Corporations appear to be cutting back on fees to outside law firms as they beef up their own in-house legal staffs. A new survey highlights the shift.
Three laid-off employees of Heller Ehrman have filed a class action suit that contends the law firm failed to follow federal and state laws requiring 60-day notification before layoffs.
Citing the consolidation of the banking sector and a slowdown in the structured finance market, New York’s Dewey & LeBoeuf announced it is pulling its office in Charlotte, N.C.
Perkins Coie wooed Heller Ehrman’s entire Madison, Wis. office, including 16 intellectual property litigators and 10 staffers, with its winning bid in an auction-style process the Oct 20, 2008 8:37 PM CDT
As the northwest Georgia community of Dalton comes to grips with a suicide bombing at a law firm that left the main suspect dead and a name partner in critical…
Two law firms are likely to reap big fees from the $894 million settlement of lawsuits over the withdrawn painkiller Bextra and a similar anti-inflammatory medication, Celebrex, that is still…
The son of a suicide bomber who critically injured a name partner of a Georgia law firm said he tried to have his father involuntarily hospitalized, without success.
Simpson Thacher will collect only $300,000 over the next six months for advising the Treasury Department on its bailout of financial institutions, a total based on slashed legal fees.
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