A Southeast regional firm announced Monday that it has opened a Jacksonville, Florida, office with three partners and anticipates more growth in the state.
A former female partner at LeClairRyan has filed a gender bias suit claiming the law firm favors males in partner compensation decisions that are “cloaked in secrecy.”
The former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf has reached a deferred prosecution agreement in a case alleging that he and other law firm leaders misled lenders and bond buyers about…
A federal judge is taking Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to task for failing to preserve contemporaneous interview notes in an investigation that found no wrongdoing by New Jersey Gov.…
Updated: Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and a staffing agency have agreed to settle for $75,000 a federal lawsuit by three document review attorneys seeking overtime pay.
Debevoise & Plimpton partner Eric Dinallo says he used his knowledge of how to pull someone from a frozen lake to rescue a man last week from the path of…
Documents prepared by a BigLaw firm aren’t protected by the attorney-client privilege because of a reasonable inference that its client intended to use the legal services to foster illegal conduct,…
Updated: A former Sidley Austin partner in Chicago blasted police and prosecutors after he and his nephew were acquitted of sexual assault on Thursday.
Traditional BigLaw bonus market leader Cravath Swaine & Moore announced on Monday that it will be adding $15,000 to $100,000 to the paychecks of “virtually all” partnership-track associates this month,…
For many BigLaw firms, international growth is a priority. Baker & McKenzie has long been at the forefront of that trend. Already known for its global operations, it is also…
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