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Privately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms
May 18th, 2016
The biggest diversity survey of the legal profession yet undertaken charts patchy progress on gender and race – but privately educated solicitors remain vastly over-represented in the senior ranks of the biggest firms. The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s third diversity ...
Revenues and hourly rates both up at US law firms
May 16th, 2016
Fresh data from Citi Private Bank has placed revenue growth at US law firms at its strongest level since 2008. According to Citi’s latest report, law firm revenue grew by 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of this ...
All five magic circle law firms named in new ‘Panama Papers’ database
May 11th, 2016
Top City firms named as a result of Mossack Fonseca leak and further investigations by press All five magic circle law firms have been named in an online database that reveals the identities of thousands of companies connected to the Panama ...
Report suggests law firms are failing on customer service
April 18th, 2016
A new report suggests that there is a ‘disturbing level of tunnel vision’ among law firms when it comes to adopting modern customer service standards, which could ultimately make the difference between success and failure. The report by Peppermint Technology shows that law ...
Law Firms Boosting Investment in Marketing, Survey Finds
April 14th, 2016
In response to fierce competition for increasingly demanding clients, 56 percent of attorneys and marketing professionals expect their law firms to boost investment in marketing over the next two years, according to a survey published on Tuesday. More than two-thirds of respondents also ...
Hackers Breach Law Firms, Including Cravath, Weil Gotshal
March 30th, 2016
Federal investigators explore whether cybercriminals stole confidential information to be used for insider trading Hackers broke into the computer networks at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, and federal investigators are exploring whether they stole confidential information ...
Innovation in legal services is a win/win for the economy, law firms and the users of legal services
March 28th, 2016
Greater innovation in the legal services market is important for UK PLC, law firms and the users of legal services. The successful SRA Innovate conference on Tuesday, at London’s Altitude 360, brought together more than 100 original thinkers from ...
Asia-Pacific law firms enjoy biggest slice of IPO pie
March 25th, 2016
IPO activity is in a worldwide slump, but new research from accounting giant EY has shown that the Asia-Pacific region is still dominating in public listings. According to the latest EY report, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 61 per ...
FSMA warns the public against the activities of supposed law firms
March 24th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued a press release to warn the public against the activities of the supposed law firms Cole & Rushton LLC and Ernst & Taylor LLP, which are offering to help victims ...
Two-thirds of law firms actively target international growth
March 17th, 2016
Pricing and competition the biggest challenges facing firms in EMEA and APAC Over half of law firms across geographic regions are optimistic about growth in 2016, but pricing and competition pose the two biggest challenges to success, new research ...
