Will Law Firms Be Ready When the Next Recession Hits?

<b><i>The Bottom Is Eventually Going to Drop on the U.S. Economy, and Many Law Firms Won't Be Positioned to Handle the Fallout</b></i><p>No economic expansion lasts forever. That's a hard-and-fast truth of macroeconomics, one that's on the minds of certain law firm leaders.

17 minute read July 01, 2018 at 12:05 AM
By
Dan Packel
Will Law Firms Be Ready When the Next Recession Hits?

No economic expansion lasts forever.

That's a hard-and-fast truth of macroeconomics, one that's on the minds of certain law firm leaders as the current period of sustained growth in the United States is about to hit its ninth birthday.

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