Davis Polk Makes Rare Lateral Hire

Most law firms now routinely hire seasoned partners away from competitors, but such lateral moves are far less common among the small group of old-line New York firms that prefer to grow their own talent.

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Should Lawyers Fear Big Data, or Embrace It?

Litigators could learn a thing or two from the “Moneyball” approach used by baseball team managers and owners who began making decisions based on number-crunching, instead of on their gut instincts.

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