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…
Lawyers involved in the bankruptcy of Heller Ehrman were in court Monday to watch arguments in a case involving the duties of 10 former partners at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.
Litigation and labor and employment are busy right now at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. But an ongoing emphasis by corporate clients on value is making some significant changes in the…
Jenner & Block is opening a new office Los Angeles, putting at the helm two litigation partners lured from the local office of Kirkland & Ellis. The new LA outpost…
For years, David Koller had been following what he calls the money train, seeking the best—and highest-paying—jobs to help him advance in his career and pay “the nut” on his…
Updated: Two well-known law firms have partially resolved what one participant has termed a “sandbox” dispute over a PowerPoint presentation about legal fees paid by Sherwin-Williams Co. in lead paint…
A major Wall Street investment bank has apparently retained a well-known New York City-based law firm in an effort to curtail a blogger’s critical posts.
Less than two weeks after announcing that it planned to lay off 11 attorneys and 19 staff members, a Northeast regional firm is opening a new office in Providence, R.I.,…
Financial disclosure forms filed by the many lawyers newly appointed by President Barack Obama to White House jobs provide a motherlode of information about what they were earning in their…
An appeals court in New Jersey has affirmed an $84,850 verdict against a lawyer who claimed his status as a contract partner meant he didn’t have a fiduciary duty to…
Despite his earlier tearful testimony, a former legal eagle in Cincinnati was sentenced today to two years in prison in a federal drug conspiracy case, following a hearing that lasted…
There won’t be many parties at Schiff Hardin this year. But, due to its diversified practice and lack of long-term debt, the 400-attorney Chicago-based national law firm…
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