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Law firms 'getting slightly better at treating staff' shock
2/08/2007
What else is there to say about the much-debated topics of assistant morale, talent wars and work-life balance? Quite a bit if you are prepared to ignore some of the more hyperbolic claims and take a balanced look.Reading through Legal...SRA has nothing to shout about as M&S saga ends with a whimper
3/08/2007
It was a confident press release sent out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) yesterday following the long-anticipated end to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s M&S conflicts saga. “City law firm fined for misconduct” it announced, with subsequent crowing about ensuring that firms...BPP regains the prize…but at what cost?
9/08/2007
The robotically upbeat responses of the law schools that missed out on the City LPC consortium contract last week suggest there was never much doubt about who would win it.Even before the multi-million pound contract was awarded to existing provider...CC’s retirement package review could prove a hot potato
10/08/2007
One of the downsides for a firm the size of Clifford Chance (CC) size is that discussing weighty matters like making changes to the partnership deed can take an awfully long time.Perhaps this goes some way to explaining why CC...Giving clients a chance to talk shop
13/08/2007
Legalweek.com launches a new feature today aimed at bringing more of the interactivity that is the hallmark of our site to corporate counsel’s door. The new feature, dubbed (with stunning creativity) Corporate Counsel Q&A, will run within the Talkback section...Chemicals combination might not be deadly for Freshfields
15/08/2007
It was refreshing to hear an honest assessment of how a lawyer feels about advising the target of a multibillion-pound takeover this week.“These deals always bring about mixed feelings when you are acting for the target – it is great...American English
17/08/2007
Eagle-eyed readers and web spods may have noticed a new addition to legalweek.com’s main navigation bar. The extra link is for law.com, the umbrella website of American Lawyer Media (ALM), which today (17 August) formally becomes part of Legal Week’s...A weasel-free take on legal services and the credit crunch
20/08/2007
Don’t you hate it when financial journalists try to weasel out of giving an actual view on the market when things get bumpy? Out come the hedged bets, fence-sitting and anything to avoid actually taking a view on what the...Once bitten, twice... well up for it
30/08/2007
Dewey Ballantine must be thanking its lucky stars that it so narrowly avoided a union with an expansive mid-tier firm run by a forceful leader who calls all the shots in favour of its current impending union with an, er,...
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