Pennsylvania lawyer Tom Bergstrom has worked solo for 33 years, but he’s giving it up to join the white-collar defense practice at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Philadelphia.
Updated: A South Florida law firm being investigated by the state attorney general over its mortgage foreclosure work has announced new layoffs today, after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pulled…
Ex-attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs isn’t interesting enough to justify having an entire book written about his downfall as a onetime trial lawyer money machine. However, a new book about Scruggs,…
Partners at big law firms with solid books of business largely stayed put during the recession, but that could change for lawyers in certain practice areas as the economy improves.
Male lawyers are saddled with the presumption that they will put work above all other demands, creating pressure and increased interest in work-life balance, according to the author of a…
After 40 years at the boutique law firm he founded, securities lawyer Charles Hecht has decided to close shop and join Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz as a partner.
Updated: A law professor known for his analysis of law firm hiring statistics has formed a new company, along with other like-minded experts, to take a more detailed look at…
A former associate at Clifford Chance in New York hesitated to sue the firm. But after being unemployed for several years after she and five other U.S. associates of the…
Work-life balance is always a hot topic among our readers, but this month our podcast guests were the ones fired-up in a heated discussion about the realities of practicing law, raising children and making it all work.
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