The 2020 State of the US legal market report reveals some incremental financial improvements, but suggests a significant productivity problem WHICH LAW FIRM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS DEMAND MOST ATTENTION? WHICH US PRACTICE AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING MOST GROWTH IN HEADCOUNT? _______________________________________________________________ Peer Monitor Perspective _______________________________________________________________ During 2019, most US firms experienced fairly steady overall financial performance, with […]

As we say goodbye to 2019, what do the latest demand figures for the third quarter suggest about the state of the US legal market? AMONG STRONG OVERALL DEMAND GROWTH, IT’S ANOTHER MIXED PICTURE BY PRACTICE AREA DEMAND OVERALL SHIFTS TOWARD THE BIG LAW MID-TIER _______________________________________________________________ Peer Monitor Perspective _______________________________________________________________ In the US legal market, […]

Richard Brent reflects on what we heard at the latest big event to join the jam-packed Briefing agenda: TEI – transformation, efficiency and innovation Why choose one word when you can have three? That’s not the general rule of course, but it certainly worked well when Briefing introduced a brand new gathering for 2019 – […]