New legal recruiting office likes the local landscape
The idea of opening up a legal recruiting shop in the midst of this legal job market — where candidates are abundant but jobs are as scarce as a decent Red Sox pitcher — will seem like a tough business proposition to most people. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Blue Cross names exec as new president
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said Monday that J. Bradley Wilson is the organization’s new president, effective immediately. bizjournals.com |
PricewaterhouseCoopers may be one of the Big Four, but it is planning to get bigger
He is certainly ambitious. Not content with PricewaterhouseCoopers being Britain’s biggest professional services group, Ian Powell, its chairman and senior partner, wants it to be heard and admired beyond the sector, influencing policy and setting practices for others to follow. He doesn’t just want it to be big — he wants it to be “iconic”. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Advice for 2010? Love your clients and taking nothing for granted
Last year was traumatic for many law firms. Few avoided staff cutbacks or shorter time working. In many cases partners took home significantly less than they had earned in recent years and managing partners have had to take tough decisions to deal with the downturn. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Shumaker Loop’s Timmerman named chair of Partnership’s CEO Direct
J. Todd Timmerman, a partner in the Tampa office of the law firm Shumaker Loop Kendrick LLP, has been named chairman of the Tampa Bay Partnership’s CEO Direct program. bizjournals.com |