Legal news in the USA

An overview of news, trends and research in the Legal industry in the USA:

RSM US appoints Dean Sengstock as head of new Professional Services+ practice RSM US has appointed Dean Sengstock as head of its new Professional Services+ (PS+) practice.
06 June 2024
FTI Consulting hires legal tech expert Mike Ferrara FTI Consulting has hired Mike Ferrara as a managing director focusing on legal technology consulting.
25 October 2023
J.S. Held acquires IP consultancy TechPats J.S. Held, a global consulting firm, has acquired TechPats, a Philadelphia-based, full-service intellectual property (IP) consulting firm.
11 September 2023
Renovus Capital Partners expands legal services portfolio with KP Labs Renovus Capital Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm focusing on the knowledge sector, has further expanded its legal sector consulting portfolio with a strategic investment in Keesal P
12 July 2023
FTI Consulting expands legal department transformation solutions FTI Consulting has expanded its corporate legal operations practice with an enhanced legal operations assessment offering.
01 November 2022
Robert Half moves legal solutions practice to subsidiary Protiviti Robert Half, a leading recruitment and HR consulting firm, has transitioned its legal consulting solutions practice to its management consulting subsidiary Protiviti.
01 April 2022
J.S. Held acquires IP specialist Ocean Tomo J.S.
31 March 2022
FTI adds Meredith Brown and Wafik Guirgis as co-heads of legal operations FTI Consulting has hired Meredith Brown and Wafik Guirgis as senior managing directors in the firm’s technology segment and co-leaders of the corporate legal operations practice.
22 March 2022
Jeff Berardi joins legal industry specialist Baretz and Brunelle Jeff Berardi, a leading marketing advisor to law and professional services firms, has joined Baretz and Brunelle, a New York-based public relations and consulting firm serving the legal industry.
25 October 2021
Frontline Managed Services buys legal IT consultancy Logicforce Frontline Managed Services, an Atlanta-based provider of outsourcing solutions to the legal industry, has acquired Logicforce, a Nashville-based legal IT consulting firm.
03 September 2021
Deloitte adds Teju Deshpande and team from legal IT specialist Oya Solutions Deloitte US has welcomed Teju Deshpande and “other professionals” from Oya Solutions, a consultancy specializing in contract lifecycle management for legal departments.
01 September 2021
Legal operations expert David Cambria joins PwC David Cambria, nicknamed “the Godfather of legal operations,” has left law firm Baker McKenzie to join PwC US’ legal services department, according to a Blomberg Law report.
17 June 2021
Oliver Wyman's Sheetal Gupta joins Patterson Belknap as CIO Sheetal Gupta, a former executive director at management consultancy Oliver Wyman, has joined New York law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as chief information officer.
10 May 2021
Secretariat sues rival HKA for alleged fake Glassdoor review Secretariat, an Atlanta-based expert witness and disputes consultancy, has filed a lawsuit in California alleging rival firm HKA posted a fake review on Glassdoor.
11 March 2021
HBR Consulting buys law sector IT consultancy Keno Kozie HBR Consulting, a Chicago-based advisory firm specializing in the legal sector, has acquired Keno Kozie Associates, a Chicago-based legal technology consulting firm.
04 March 2021
Duff & Phelps acquires disputes consultancy Blackrock Expert Services Duff & Phelps, a New York-based financial consultancy, has acquired Blackrock Expert Services Group, a London-based consulting firm specializing in disputes and expert advisory for the construction i
10 December 2020
McKinsey waives millions in fees for work on Westmoreland Coal bankruptcy Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to waive the fees for its work on the Westmoreland Coal bankruptcy, settling a nearly two-year mediation with the US Trustee Program (USTP).
04 December 2020
Charles River Associates hires antitrust expert Laila Haider Economic, financial, and management consulting firm Charles River Associates (CRA) has hired Laila Haider as a VP in its antitrust & competition economics practice in Washington, DC.
05 June 2020
Brattle client Jason Rezaian awarded $180 million in Iran lawsuit Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post journalist, was awarded nearly $180 million by a US federal judge in a lawsuit against Iran after he spent 544 days in captivity on dubious espionage charges.
06 December 2019
Consultant in disguise: FTI Consulting employee caught in lie An FTI Consulting employee has been found out, after allegedly posing as a journalist at a March trial against the now-defunct agrochemical company Monsanto, one of the business advisory firm’s clients.
28 May 2019
Accenture sued for $32 million over Hertz website redesign An April 19 lawsuit filed by car rental agency Hertz claims leading management and IT consultancy Accenture “failed to deliver the website and apps for which it was so generously paid.
08 May 2019
Meghann Kelley leaves Deloitte to join law firm White & Case Meghann Kelley, formerly Deloitte’s legal management consulting leader, has left the Big Four firm to join international law firm White & Case, where she will assume the role of global director of st
11 April 2019
Employment litigation firm Savina Consulting acquired by DCI Consulting Group Denver-based employment litigation and HR consultancy Savina Consulting has been acquired by DC-based DCI Consulting Group, an HR risk management firm.
04 February 2019
DOJ veteran Richard Gregorie joins BRG’s Global Investigations practice Emeryville, CA–based Berkeley research group – a consulting firm focused on disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and strategy and operations – has made a high-profile addition to their inv
31 January 2019
FTI Consulting's Lindi Jarvis named one of top 100 Women in Investigations
19 July 2018
Legal consultant urges female lawyers to demand higher salaries Female lawyers should strike while the #MeToo iron is hot and demand higher salaries, a leading legal consultant has suggested.
20 June 2018
Kentucky political consultant gave bribes for contracts, say prosecutors Political consultant James Sullivan has been accused of paying bribes to ex-state official Tim Longmeyer in order to secure lucrative government contracts for his clients.
19 June 2018
Tax and tech demand push US consulting revenue over $63 billion Leading consulting firms raked in more than $63 billion in revenues from advisory services in 2017, a new record. Client spending on advisory shot up by 8.
15 June 2018

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