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Perspective

Jan. 21, 2016

Law firms tie up in 2015

A surprising thing about the record 91 reported "mergers" in 2015 is not that there were so many combinations, but that there were so few lawyers involved in them. By Edwin Reeser


A surprising thing about the record 91 reported "mergers" in 2015 is not that there were so many combinations, but that there were so few lawyers involved in them. The "mergers" referenced in the recent report released by Altman Weil Inc. on law firm combinations had a tiny impact on the legal market overall, though in a few cases, we observed that they did have a significant impact on the individual lawyers involved.

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