Lawyer2Lawyer: The Economy's Effect on UK Law Firms
By Robert J. Ambrogi
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This week on the legal-affairs podcast a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=331"Lawyer2Lawyer/a:br /blockquoteThe failing economy is having an impact on law firms, and not just in the U.S. Firms are cutting staff and scrapping bonuses -- and some law firms are even collapsing. Across the pond in the UK, law firms are facing similar troubles. a target="_blank" href="http://www.law.com/"Law.com/a bloggers and co-hosts, a target="_blank" href="http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp"J. Craig Williams/a and a target="_blank" href="http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.html"Bob Ambrogi/a, welcome guests a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxlawyers.com/ronnie-fox.htm"Ronnie Fox/a, principal of the London law firm a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxlawyers.com/index.htm"Fox/a, and a target="_blank" href="http://www.jonathanfagan.co.uk/"Jonathan Fagan/a, solicitor and managing director of a target="_blank" href="http://www.ten-percent.co.uk/"Ten Percent Legal Recruitment/a, with offices in London and Llanferres, to talk about how the present economic crisis is affecting firms in Britain. They discuss the obstacles that UK law firms face and what needs to be done to get through these hard times./blockquoteListen to or download the show from a href="http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/modules.php?name=Newsamp;file=articleamp;sid=331"this page/a.br /br /And remember to cast your vote for Lawyer2Lawyer at the a href="http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100_2008/podcasts"ABA Blawg 100/a!
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