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A Year of Growth: Factor bridges the gap between traditional law and New Law Share Article Legal managed services provider’s focus on complex legal work at scale validated by the market in first year of relaunch. Factor NEW YORK (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 Factor, the leader in solutions for complex legal work at scale, marks its first anniversary after establishing its independence, following a rebrand and spinoff from Axiom. Unde...

Magician pulls top award out of his hat despite covid cancellations and zero government funding Tim says he hasnt received any government funding since the beginning of the pandemic Latest Teesside headlines straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Not...

Their people are pretty happy, generally (maybe not the guy at the back). Staff at 25 firms in the RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2021 index fell into the mid-table rankings for pay, rating themselves from satisfied to neutral. Not bursting with joy, but not sobbing at the price of Ocado home delivery, either. Trowers & Hamlins (74%) missed out on the premier league despite an altruistic lawyer commenting that "its not the best money, but Im not here for the money". Another said that "continuin...

NQs celebrate while staying safe  Defying the pandemic misery, Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a trainee retention rate of 94%, Clifford Chance posted a score of 88%, while Ropes & Gray hit a perfect 100%. HSF offered positions to 28 of its 30 qualifying trainees for this spring, with all of them accepting. One of the spots will be in the firms Tokyo office. “The high retention rate shows our continued commitment to investing in our people and attracting the highest calibre of...

Its not this bad tbh. 14 firms couldnt muster scores to push them to 50% for satisfaction with pay in the RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2021 survey - compared to just four last year. At the highest-scoring of the low-scoring, the salary review process at Squire Patton Boggs (49%) "is way too opaque with all decisions being made in the USA by people who dont know you", complained a senior SPB solicitor. It "doesnt pay market rates, and hasnt ever done so", said a junior solicitor, "but the...

A professional magician who saw his bookings vanish at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic said demand for his online shows has soared during lockdown. Darren Delaney said the past three months have been his busiest-ever period, despite only being able to perform remotely from his home-made studio in Lewisham, south-east London. Since April, the 44-year-old has performed more than 200 shows to audiences all over the world through video conferencing platforms like Zoom, with clients including web...

A&O regains Netherlands renewables partner Published by: Sandy Bhadare at 03 Feb 2021 A partner with 16 years prior experience at Allen & Overy has returned to the firm’s projects a... A partner with 16 years prior experience at Allen & Overy has returned to the firm’s projects and real estate practice group in the Netherlands. Joining Allen & Overy’s Amsterdam-based environmental and public law practice as a p...

Singapore has had a burgeoning reputation in LegalTech for some time now, well before the pandemic struck its shores. Whether it is the government or end-users like law firms and in-house teams, they have taken strides to embrace and launch initiatives to advance the use of LegalTech. The pandemic has unsurprisingly quickened the pace of LegalTech innovation, but there is reason to believe that the technological evolution of the country’s legal sector will continue long after the impact of CO...

WandaVision theories: Every Westview character who might have links to the comics Bradley Russell © Provided by Total Film WandaVision Westview What’s going on with the folks in Westview? WandaVision episode 4 has seemingly revealed the identity of some, while also refusing to fill in the blanks on a few of the more shadowy residents. Below, we’ll reveal which ‘real’ Westview residents are which, while also cluing you into some of the juicier theories around character...

Gentlemen. How did we get here? A year of disruption has tested the ability and willingness of firms to keep their people happy. The results of the RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2021 results, released today, show which firms have come up with a miracle vaccine, and which are wandering around with a mask over their eyes. RollOnFridays annual poll doesnt care how many FTSE clients a firm has, or the numbers of star partners it lured from Brag & Spindle LLP. As befits the online home of the l...