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After mergers, Broomfield Law Firm Splits Into Three

Corporations, firms, universities, these collective bodies are like alien life-forms, bizarre entities that can fuse together into one, and then…

More Associates Satisfied with Large Firms than in Over a Decade?

More associates are happy with their large law firm jobs than in a decade. How is this possible? With places…

“Asset Deals” an Increasingly Popular Alternative to Law Firm Mergers

Law firms have alternatives to flat out mergers. They could make an asset deal, an arrangement sometimes preferable for the…

Firm Billing Rates Compared

How does in-house counsel stack up in billing rates across the board? A new study by TyMetrix Legal Analytics and…

Despite Rising Economy, Law Firms Remain Demoralized

The economy is doing better than we expected, and that’s good news for everybody. Well, almost everybody. Law firms seem…

Law Firms Urged to Create Succession Plans

A principal from the firm of Altman Weil said that the fear of alienating clients since the recession has become…

Legal Services Industry Adds 1,000 Jobs in December

In the month of December, the legal services sector in the United States gained 1,000 jobs despite the national unemployment…

FBI Arrests 26 People for Immigration Fraud; 21 from Law Firms

In a press release from the FBI, 26 people have been charged by federal prosecutors with filing hundreds of asylum…

Weird Electives at Law Schools Raise Questions

In today's struggling legal industry, law students are still forced to take courses that many would never think twice about…

Acritas Survey Reveals Top 20 Law Firm Brands

Legal research company Acritas released data from a survey it conducted that found the leading law firm brands amongst in-house…

2012 Not the Best Year for Pennsylvania Law

The Legal's 17th annual Managing Partners Survey for PaLaw is out and reveals that 2012 was a harder year for…

Jacoby & Meyers to Bring Amended Lawsuit over Non-lawyer Ownership

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd US circuit Court of Appeals held that Jacoby & Meyers could amend…