The Friday Edit: Bear markets, going postal and every little £263m helps

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With the ill-advised Jack Daniels and coke I had forced on me at the back end of the British Legal Awards still making itself felt, the week is rapidly drawing to a close, so it’s time for The Friday Edit, our informal take on the notable legal events that happened since Monday. For subscriber content, click here for full access to Legal Business or email ‘mark.proudley@legalease.co.uk’ for more information.

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The Friday Edit: Glory days for HSF obsessives and Baker Mac to phase out last legacy of franchise pay

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Somehow the week has flown by so it’s already time to welcome readers to The Friday Edit, our informal take on the notable legal events that happened since Monday. For subscriber content, click here for full access to Legal Business or email ‘mark.proudley@legalease.co.uk’ for more information.

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The Friday edit: choosing panels, choosing leaders and choosing to stick with the lockstep

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Happy Halloween – if you’re into that sort of thing.  For those who are not nine years-old, here’s our weekly review of the stories that may have scared some and thrilled others. For subscriber content, click here for full access to Legal Business.

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The Friday Edit: Ethics and the modern GC, ethics in court and partners behaving badly

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As we prepare for the clocks to go back this weekend, here’s our regular look back at some of the stories that have drawn attention over the last five days. For access to subscriber content, click here for full access to Legal Business.

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Guest post: Partners Behaving Badly – how not to handle client relations

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The other day we were in a meeting with the head of strategy and marketing and the chair of an AmLaw 100 firm, and the chair mentioned an extremely promising introductory meeting he’d had a few days earlier with the General Counsel of a well-recognised company.

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The Friday Edit: Lloyds unveils panel, LB unveils The Disputes Yearbook and Slaughters’ magic still mesmerises the profession

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It’s that time of the week again, dear readers, where we help you look back at the interesting legal happenings since Monday and pick out some of the highlights of this month’s edition of Legal Business. You can click here for further information on gaining full access to Legal Business.

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Comment: Never mind the magic, feel the substance – Slaughters has only one shot at staying relevant

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During its 125th anniversary year, Slaughter and May still divides the industry like no other institution. For its admirers, it is the standard bearer, bucking the received wisdom of the modern legal market – for detractors, an outfit on borrowed time, hoping to bet against the market (with an unhedged bet at that).

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The Friday Edit: Tods Murray gives up the ghost, innovation everywhere and the secret political life of managing partners

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As the end of the working week beckons, it’s time once more for our weekly recap of the notable legal events that occurred since the heady days of Monday with our Friday Edit column. Continue reading “The Friday Edit: Tods Murray gives up the ghost, innovation everywhere and the secret political life of managing partners”

Never mind the magic, feel the substance

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During its 125th anniversary year, Slaughter and May still divides the industry like no other institution. For its admirers, it is the standard bearer, bucking the received wisdom of the modern legal market – for detractors, an outfit on borrowed time, hoping to bet against the market (with an unhedged bet at that).

But 17 years since it first articulated what became irritatingly known as its best friends strategy, there remains no clear answer as to which camp is right.

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