those hunting for enduring…
Profit per partner and other enduring hypocrisies
No-one got into journalism to be consistent, the trade typically being more attractive to trouble-makers than those hunting for enduring…
The influx of BAME lawyers may yet be squandered
The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…
Comment: The Mindful Business Charter: In praise of baby steps
The name, the Mindful Business Charter, does not in itself inspire huge confidence but, judging the legal profession on its…
The Mindful Business Charter: In praise of baby steps
The name, the Mindful Business Charter, does not in itself inspire huge confidence but, judging the legal profession on its…
The big 30 – Make ‘em partner or you’ll lose ‘em
Having recently shared a few drinks with one of the most talked-up youngish corporate lawyers in the City, the question…
The future of law will need long-term investment
A little over five years ago Legal Business produced a cover feature dubbed ‘How to improve a law firm in…
PRIME and the rise of the tick-box ‘solution’
The sheepish evasion now emanating from the once-lauded social mobility project PRIME is an abject lesson in what ethically ails…