Sentences with phrase «u.k. legal press»

A law firm merger can lead to growth, but in the short term it likely leads to some retrenchment due to conflicts or partners who are now tempted to take a headhunter's call.And then there is the post-merger reality common in the corporate world, but rarely mentioned in the legal press: restructuring.

Not every reporter's inquiry involves law - related issues — increasingly, especially in the legal press, stories involve the business side of practice.

Few observers expect law firm mergers to stop dominating the headlines in the legal press any time soon.

From the coverage in the legal press, you might think that the «crisis» was limited to the parlous state of legal aid system, but that 40 % cut will cover the entire MoJ budget including prisons and probation as well as our courts.

This point has occupied a large swathe of the legal press lately with firms» press teams battling it out as to who will promise the highest percentage of female leaders by 2020.

You can't read the legal press without running across at least one article about the demise of the billable hour, and it's not all media hype.

One recurrent theme in the legal press now is that lawyers enjoy a legislated monopoly over the provision of certain services which do not require legal expertise.

He is also a frequent speaker at international conferences and is often quoted in the legal press.

I haven't seen any videos in the conventional legal press in Canada.

One recurrent theme in the legal press now is that lawyers enjoy a legislated monopoly over the provision of certain services which do not require legal expertise... [more]

It was interesting to read in the legal press that the outsourcing giant Carillion «could become an alternative business structure» as part of plans to increase its legal services profile.

In 1999, an article in the legal press referred to the new professional negligence pre-action protocol, which had been drafted that year, as «favourable to defendants and their insurers».

In all the discussions I have sat in on, overheard and read in the legal press about the retention of associates never have I heard this idea put forward with such blunt clarity.

With regard to LPM, law firms are largely building their capability behind the scenes and the report says: «While the LPM concept occasionally enters the profession's consciousness as a result of reports in the legal press and specific law firm marketing initiatives, evidence of this below - the - radar phenomena is more typically hidden away in job adverts placed by law firms and legal recruitment agencies, which are now actively seeking LPM specialists.»

There has been so much buzz recently — some of it well - intended nonsense — in the legal press and among some legal management experts about the «law firm of the future.»

Since 2008, Legal Press China and the People's Court Press has published more than 10 books written by Zhihui.

Twenty years later Earlscourt Legal Press continues to flourish.

Keeping the marketing of the books simple was not the only smart choice made by Earlscourt Legal Press.

If you happen to subscribe to my Twitter feed, you'll notice that I regularly post links to stories of interest in the legal press.

The legal press pays a disproportionate amount of attention to large law firms — as do we all.

Rob La Gatta: Walter Olson said you cover your niche better than the conventional legal press (not surprising, given the timeliness of blogs compared to print).

I would still like to believe that people find content here that they do not find in the conventional legal press, and that we're complementary to each other.

And if you're really in a hurry, you could always read one of the many reviews of these books in the legal press that are available online.

He is grateful for the supportive reception from the legal press, singling out Times hack, Jonathan Ames, who edits The Brief, and who did the first interview with him after the show's launch, for website LegalCheek.

Sophia is a committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association and of the Fraud Lawyers Association and writes frequently for the legal press.

The 2007 Law Department Survey released last week by consulting firm Hildebrandt International appears to have garnered virtually no commentary within the blawgosphere and, save for a brief mention in The National Law Journal, little coverage by the legal press.

But as Pam Smith of Legal Press writes here, that's the scenario in Maughan v. Google, where Justice Miriam Vogel argued that the lower court judge erred in cutting Google's request for attorney fees after prevailing on an anti-SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation) motion.

Spicer claims that it is «difficult to find any references in the legal press — including NLJ — to proposals for the legalisation of torture» and goes on to claim that: «There is not, and should not be, any such debate.»

Trade publication IP Law 360 ran a brief story on January 15 about the lateral hire with a headline that isn't unusual in the legal press, but was enough to incense Pitcock's former employers — by hyping the star hire without mentioning the fact that he had been canned for questionable behavior.

When aiming for a top job at a law firm, it doesn't matter how stellar your grades are, you'll have no chance unless you can demonstrate genuine commercial awareness — and that's not just reading the FT or the legal press!

Maybe it's the total failure of the legal press to do their jobs of reporting on this issue so we have an informed legal profession.

On the contrary, I am — as an alumni — generally a defender of the legal press, a much - maligned yet vital part of the legal community.

I am rarely minded to blog in order to criticise articles in the legal press.

As the strategies of the five Magic Circle firms began to diverge after 2000, Slaughter and May fell behind in size, international spread and some other measures — but crucially not profits, or perceived capability — and the legal press felt it needed to redefine the market as it saw it.

Laura regularly writes for the legal press and has had articles published in Personnel today and the Financial Times.

I remember that the mere appointment of a court expert in this case became the subject of reports in the specialized legal press, showing just how unusual this was.

Read about IIT Chicago - Kent's early specialization track for first - year students in the legal press:

Armed with a particular practice area or firm in mind, consuming the relevant legal press is the logical next step.

Obviously, no one discusses their firm's «dirty laundry», however, the problems of other firms which may have been reported in the legal press and elsewhere are usually reviewed - usually in terms of how to prevent similar situations from occurring at your firm.

Search the legal press for articles, read reviews in the Legal 500 and Chambers to gain a greater understanding of the firm.

We have reviewed most of the firms in the annual lists of large law firms published by the legal press, plus hundreds of other firms.

You can tell from the firestorm of written commentary in the legal press and blawgosphere about the function, fitness and future of legal education.

Advice on effectively communicating inside and outside the firm including with the business and legal press.

The current legal press headlines increasingly feature cross border law firm merger proposals — actual, pending or recently dropped.

He writes regularly in the specialist legal press in England and Wales, with regular op - ed pieces in the Law Society Gazette and the New Law Journal.

While legal press headlines obsess about client pressure on law firm fees in what remains a buyer's market, firms are arguably losing double - digit profitability due to how they handle payment for costs other than their own time.

One potential partner identified in the Aussie legal press is midtier firm Middletons, although its management denies any discussions with Squire Sanders, one of the few U.S. firms to join in the race to Oz.

The legal press frequently covers the travails of BigLaw, where partners worry that their highly profitable enterprises might go the way of Dewey & LeBoeuf, Heller Ehrman, Howrey — the list goes on.

Chambers throw celebratory parties and advertise their successful applicants in the legal press.

Small - firm lawyers and solos, by contrast, generally leave a much smaller footprint in the places where journalists search for ideas and leads, and few can afford to devote otherwise billable time to engaging even the mainstream media, let alone the legal press.