One renowned jurist on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has many admirers. But law professor Robert Blomquist is surely among the foremost fans of…
A laid-off Eversheds associate who says he should have been rated higher than a colleague on maternity leave has won a bias judgment against the British law firm.
When 53-year-old Robin Wood begins law school this fall at the University of Maryland, she’ll have a mentor waiting: her 25-year-old daughter, Portia, who will be a 3L.
Howrey’s chairman Robert Ruyak is offering some reasons why the firm’s gross revenues dropped about 16 percent last year and some of the firm’s partners are leaving.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is on a short list to replace Elena Kagan as solicitor general, but she isn’t saying whether she’d take the job if it is offered.
Updated: In a move intended to help Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe reconfigure its model of success for the 21st century, the law firm has announced that it will no longer…
As potential layoffs loomed last year, three BigLaw associates in Southern California decided to form their own corporate and investor-side bankruptcy firm, even though they didn’t yet have a book…
Kenneth Clarke says he was surprised when he learned he was being appointed as Justice Secretary in the new coalition government of incoming prime minster David Cameron.
Many lawyers believe that there are other, better attorneys out there who manage to give their firms more than they earn in salary, while also finding quality time for families,…
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