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2 Law Firms Are Feuding Over Allegedly Stolen Clients and Work Processes

Personal injury firm Trantolo & Trantolo is in a legal battle with two attorneys who left to create their own firm—and allegedly poached clients and copied business practices in the process. The defendants, Agron Etemi, Lulzim Etemi and Etemi Law, have denied all the allegations. They also brought counterclaims, according to court…

Letter from Asia: The Sorry State of U.S. Firms in China

I found out this week that Weil Gotshal & Manges’ Shanghai office webpage is no longer active. We reported in March that the firm had closed its Beijing office and was considering shuttering its Shanghai outfit too, and then two months later, sources told me Weil was already winding down its…

One Program, Multiple Benefits: Firms Use Training to Engage Clients and Attorneys

Law firms are leveraging training for rising lawyers in their transactional practices to further both attorney and client engagement as well the development of individual capabilities, tackling three concerns for the price of one. While training efforts traditionally focus on building associate skillsets and depth of practice knowledge—a good example of…

The Sorry State of U.S. Firms in China

I found out this week that Weil Gotshal & Manges’ Shanghai office webpage is no longer active. We reported in March that the firm had closed its Beijing office and was considering shuttering its Shanghai outfit too, and then two months later, sources told me Weil was already winding down its…