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Subject: 2019 Year In Review: The Legal Industry
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5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019 Ogletree Deakins
From some law firms' hard-knuckle responses to discrimination lawsuits filed Outten & Golden
against them to the Big Four's ongoing creep into the legal sector, these were Pepper Hamilton
some of the moments and trends that shook the industry in 2019. Sidley Austin
Skadden
Looking Back: Law360's 2019 Legal Lions And Lambs
Taft Stettinius
It was a big year for explosive news in the legal industry. Here, Law360
rounds up the noteworthy legal industry peaks and valleys with one final legal Troutman Sanders
lions and lambs list. Ulmer & Beme
Wiggin and Dana
All Talk, Little Action: BigLaw Mergers Were Scarce In 2019
Williams & Connolly
In a record-breaking year for total U.S. law firm combinations, blockbuster
Willkie Farr
merger announcements were few and far between. But experts say a slew of
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firms expressed interest and began feeling out a tie-up this past year, which WilmerHale
could mean merger madness at the top end of the market in 2020. Zuckerman Spaeder
Poetic Justice: How Judges Got Creative In 2019 COMPANIES
Amid headline-grabbing decisions and groundbreaking precedent out of Altman Weil Inc.
federal courts in 2019, judges also injected bits of levity and creativity in their
American Bar Association
otherwise serious work, quipping about that last "Game of Thrones" season or
quoting the Bard. Here, Law360 presents some of the best poetry, zingers BlueStone Natural Resources II
and pop-culture references that popped up in opinions over the past year. LLP
Chevron Corp.
The 7 Most Divisive Judicial Confirmations Of 2019 Deloitte Touche
In a banner year for judicial confirmations, senators in 2019 signed off on 20 Ernst & Young LLP
circuit judges and 80 district judges as President Donald Trump clinched his
Google Inc.
185th appointment — but in reaching that milestone, Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell faced a number of heated battles along the way. Home Box Office Inc.
KPMG International
THE STATE OF THE LEGAL INDUSTRY Lippman Jungers LLC
Major Lindsey & Africa
The Law360 400
Paypal Holdings Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has redefined what it means to be the biggest of BigLaw
— weighing in at 2,116 attorneys by year end 2018 and becoming the first firm PricewaterhouseCoopers
since Law360 began tracking law firm head counts to top 2,000 U.S.-based International Ltd.
attorneys. Spectrum Management Holding
Co.
The 2019 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report Warner Bros.
Our annual survey of the largest U.S. law firms again shines a light on the
lack of parity for female attorneys in private practice. Though women now GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
make up more than half of law school students, the Glass Ceiling Report Federal Bureau of Investigation
shows they continue to be underrepresented at all levels of a typical law firm
National Labor Relations Board
and that their numbers dwindle as they move up the ranks.
U.S. Department of Education
The 2019 Law360 Diversity Snapshot U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. law firms have long touted their commitment to diversity and inclusion. U.S. Supreme Court
But those goals still seem far from being realized. Law360's annual Diversity
Snapshot indicates only marginal progress on racial and ethnic diversity in the
attorney workforce from year to year, even as demands grow from clients
expecting more diverse legal teams.
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Law360's Pro Say: Will The Glass Ceiling Ever Break?
For years women have been looking around their law firms and seeing mostly
men in leadership. When will things change? On the latest episode of
Law360's Pro Say podcast we discuss our annual Glass Ceiling report, which
reveals a glacial pace for increased gender parity in the law, and we talk to
one prominent female attorney who managed to crack the glass ceiling.
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