After 20 years of practice at Latham & Watkins, intellectual property litigator Kenneth Fitzgerald says he figured he was at a point in his career where he had two choices:…
Students considering whether to pursue a law degree should consider the career of Ryan McAllister of Fireman’s Fund Insurance. He works standard hours indoors, doesn’t do any heavy lifting and…
A NALP commission is recommending that law firms push back the date for summer associate job offers until mid-January of the second year of law school, giving employers more time…
In the latest move in an ongoing wave of pay cuts among a number of well-known law firms, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has confirmed that it is cutting the starting…
Associate level distinctions and compensation based on class year, a standard at lockstep firms, are quickly being eliminated as more law firms move toward classifying lawyers by skill sets and…
As a number of BigLaw firms have struggled over the past year to deal with the global economic downturn, one of their midsize competitors has been enjoying record revenue and…
A lawyer who formerly practiced labor and employment law at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has switched to the plaintiffs side—at the same time that he made a switch in his…
Nate Cohn, a legendary California trial lawyer known for his longtime celebrity practice, photographic memory, sense of style and joie de vivre has died at the age of 91.
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