While not tracking origination credits may carry some risks, Covington partners argue the pay model is at the heart of the firm’s team-based approach in client work and has helped in attracting laterals.        

While the Kaplan survey found that, almost universally, law schools say that diversity is important to administrators and students alike, one admissions officer who participated warned that the court’s decision will have a “chilling effect on applications.”        

Slaughter and May recently formalized a reduced-hours trial, but American firms have typically reserved such accommodations for people with extenuating circumstances.        

It’s one thing to prioritize “better business” over “more business,” but the real challenge is identifying what that “better business” looks like.        

The MLB team attempted to route the matter through litigation, claiming a photographer who was injured at Wrigley agreed to a mandatory arbitration provision through use of his media credential to enter the field.        

The amendments were adopted in response to the court’s decision in the Matter of Olchowski (2020), which posed the question concerning the proper disposition of unidentified client funds on deposit in an Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account.        

The high court held that agreements requiring a lawyer departing a firm pay it an undifferentiated per-client fee for continued representation of those clients are prohibited.        

“Spirit is a small airline. But there are those who love it. To those dedicated customers of Spirit, this one’s for you,” Young concluded. “Why? Because the Clayton Act, a 109-year-old statute requires this result—a statute that continues to deliver for the American people.”        

“The most difficult thing that we had to deal with is representing a sovereign,” said Ed Ramos, partner at Holland & Knight.        

The new litigation leaders arrive following some departures within Norton Rose management. They also come amid high expectations for the pace of lawsuits and disputes in 2024.