An already-hot practice area apparently is being expanded with the help of a deep-pockets noncorporate client: The feds reportedly are paying top partners at a New York law firm for…
Two nominees for top jobs in the Justice Department briefly had lapsed law licenses because of missed deadlines. One blamed the failure on a busy schedule, and the other said…
More than 300 partners and counsel at Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal are headed to Las Vegas for a retreat this week, but the meeting is strictly business.
Fear of layoffs has more lawyers giving up business casual and returning to business suits and tasteful accessories, according to at least one consultant.
Midsize law firms and boutiques are benefiting from the financial downturn, as general counsel focused on saving money are sending more business their way.
A diversified practice and a fortuitous geographic location in a city that hasn’t suffered as much economically as many are among the reasons why a 42-lawyer Denver firm has been…
In one of the toughest job markets in decades, law graduates advised that a juris doctor degree would qualify them for a multiplicity of careers are finding that, even with…
Three tech company clients have sued Foley & Lardner, contending that the law firm overbilled them for unnecessary work and didn’t effectively pursue their case as plaintiffs in federal patent…
More than nine years after 14 lawyers leaped from a well-known New Jersey partnership to Lowenstein Sandler, a trial is nearing over claims that the 260-attorney firm went too far…
Two 2008 graduates of the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school took matters into their own hands when they were unable to find a job. They rented office space and…
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