This Is Why We Rise – S.H.E. Summit Comes to Dallas Aug. 16
Bill Munck discusses the S.H.E. Summit, an empowerment movement focused on building a culture of support and inclusiveness that challenges women to be the drivers of this cultural shift.
For Law Librarians and Firms, LexisNexis Dispute Could Have Serious Ramifications
Last summer, LexisNexis began tying access to standalone products such as Law.com to subscriptions to its Lexis Advance platform. In response, the American Association of Law Librarians has argued that these tactics are anti-competitive and violate AALL guidelines. Greg Lambert, past president of the AALL executive board and chief knowledge services officer at Jackson Walker, explains what is at stake.
Technology and the Lawyer’s Lot: Some Observations from History
For generations technology has been replacing human manual labor. But today's innovations are capable of doing increasingly complex “intellectual” tasks. Technology has already reshaped the practice of law, but will it ever make lawyers obsolete? Randy Gordon of Crowe & Dunlevy provides an analysis.
Corporate Lawyers Lateral = Billions of Dollars of Legal Work on the Move
When star Houston corporate lawyer Sean Wheeler moved his law practice to Kirkland & Ellis last week, he likely took his book of business with him. During the past 18 months, Wheeler led or co-led 29 M&A and capital markets deals worth a combined $14.3 billion. A Texas Lawbook investigative report found that at least 84 prominent dealmaking lawyers in Texas jumped to new law firms since Jan. 1, 2017. Those lawyers handled hundreds of deals valued at nearly $200 billion, according to the Corporate Deal Tracker. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details.
More Texas Law Firms Match Associate Compensation Increases
The number of large corporate Texas law firms increasing compensation for their associates continues to grow. The new pay scale for associates is likely to cost law firms anywhere from $500,000 annually for mid-sized boutiques to $5 million for the large full-service law firms.
Texas Lawbook Exclusive: Winstead – Troutman Sanders Merger Talks Off
Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders definitely wants to expand into Texas and Dallas-based Winstead clearly wants to partner with an out-of-state law firm, but merger discussions between the two corporate law firms are off. The Texas Lawbook has details.
LMA Panel: Legal Marketers Can Contribute to Firm Diversity Efforts
What role, if any, do legal marketers play in turning a discussion on the business case for diversity into action or starting the conversation at all? How do various departments work together to respond to their clients requests in this area? Why does this matter to clients? Terra Davis, regional marketing development coordinator at Holland & Knight, addresses these questions in this article.
Meet the Locke Lord Employee Who Inspired an Award-Winning HBA Initiative
Cindy Johnston is one of the most beloved employees in Locke Lord's Dallas office. She also helped shape former Houston Bar Association President Alistair Dawson's vision for Project TRAIN, a program that is being recognized this week at the State Bar Annual Meeting in Houston with a Star of Achievement Award.
Five Feared Words in Dallas Corporate Law: Kirkland is Coming to Town
The North Texas corporate legal industry has experienced monumental structural changes during the past year, but the business law community is suddenly facing the possibility of a major disruption that could change how business M&A law is practiced in Dallas for the next generation.
T&K, AZA Latest TX Firms to Raise Associate Comp
(June 19) – Houston-based corporate law firm Vinson & Elkins announced late Monday afternoon that it has raised the amount it is paying its first-year associates to $195,000. V&E, which is one of the largest and most profitable law firms in Texas, informed its associates it is matching the compensation increases that national law firms operating in Dallas and Houston implemented last week. Legal industry analysts predict that other Texas law firms, including Houston-based Baker Botts, are likely to do the same later this week. In a memo to its associates, which are younger lawyers yet to become partners, V&E Chairman Mark Kelly and Managing Partner Scott Wulfe said that the firm is increasing the base salary of its newbie lawyers from $180,000 to $190,000. In addition, the firm is providing first year associates $5,000 bonuses. The memo, obtained by The Texas Lawbook, shows that paychecks for associates in their eighth year – the year before the lawyers are up for partnership – will jump to $340,000. Those associates also will receive incentive bonuses starting at $25,000. The pressure on Texas law firms to boost compensation to younger lawyers intensified late last week when several national law firms with large presences in Dallas and Houston – Jones Day, Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, Simpson Thatcher, Winston & Strawn and Weil, Gotshal & Manges – announced that they were increasing the amount they paid associates. The Texas Lawbook has complete details.