In the latest example of law firms battening their hatches to cope with a stormy economy, a major United Kingdom firm is eliminating quarterly profit distributions to equity partners scheduled…
As a partner at Hunton & Williams, James Meadows billed his time at $650 per hour. Since moving on Oct. 1 to the no-frills law firm of FSB Legal Counsel,…
Chadbourne & Parke informed its lawyers and staffers in a memo yesterday that some of them may have to be reassigned to busier practice areas because of a hiring freeze.
A Los Angeles tax attorney by day, Leslie Klinger leaves his entertainment industry clients behind and lives an entirely different life when he goes home at night.
When Natasha Hsieh sought a summer associate position at DLA Piper, she found that her experience growing up in Taiwan, as well as California, was a big advantage for her…
A new program at Harvard Law School that will waive third-year tuition for students who commit to five-year public interest careers is attracting more interest than expected.
Associates aren’t the only professionals fearing law firm layoffs. The idea also troubles landlords, who rely on law firms to pay top dollar for office space that offers technology upgrades…
The vice chairman of Thacher Proffitt & Wood is jumping to Greenberg Traurig along with seven other lawyers who made up the firm’s office in White Plains, N.Y.
A lawyer who runs a firm that advises the superrich has been busy lately explaining to his clients that their investments are declining in the economic downturn—but they still have…
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