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Hiring Associates in 2025? Your New Year’s Resolutions

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/22/2025

If you plan to bolster your lawyer ranks with lateral associates in 2025, there are two critical steps for ensuring success. Law firms must understand the risks inherent in lateral associate hiring, then create a due...more

Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/15/2025

If the statistics about high failure rates of lateral partners don’t persuade you, consider another barometer: the stress levels of professional liability insurers. Indeed, lateral hiring tops the list of issues that...more

Beyond Red Flags: Deploying Positive Intel from Due Diligence

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 10/28/2024

We admit it: Sometimes it’s tempting to lead with the negative information from pre-hire investigations. Bullying behavior, inflammatory social media posts, fabricated client relationships – these (very real) examples raise...more

Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 9/17/2024

Timing is everything, as the saying goes — and it certainly holds true when it comes to assessing the risk of lateral partner candidates. Indeed, Decipher Investigative Intelligence analysis reveals a significant trend:...more

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Hiring Associates in 2025? Your New Year’s Resolutions

Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

Beyond Red Flags: Deploying Positive Intel from Due Diligence

Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

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