A state appeals court in New York ruled Thursday that a lawyer whose client replaced him in a personal injury case cannot collect his full contingency fee.
A malpractice suit against Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has been dismissed after a judge in the District of Columbia Superior Court determined that the pro se claimant in…
Law firms are reaping more in legal fees, likely because of rate increases and clients willing to pay top dollar for the best legal talent, according to a study of…
In a case that could resonate with lawyers at other struggling legal shops, two former partners of Howrey are contending in a lawsuit in state court in California that Citibank…
The U.S. Trustee Program is asking a federal court in Manhattan to strip a well-known law firm and a financial adviser of $10 million in fees they have earned in…
Schiff Hardin has announced that it has acquired a 10-lawyer energy boutique based in Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the size of the firm’s practice group.
An unidentified Canadian law firm reportedly lost “a large six-figure” sum over the holidays last month when its bookkeeper was tricked into providing an online password to its trust account…
In the last 12 months before Dewey & LeBoeuf imploded in a record-breaking bankruptcy last year, the top 25 partners of the BigLaw firm were paid some $70…
Updated: An intellectual property “super-boutique” based in Houston has opened a new office in Boston with seven lawyers from a smaller counterpart there.
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In 1938, Karl Llewellyn lamented (PDF) the age of industrialization. “Specialized work, mass-production, cheapened production, advertising and selling—finding the customer who does not know he wants it, and…
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