2017 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Overall Excellence > Website of the Year
Awarded to
Josh Block, Executive Producer; Casey Sullivan, Editorial Director; Gabe Friedman, Editorial Manager
Entry details
Big Law Business
Issue date (if applicable):
Publication name: Big Law Business
Publishing company: Bloomberg BNA
Website home page: https://bol.bna.com/
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
Big Law Business is a Bloomberg BNA website that provides news, analysis, and information about the legal profession, with a focus on the business of law. Featuring journalists from Bloomberg BNA and Bloomberg News, as well as columnists and contributors who lead and consult the world’s largest law firms, corporations and law schools, Big Law Business is focused on the significant developments shaping the legal industry. The site is designed to provide valuable information and insight to lawyers and professionals who work in Big Law in the United States, as well as serve as a community for discussion where thought leaders can share their views on cutting edge trends.
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
Big Law Business was launched on March 5, 2015. Our editorial team, based in New York City, includes Josh Block, Casey Sullivan and Gabe Friedman. Friedman and Sullivan both write, edit, and oversee articles on the site. Block produces videos and podcasts and leads multimedia production. Cassie Whiteside heads up commercial strategy and Mike MacKay, president of Cross Platform Businesses at Bloomberg BNA, is the executive who oversees Big Law Business. Philip Ramsey and the Blue Sky team, based at Bloomberg BNA’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, are responsible for website design and development. Big Law Business covers the issues that matter to the lawyers and professionals who manage the largest law firms and corporate legal departments. This includes breaking news about large law firm mergers, significant partner moves and leadership changes, law firm bankruptcies, insights into how technology is changing the delivery of legal services, how in-house counsel are approaching their work, and all the ways in which litigation and new regulations are changing the legal business landscape. The site also publishes profiles of prominent in-house counsel and law firm leaders to provide insights into their viewpoints and how they are conducting business.
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Entry URL(s), if applicable:
https://bol.bna.com/
https://bol.bna.com/heres-how-googles-blind-lawyer-does-his-job/
https://bol.bna.com/cadwalader-to-close-hong-kong-beijing-offices-lay-off-25-lawyers/
https://bol.bna.com/is-airbnbs-top-lawyer-the-new-archetype-for-the-legal-profession/
https://bol.bna.com/the-gc-who-took-home-25-million-and-29-other-highly-paid-gcs/
https://bol.bna.com/180k-for-a-first-year-associate-thats-what-cravath-is-paying/
https://bol.bna.com/deadline-looms-for-tom-bradys-response-to-deflategate-ruling/
https://bol.bna.com/at-kl-gates-partners-exit-and-the-king-is-silent/
https://bol.bna.com/how-a-legal-journalist-got-fired-for-a-non-compete/
https://bol.bna.com/exodus-of-22-partners-hits-schiff-hardin/
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Big Law Business
Category
Overall Excellence > Website of the Year
Description
Publication name:
Big Law Business
Company:
Bloomberg BNA
Winner Status
- Website of the Year
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