‘Profits chasm’ widens between most- and least-successful BigLaw firms, Am Law 100 survey finds

Overall revenue for the country’s 100 largest law firms last year was a record $77.4 billion, generated by about 94,000 attorneys. That represents a 5 percent increase from the previous…

Apr 28, 2014 6:40 PM CDT

Kirkland & Ellis opens Houston office with partner from Simpson Thacher

Kirkland & Ellis announced Tuesday that it is opening an office in the midst of Houston’s hot energy-law market. It will be the seventh office in the U.S. and 12th…

Apr 23, 2014 11:30 AM CDT

Growing Carlton Fields opens LA office with former Steptoe litigation practice leader at the helm

Only a few months after a merger that gave Carlton Fields a presence in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., the law firm is expanding…

Apr 21, 2014 7:10 PM CDT

Wachtell Lipton co-founder Leonard Rosen dies at 83

Leonard Rosen, the co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, has died at the age of 83.

Rosen created Wachtell Lipton’s bankruptcy practice and was a partner at the firm…

Apr 18, 2014 2:38 PM CDT

Seven law firms have cut an estimated 213 jobs since January

Seven prominent law firms have confirmed layoffs this year affecting an estimated 213 jobs.

The Am Law Daily did the math and found that five out…

Apr 16, 2014 1:03 PM CDT

Jenner & Block names Terrence Truax as new managing partner

One week after Jenner & Block’s managing partner Susan Levy announced her departure from the firm she had led since 2008, the Chicago-based firm has a new leader.

Apr 15, 2014 6:25 PM CDT

Nixon Peabody lays off 38 staffers

Nixon Peabody has laid off 38 staffers across the firm’s 16 offices.

CEO and managing partner Andrew Glincher said in a statement provided to the ABA Journal that the layoffs…

Apr 15, 2014 1:08 PM CDT

Brown Rudnick rescinds offers to 10 associates, cites declining client demand for first-year lawyers

Brown Rudnick is rescinding offers to 10 out of 23 associates who were scheduled to join the firm in the fall.

Most of the affected associates had offers to work…

Apr 15, 2014 12:29 PM CDT

Job outlook for newly minted lawyers still bleak, data shows

The job outlook for newly minted lawyers remains bleak, new figures show.

Fifty-seven percent of all 2013 law school graduates were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs requiring bar passage…

Apr 9, 2014 2:45 PM CDT

Edwards Wildman lays off 10 lawyers, 42 staff

Edwards Wildman Palmer has laid off 10 attorneys and 42 staff members.

The layoffs were made in 10 of the 525-attorney firm’s 16 offices, according to Apr 7, 2014 10:35 PM CDT

Former Mintz Levin IP practice leader among 6-partner life sciences team joining Cooley

A former co-chair of the intellectual property practice group at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo is among a six-partner life sciences team joining the Boston and New York…

Apr 3, 2014 9:05 PM CDT

Patton Boggs gets ‘serious overture’ from Dentons

Patton Boggs is looking attractive to more than one suitor.

Even as merger talks between Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders are underway, another law firm—Dentons—has confirmed its…

Apr 2, 2014 1:42 PM CDT

Lateral partners are largely satisfied with their decision to move, survey says

Partners who jumped from one law firm to another are largely satisfied with their decision, according to a new survey.

About 80 percent said they would join their current firm,…

Apr 2, 2014 10:45 AM CDT

Are Gibson Dunn bridge-scandal interviews ‘fair game’? Lawmakers plan to subpoena transcripts

Two Democratic New Jersey lawmakers probing lane closings on the George Washington Bridge plan to subpoena transcripts of interviews conducted by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in its investigation.

State Senator…

Apr 1, 2014 12:20 PM CDT

Year-end results show less growth than expected for big firms

Apr 1, 2014 7:50 AM CDT