The war for talent for both attorneys and staff has never been fiercer, with 60% of respondents in a legal industry survey indicating that recruitment and retention is the single greatest issue related to business competition.

And recruitment and retention was also the top survey response when law firm respondents were asked about the areas that will impact the future of the legal sector, according to this year’s Bright Insight report, Cushman & Wakefield’s benchmark survey of the national legal sector.