A group called the Election Protection Coalition will be dispatching lawyers today to take calls of voter complaints and go to court to preserve voting access.
Managers at Heller Ehrman have blamed the firm’s dissolution on a downturn in litigation after three large cases settled within a short time. Many observers disagree with that assessment.
McKee Nelson announced today that it laid off 17 corporate finance associates and 15 staff because of a steep decline in structuring mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations.
Solo practitioners who pump up their practices by using the word “associates” in their firm names may be running afoul of ethics rules, at least in Connecticut.
The Los Angeles Times launched an investigation into an investigation to determine for itself whether there was wrongdoing when a man suspected of sexual misconduct was allowed to have contact…
The managing partner of Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck says he thinks community involvement helps keep lawyers happy. To that end, the law firm has created “karma committees”…
If you ever had a dream of becoming your alma mater’s athletics director, making partner at your law firm could be good job training. At least that’s what two former…
Several United Kingdom partners of the dissolving law firm Heller Erhman have found a new home at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, despite potential complications that led other law firms to…
The partnerships of Powell Goldstein and Bryan Cave have voted to merge the two law firms, giving Bryan Cave a presence in the southeast and the Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein an…
Law firm vacation policies have always been a bit of a head-scratcher. Lawyers typically get three or four weeks of paid leave, though few find time to take full advantage…
Like other small and midsize firms, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson has struggled to get top law students and talented new lawyers to eschew the prospect of six-figure salaries associated…
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