AT&T’s $40 million appeal of a patent judgment is doomed because its lawyers relied on mislabeled docket notices and missed a deadline, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Goodwin Procter has laid off 21 lawyers and 17 staffers in its litigation department, but it will consider hiring laid off lawyers for open transactional positions.
Seventeen elite New York law firms outpaced other top law firms in 2014, with increases of 4.5 percent in average revenue, 5.6 percent in average profits per partner and 2.7…
Members of a wealthy Georgia family have filed a malpractice suit against Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. It contends that partner Bennett Kight funneled some $60 million in trust assets through…
Winston & Strawn announced Wednesday the acquisition of an 8-partner group from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and news reports say observers expect more Pillsbury lawyers to exit for Winston.
Law grads who lack the pedigree of a top-rated law school may still be destined to be great lawyers, according to the senior chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell.
After representing the city of Detroit in a big-bucks municipal bankruptcy case that brought in over $50 million in fees, Jones Day has decided to maintain an office in…
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