A storied law firm with a 126-year history has struggled a bit in recent years, seeing its profits and attorney roster shrink—although revenue per lawyer at O’Melveny & Myers is…
An investment group that had sought damages from Dechert concerning a fraudulent $50 million loan promoted by the former managing partner of Dreier is out of luck.
While they are more than some ordinary workers make annually, the year-end bonuses for associates just announced by Cravath Swaine & Moore show that mergers and acquisition work isn’t booming,…
In an apparent trend likely spurred by the bad economy, an increasing number of associates leaving or forced out of BigLaw are starting their own law firms.
A major law firm in Canada has developed an innovative buddy program to help women lawyers stay connected to their careers while they are on maternity leave.
Another lawsuit has been filed against Crowell & Moring, accusing the firm of failing to exercise proper control over a former counsel who allegedly stole from multiple real estate client…
A former life sciences practice leader at Morrison & Foerster has been sentenced to one year in a $389,000 billing fraud concerning medical and educational expenses for his autistic son.
A federal judge in Manhattan today agreed to hold a hearing on a convicted tax lawyer’s claim that he was denied a fair trial because one of the jurors failed…
A former restructuring associate at Sidley Austin’s office in Chicago has been restructuring his own life over the past year, as he walked, with his dog, Mabel, from Delaware to…
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