ABA Journal business of law reporter Rachel M. Zahorsky discusses this topic with Beazley’s Brant Weidner, along with key points for lawyers to contemplate when weighing the risks and rewards of a fee suit and ways to prevent the predicament altogether.
The legal profession of generalist lawyers changed after the end of World War II, becoming a profession of specialists trained to serve the needs of industrial and financial clients, a…
Although no partner dissolution vote has been taken, a suburban St. Louis law firm is considering winding down its operations after failing to reach agreement with Polsinelli Shughart about a…
A former real estate client has sued Crowell & Moring for malpractice, contending that it lost $15 million as a result of the actions of an inadequately supervised New York…
Updated: A former Herzog Crebs partner who served on the St. Louis-based law firm’s management committee has been federally indicted in St. Louis along with a former…
A consent decree (PDF) filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan resolved a more than decade-old pay dispute between Kelley Drye & Warren and one of the…
A combination of transit benefits, a lack of free automobile parking and participation by workers helped a well-known Portland, Ore., law firm lead the list of the city’s top 25…
Despite the departure of approximately 50 partners since the beginning of 2012 and an effort to deal with a high debtload and lower-than-expected revenue that reportedly has led the law…
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