Sentences with phrase «by the large law firm likely»

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In the wake of Cobbetts» recent rescue takeover by DWF and Dewey & LeBoeuf's implosion last year, the latest Big Question survey found 95 % of respondents acknowledging the possibility that more large corporate law firms would fail in the near term, including 32 % who believed another collapse in the next two years was «likely» and a further 42 % describing such an event as «very likely».

Early statistics from some of the UK's largest law firms suggest students from disadvantaged backgrounds are up to 50 % more likely to be hired by firms when they are able to consider their performance in the context of their background.

Vodafone's $ 130bn (# 79bn) sale of its stake in Verizon — not only by far the biggest deal of the year but also the largest US - based corporate transaction since 2001 — was always likely to be a feeding frenzy for law firms.

Unless prevented by age discrimination laws, it's most likely, of course, that financially «unproductive» lawyers will be pushed out by larger firms prior to becoming a competence problem [see below, and the recent flap over «de-equitization» at Chicago - based Mayer Brown, which has provoked concern from Rick Georges and Eric Mazzone, and outrage by Larry Bodine (via LegalBLogWatch)-RSB-.