Managing Partner

Sedgwick Lost Twenty Percent Of Partners This Year

Sedgwick’s Chicago office managing partner Eric Scheiner left for Kennedys recently, along with two other partners.They joined a steady stream […]

More Website Accessibility Lawsuits Under The ADA

Plaintiffs are claiming that websites are also public spaces and need to be accessible, by way of such things as captions or audio descriptions. This has proven to be a grey area…

Warning About The “KRACK” Attack On Wi-Fi Networks

A new cybersecurity threat, one that targets wi-fi networks, is said to allow hackers to “inject and manipulate data,” including […]

COO

New COO For Barnes & Thornburg

“Heck no,” was Steve Merkel’s first reaction when he was told about a position he might apply for, that of […]

Merger

Law Firm Merger Mania In Texas

It began in January when Holman Fenwick Willan of London acquired Legge Farrow Kimmett of Houston; Then Jackson Walker acquired […]

Post-Equifax, States Crack Down On Cybersecurity

The Equifax breach has prompted a number of states to launch investigations of the company and has triggered enforcement actions […]

Is “Non-Lawyer” An Insult?

Many have taken umbrage at the term, perceiving a hint of hauteur if not downright snobbery. Recently,  when it appeared […]

Is Diversity Really A “Win-Win”?

New Yorker writer Kelefa Sanneh examines the evolution of the concept “diversity” and how it has been applied to institutions […]

Managing

Managing Partner Model Assailed

Big law firms get bigger, but they cling to an outmoded business model in which managing partners effectively work two […]

Federal Prosecutors Starting Their Own Small Firms

One former prosecutor, now name partner in a litigation boutique, says he can name ten such startups that were started […]

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