Tag Archives for " BigLaw "

A structural shift: temps as a permanent solution

9 December 2010 — As the U.S. economy shows a slight pick up in activity, companies have started to hire temporary workers. But with a difference. After the trials and tribulations of being

Contract attorneys, “status” and a paradigm shift in their favor … with some observations by Gabe Acevedo

We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry. It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind, Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others. The legal industry melt down, the

Orrick Herrington, McDermott Will and others beef up staff attorney positions

July 2, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Market: Trends

Orrick Herrington dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track. The Orrick move comes as all BigLaw firms face immense

One BigLaw firm says “we get it” : marking the death of BigLaw as we knew it

April 15, 2009
/ Changing Legal Landscape Top Story

As has been reported, there were layoffs this week at Womble Carlyle. But that was not the big news. The big news was Womble decided to address the general retrenchment of the legal market

BigLaw continues to bleed, law schools in trouble, news on the stimulus package and the NAFLP has a Web 2.0 teleclass for you

February 17, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Market: Trends

A mixed collection of articles of interest: Brutal Week May Not Be the End of Law Firm Layoffs By the close of business on Friday the 13th, more than 1,100 lawyers and staff in the U.S. had been fired

Webinars on e-discovery, a seminar on Adobe … and articles on stuff

February 10, 2009
/ Contract Attorney Market: Trends Contract Attorney Primers

Upcoming webinars, and a seminar for those of you in D.C.: WEBINAR: Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST (Duration:

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