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Do Gen Xers and Millennials Make Good Law Firm Leaders? Image

Do Gen Xers and Millennials Make Good Law Firm Leaders?

Marci Taylor

Generation X lawyers stand poised to wield considerable influence. Gen X has always served as a bridge — between tradition and innovation, the old and the new. Unlike their predecessors who were more comfortable with tradition and a stare decisis mindset, they infuse a sense of flexibility and agility into management strategies.

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So Far In 2024, Law Firms Are Using Bankruptcy As a Springboard for Profit Image

So Far In 2024, Law Firms Are Using Bankruptcy As a Springboard for Profit

Andrew Maloney

With broad hopes for countercyclical consistency and a nearly 120% uptick in Chapter 11 filings in February specifically, law firms seem ready to use restructuring work as a significant plank in a profitable 2024.

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IP News

Justin Tilghman & Howard J. Shire

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FTC Chair Concerned About Dominant Tech Firms

Maydeen Merino

The concentration of dominant technology firms could harm U.S. national interests and global leadership, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said in March at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event.

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Law Firms' Pressing AI Questions

Cassandre Coyer

Most of the legal industry has by now boarded the generative artificial intelligence train, filling up conference sessions dedicated to the topic, testing new legal technology solutions and exploring the emerging legal questions that the technology will pose. But most of their questions about generative AI are still unanswered.

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Co-ops and Condominiums

New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff

Housing Discrimination Claim Dismissed Co-Op Did Not Breach Shareholder's Guaranty Agreement Co-Op Not Exempt from Lead Paint Mandate

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Amazon Didn't Exceed Scope of License to Stream Chinese Drama California Talent Agency's Lawsuit in Texas Won't Be Stayed Pending Proceeding Before California Labor Commissioner King Holmes Fires Back at Band's Legal Malpractice Complaint No Substantial Similarity Found Between TV Show Abbott Elementary and Plaintiff's Teacher-Focused Treatment for Proposed TV Series

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Law Firms Happy to Trade Falling Realization Rates for Strong Rate Increases Image

Law Firms Happy to Trade Falling Realization Rates for Strong Rate Increases

Dan Roe

While some firm leaders pointed to market factors such as economic uncertainty, most indicated that declining realization rates were a price they were happy to pay in exchange for several years of strong rate increases.

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Law Firm Offices Continued to Shrink In 2023, But Real Estate Costs Did Not Image

Law Firm Offices Continued to Shrink In 2023, But Real Estate Costs Did Not

Dan Roe

Despite the overall trend of downsizing, about 42% of the 80 Am Law 200 firms increased their real estate footprints in 2023. Proportionally, the downsizing was more aggressive than the footprint growth.

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An Early Look: The 2024 Am Law 200 Financials

ALM Staff

As firm financials results stream in, we're covering them firm by firm, as we've always done. You can read those story in this continually updated feed. So bookmark it, check back regularly, and stay tuned for the Am Law 100 and Second Hundred reports coming soon.

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