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Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
January 23, 2025 | Law.com
In a competitive arena for landing and retaining talent, it’s tough to put the flexibility genie fully back in the bottle.
By Dan Packel
1 minute read
November 7, 2024 | Law.com
Personnel in Big Law were far more enthusiastic about the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency, according to campaign finance records. But firm leaders are bullish about the upcoming Trump presidency.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
October 24, 2024 | Law.com
At firms with more than 500 attorneys, 49% of leaders indicated in a new survey they were rolling out new training initiatives to help upskill partners. For firms under that threshold, only 23% indicated that this was a priority.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
September 26, 2024 | Law.com
The shift toward brevity in law firm names may be at odds with another tendency in the legal world: a seeming unending wave of mergers and consolidations.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
September 19, 2024 | Law.com
A former law firm CFO says firms should be committing 5% to 8% of their own revenue every year to fund their own cases.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
September 12, 2024 | Law.com
Funders like Burford Capital need to partner with lawyers to realize returns on their capital. That puts a premium on efforts to demystify their work.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
September 5, 2024 | Law.com
James Turoff, the GC at Hershey Company, shares observations from the in-house side on a rapidly evolving legal services marketplace.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
August 22, 2024 | Law.com
Baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Zoomers are all part of the talent mix right now, offering opportunities in the workplace, noted Husch Blackwell CEO Jamie Lawless.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
July 18, 2024 | Law.com
Punitive measures for departing partners are on the rise.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
July 11, 2024 | Law.com
"We're past the era where someone has to explain what 'new law' is, the kind of advances it can offer," consultant and recruiter Frederick Shelton said, after an Am Law 200 firm launched a new remote lawyering platform.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
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The Court of Appeal, First Appellate District in San Francisco is accepting applications for a central staff attorney vacancy. A regular ful...
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