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…
Manhattan prosecutors on Monday offered plea deals to two former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf for their alleged role in misleading investors and bond buyers about the firm’s finances. A…
A trial victory in a Manhattan criminal case earlier this year may not be the end of the road for three former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders accused of cooking the…
Frost Brown Todd has announced that the 475-attorney law firm is opening its first office in Pennsylvania, with 10 lawyers who previously worked for Burleson.
The New York Times wonders if lawyers at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom learned something about “highfalutin style” during the 15 years the firm shared offices with the editors…
A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that King & Spalding does not have to turn over internal notes and memos regarding defects in General Motors ignition switches.
Share prices of the world’s first publicly owned law firm lost 65 percent of their value last Thursday and Friday, but prices partially recovered this week.
Lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom were biking through Southern France in 2010 when they came up with an idea to help boost the sluggish market in mergers…
The percentage of black associates has fallen every year since 2009 while the percentage of black partners has “barely budged” during that time, according to the National Association for Law…
The district attorney whose office prosecuted three former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf concedes the trial could have been handled better, but he says it’s unfair to draw conclusions about…
The head of the Houston and Beaumont, Texas, offices of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has led 10 other lawyers from his now-former firm to Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &…
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