It’s Not You, It’s the Legal Market: A Five-Point Guide to Breaking Up With Employees
Law firms and law schools have been having some difficult conversations lately: breakup conversations. As the legal job market continues to shrink, law firms and law schools have been faced with tough decisions about separating with attorneys and professors,...
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HC Helps Sutherland Own A Market
Situation/Objective: In mid-2000, Steve Boehm and Cynthia Krus, partners at the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, approached the firm’s marketing department with a request: “Make Sutherland the premier provider of legal counsel to Business Development...
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5 Things to Avoid When Writing Client Alerts
Did the headline of this post intrigue you? According to research about what type of headlines get the most clicks and shares, it should have. That research is compiled in a PR Daily article of interest to any firm that produces client alerts, newsletters, blog posts,...
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Star Makers
Amy Kolz’s revealing article on the disappointing results of lateral hiring [“Building a Better Lateral,” February] notes that an Am Law 50 firm found that lateral hiring had been only a breakeven proposition from 2007-09. Revenues generated by its lateral just...
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Firm Fiascoes
Situation: A senior lawyer from a top tier firm is currently the subject of rumors circulating in the press, claiming that he, as well as some other well-known business personalities, are involved in child pornography. Up to this point, the media has been focusing on...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Chambers USA
What is Chambers USA? Chambers USA is a guide produced by the U.K.-based legal publisher Chambers and Partners. It identifies the best lawyers and law firms in the U.S. in a variety of practice areas; essentially, it’s the legal industry’s version of the Michelin...
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