David Boies, the co-founder of Boies Schiller Flexner, is planning to leave his role as chairman at the end of next year, a time when he expects the law firm to be in better financial shape following a wave of lawyer exits and a decline in revenue.
Before Stroock & Stroock & Lavan announced plans to dissolve “at the appropriate time,” the law firm appeared to be readying for an "orderly dissolution" that does not put partners at risk.
Updated: Partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan have authorized a dissolution of the law firm “at the appropriate time,” according to an internal firm email obtained by Law.com.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman confirmed Thursday that it is discussing a possible merger with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan after the latter law firm failed to reach a merger deal with Nixon Peabody.
A conservative activist who led the campaign against affirmative action in college admissions is suing two major law firms for fellowships that they offer to increase diversity in the legal profession.
Dentons has become the latest major law firm to utilize generative artificial intelligence, announcing that it will roll out a propriety GPT-based chatbot to lawyers to use on client work.
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has said it continues to talk with other law firms about a possible merger after 27 of its lawyers left for Steptoe & Johnson.
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Lydia Flocchini, the chief marketing officer at SurePoint Technologies, Debbie Foster, the CEO at Affinity Consulting, and Laura Wenzel, the global director of product marketing at iManage.
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