Answering the question ‘What are you doing?’ (in 140 words or less) on a regular basis throughout the day obviously can blur the line between personal and professional life.
Narcissists who like to exert control and reject collaborative decision-making are leading many large law firms through major changes, according to a consultant at Altman Weil.
A U.K. law firm is recalling hundreds of branded travel adapters it was giving out as freebies to potential legal eagles after a Cambridge University student who plugged one in…
Lawyers in diverse practice areas ranging from labor law to bankruptcy are likely to benefit from legal changes that could be made during the Obama administration.
Implementing recommendations in a recent report by the McKinsey & Co. management consultants on its worldwide operations, White & Case is changing the management structure in its European offices.
The situation likely will get worse for many law firms struggling to cope with the economic firestorm before it gets better, a well-known legal consultant predicts.
Law firms should assume firm-wide memos explaining layoffs will be leaked and write them with outside readers in mind, according to a public relations expert.
Updated: Law school rank and grade point average aren’t the best predictors of success at large law firms, according to a study of more than 1,300 associates from one firm.
Attorneys are often told they can make a name for themselves by writing scholarly articles or impressing new acquaintances at business-oriented events. But if your work is good enough, it…
Lightening the mood on another day of economic gloom, a London law firm co-hosted a breakfast meeting yesterday featuring a poet and edible words on frosted cupcakes.
After spending nearly four months of his spare time boning up on the U.S. Green Building Council’s standards and practices for sustainable building and development, Aaron Harmon got what he…
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