Robert Couture in American Lawyer

Senior fellow Robert Couture was quoted in the article, “More Lawyers Want Out of Law Firms That Made Deals With Trump, but Notice Periods May Slow Them Down,” on the use of notice periods in partner contracts. The article says:

According to Robert Couture, a senior research fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession, notice periods “are a lot more normal now than they were 20 years ago” as a result of increased competition for talent. In an age where lawyers tend not to spend their entire career at one firm, notice periods help bind partners to their firms and make it more difficult to leave.