A motion to disqualify Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman from continuing to represent the plaintiff insurer in a hard-fought lawsuit against multiple hedge funds contends that the law firm contacted…
A four-lawyer white-collar defense team has jumped from Winston & Strawn to the Washington, D.C., office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, their new firm announced in a Jul 21, 2011 5:55 PM CDT
I was watching TV with my boys the other night. As usual, The Discovery Channel was our choice, and the show that we were watching was Surviving the Cut. The…
Women, more so than men, tend to be portrayed in an unflattering manner in photos as their popularity wanes, writes former Congressman and current law firm partner Jul 20, 2011 10:48 PM CDT
The chief federal criminal trial judge in Washington, D.C., yesterday rejected the city’s call for a new trial in a “contempt of cop” arrest case in which a jury awarded…
Updated: A partner at Bryan Cave has sued a Dallas legal recruiter, contending that she lied to help persuade him to move from K&L Gates, where he was then a…
Voted in as partners of New York’s Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, two SJ Berwin competition lawyers changed their minds and rescinded their resignations from the London-based law firm, reports…
A senior international capital markets partner of Allen & Overy was arrested yesterday and charged with downloading and distributing child pornography over the Internet on peer-to-peer networks.
Citibank has filed an objection in bankruptcy court to Howrey’s plan to pay nearly $500,000 in bonuses to workers helping wind down the law firm’s operations.
News reports are suggesting that Crowell & Moring blundered when it posted an online critique saying consanguinity, rather than mountaintop mining, could be responsible for Appalachian birth defects chronicled in…
Corrected: Davis Polk & Wardwell has raided Mayer Brown’s office in Sao Paulo for the lawyers it needs to open a new office in Brazil’s financial center this summer.
A bankruptcy associate who quit Sidley Austin to trek cross country has battled bad weather and a black bear, but he’s alive and still walking, thanks to his dog.
Influenced by United States law firm casual dress trends, British attorneys are starting to loosen up on their traditional suit-and-tie-at-all-times attire.
But they are far from adopting the attorney “beachwear”…
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