An Arizona appeals court has upheld a $25,000 sanction against a construction law firm that trumpeted to potential clients, without mentioning the exact amount, a confidential settlement of a homeowner…
A federal judge has dismissed a bankruptcy trustee’s suit that had contended Mayer Brown helped failed brokerage firm Refco hide its financial problems in an initial public offering.
Lawyer Marc Cherno is trying to help investors who lost money with Bernard Madoff after his own reported loss of almost $1.12 million with the investment manager who Apr 16, 2009 1:59 PM CDT
Updated: The former president of an investment group who claimed in arbitration that the CEO of the company defrauded investors was apparently offered $500,000 if the Wall Street Journal pulled…
The co-head of the government relations practice at Cozen O’Connor has been charged with accepting more than $800,000 in sham fees for doing political favors for New York’s former comptroller…
Adding another name to a small but growing list of well-known law firms cutting attorney pay, Robinson & Cole has announced that all associate and counsel salaries will be reduced…
We’ve reported that some midsize law firms and boutiques are benefiting from the financial downturn, and now two Chicago-based firms have joined forces in a bid to woo…
A Massachusetts agency has tossed a complaint by a former associate who claimed Bingham McCutchen didn’t do enough to investigate her claim of a drugging at a law firm holiday…
Imposing a roughly 10-percent pay cut that will be less for some and more for others, a well-known 530-attorney Southeast and Atlantic regional firm says there has been a sea…
Widespread law firm layoffs have now spread to another well-known partnership, with news today that Perkins Coie is cutting 12 attorneys and 26 staff members.
Opening a new office for the second time in two weeks, Barnes & Thornburg is setting up shop in Columbus, Ohio, with the help of a longtime labor and employment…
The New York attorney general says he will sue a Long Island law firm and has already sued a major process-serving company in the state, contending that they were involved…
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