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Disruption provides opportunities for firms that are committed to change.

As the #MeToo stories have increased over the past year or more, law firms are grappling with how to prepare for the crises they may face at some point. This means shoring up their process for filing complaints and conducting investigations. Bloomberg Law notes that a mixture of wide-ranging power dynamics...

Crain’s has published its 2018 Notable Women Lawyers list, and eight of the winners are Page 2 clients.

Margo Wolf O’Donnell, Benesch
Tara Kamradt, Benesch
Stephanie Penninger, Benesch
Donna More, Fox Rothschild
Tricia Rich, Holland & Knight
Margaret Battersby Black, Levin & Perconti
Mary Clare Bonaccorsi, Polsinelli
Jean Soh, Polsinelli

We are overjoyed to see the work of these attorneys celebrated, but it’s no surprise to anyone who knows...

As of 2017, any company in the UK with more than 250 employees is required to report figures about its gender pay gap to the government and publish the information on the company website. Of course, as of now the United States has no such requirement. But this new development does pose an interesting question for international firms with UK and US offices: how will they justify continued lack of transparency stateside at the same time they are complying with UK requirements?

Firms...

The 44% pay gap between male and female law firm partners, documented in last week’s survey from legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, got a lot of attention in the business press. 

Most agree it’s a problem.  But whose problem is it to...

There is much to be said for the virtue of having it all, but not all of it at once.

For many attorneys transitioning into the middle years of their careers, moving from being associates to becoming partners, there is a sense that professional responsibilities explode – having to keep up billable hours, delivering work, while also spending time developing client relationships that lead to more work – at the exact same time that personal responsibilities do as well.  Balancing...