Some tech companies are slow to share details about hacks of their products, leaving customers vulnerable to disruptions and uncertain how to respond as information trickles out. Cyberattacks in which hackers target a service provider and then use that foothold to access their customers’ networks are receiving scrutiny from policy […]
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US law firms offer bonuses of up to $250,000 in battle for staff
Legal services updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Legal services news. A period of frenzied corporate dealmaking and a talent war has pushed pay deals for junior and mid-career lawyers to new highs, with some US firms offering sign-on and retention bonuses […]
Lawyers Go to Austin, Texas for Business, Stay for the Lifestyle
Large law firms are flocking to Austin, Texas, lured by tech companies such as Tesla Inc., Apple Inc., and Oracle Inc., and the realization that lawyers want to live there. In 2021 alone, large firms Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, and O’Melveny & Myers announced Austin office […]
Golden handcuffs: dealmaking lawyers weigh up their own Faustian bargains
Executive Pay updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Executive Pay news. Sympathy for lawyers on a starting salary of $200,000 straight out of law school is scant at the best of times. And these are not the best of times. US firms’ […]
Ford wants customers to order cars online, not drive them off the lots
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Ford Motor Co. wants to put you into a new car—in six to eight weeks. In a shift in the way it sells vehicles, Ford plans to do a bigger portion of its sales by having buyers order from the factory and wait, rather […]
Why you should stop selling on Amazon, other platforms
One of the great promises of the internet for small businesses was that it was going to eliminate the “middle man” – intermediaries between sellers and customers. Manufacturers could sell directly to end users instead of stores; retailers could stay in touch with customers frequently. All that is true – […]