Following news last week that a former partner of Winston & Strawn had been both criminally charged and sued by the feds over his alleged role in a $20 million…
In a new twist on an all-too-familiar crime, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a former office manager stole $300,000 from a local law firm because he…
What happens to a murder conviction after the victim comes back to life? Who is liable when a superhero battle results in mass destruction of property? Is evidence admissible if…
A former partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath credits a flat-fee billing structure for her new intellectual property boutique’s rapid acquisition of clients and a solid book of business.
In less than three months, attorney Kenneth Ford has pursued some 22,000 copyright claims alleging peer-to-peer file-sharing violations, backing his Adult Copyright Company’s offer of “hardcore protection for hardcore content.”
A Phoenix lawyer well-known for his television commercials will be suspended for six months for failing to properly supervise lawyers who sometimes handled more than 500 cases at a time.
The nation’s 10 most prestigious law firms announced the promotion of 49 partners this year, but the firm in the No. 1 spot didn’t contribute to the total.
Matching the end-of-year moolah being paid by a number of other top BigLaw firms to associates for their work in 2010, Clifford Chance has announced that its United States associates…
A former partner of Winston & Strawn was both arrested today and sued today by the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations that he had a role in a former…
Updated: A malpractice suit alleges a high-profile lawyer at Ungaretti & Harris authorized the destruction of documents despite a judge’s order requiring their preservation.
Marketing campaigns, strategic branding and well-written mission statements may do little to help a law firm’s reputation if its lawyers misbehave in the trenches.
In an ongoing legal ethics trial of six attorneys from a prominent Maine law firm, a former secretary there has now given her account of what was said after she…
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