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Law Practice

Dec. 1, 2012

Firms use succession to prompt internal changes

A bevy of law firms facing leadership changes, among them Morrison & Foerster LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, have recently tackled the question of how to update their leadership succession plans for a new era.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A bevy of law firms facing leadership changes, among them Morrison & Foerster LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, have recently tackled the question of how to update their leadership succession plans for a new era. While most international businesses have such procedures built into their corporate structures, law firms have been "historically bad" at implementing formal succession plans, ...

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