Large Firm
2225 ABA Journal Large Firm articles.
Updated: The law firm Porter Wright Morris & Arthur has withdrawn from its representation of the Trump campaign in a federal lawsuit filed Monday evening that alleged voting irregularities across the state of Pennsylvania.
Nov 10, 2020 11:28 AM CST
Sherrilyn Ifill among Spirit of Excellence winners
Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, is one of five winners of the 2021 Spirit of Excellence…
Nov 9, 2020 4:49 PM CST
Cole Schotz has obtained a two-week restraining order that bars a former associate, who said he wants to "live a life of meaning," from disclosing the law firm's confidential documents.
Nov 5, 2020 2:55 PM CST
Judge requires disclaimer in cop commission report
U.S. District Judge John Bates of the District of Columbia has said President Donald Trump’s national commission on policing can’t release a report…
Nov 4, 2020 3:28 PM CST
A former Dechert client told a London judge Tuesday that spying conducted on a BigLaw partner is a common tactic in hard-fought commercial litigation.
Nov 4, 2020 12:49 PM CST
Katten Muchin Rosenman is laying off “a limited number” of lawyers and some furloughed business professionals.
Nov 3, 2020 11:18 AM CST
Latham will pay fall bonuses, donate $1M to fight hunger
Latham & Watkins has announced that it will pay fall bonuses ranging from $7,500 to $40,000—the market scale for law…
Oct 29, 2020 4:15 PM CDT
More than 150 law firms and about 23,000 volunteers are participating this year in an election protection program run by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Oct 29, 2020 2:56 PM CDT
Schulte Roth & Zabel has filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming that its Manhattan landlord failed to abide by lease provisions requiring rent abatement in an emergency.
Oct 29, 2020 12:14 PM CDT
The joint venture between LeClairRyan and alternative services provider UnitedLex was intended to help keep the law firm afloat, but the combination “only served to plunge LeClairRyan further into insolvency,” according to the Chapter 7 trustee for the bankrupt law firm.
Oct 28, 2020 1:24 PM CDT
Reports of staff layoffs at a handful of large law firms don’t provide the whole picture.
Oct 28, 2020 9:30 AM CDT
Trump can be personally sued over rape denial
A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday refused to substitute the federal government as the defendant in a defamation suit filed against…
Oct 27, 2020 3:58 PM CDT
A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a Black former associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell can pursue a retaliation claim against three partners, but many of his other racial bias claims were inadequate.
Oct 27, 2020 1:36 PM CDT
BigLaw partner is accused of failing to pay mansion rent
A affidavit filed in housing court alleges that Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner A. Mark Getachew has stiffed his landlord…
Oct 26, 2020 4:36 PM CDT
Hogan Lovells has laid off 43 members of its business services staff in the United States and Mexico.
Oct 26, 2020 9:27 AM CDT
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