Updated: A childhood friendship between a lawyer-to-be and another boy who, decades later, is serving a 20-year federal securities fraud prison term for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme led…
A receiver for the investment firm founded by convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford has sued Proskauer Rose, Chadbourne & Parke and a former partner who worked at the law…
Relying on unidentified sources, an Australian business publication says the Australian arm of Ashurst is secretly planning to cull between 20 and 50 of its 189 partners in order to…
A lawsuit filed by former American Idol contestant Corey Clark accuses two BigLaw firms of libel for a report apparently discounting his claim that he had an affair with judge…
A three-partner team led by the co-chair of Bingham McCutchen’s energy and project finance practice group has exited the law firm’s New York office for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Law firms should “pay heed to culture” when developing business plans, contemplating mergers, or making lateral hires, according to Citi Private Bank’s…
A former litigation counsel at WilmerHale claims in a lawsuit that the law firm wrongfully fired her after taking leave for the adoption of a 22-month-old daughter from China.
Brooklyn law professor Lawrence Solan outlines one reason for the so-called crisis in legal education: Large law firms are hiring fewer new associates, creating fewer training opportunities…
An appeals court has tossed a lawsuit accusing Greenberg Traurig of failing to disclose that a document central to its client’s defense was “burned under highly suspicious circumstances”—a claimed tea-time…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice on behalf of a former office assistant who claims disability discrimination over a lifting requirement.
A former partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf has won a round in an unusual legal case against the bank that made him a personal loan to finance his capital contribution…
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