2643 ABA Journal Large Firm articles.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is going to do an in camera review of DLA Piper materials sought by the defense team representing renowned former major-league pitcher Roger Clemens…
Apr 21, 2011 11:05 PM CDT
Lawyers at Proskauer Rose are getting iPad 2s in a rollout that began this week.
About 500 lawyers have requested the devices, according to the Am…
Apr 21, 2011 4:33 PM CDT Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy may be kicked out of its Manhattan offices by landlord JPMorgan Chase when the law firm’s lease ends in 2013 because the bank reportedly wants more…
Apr 21, 2011 12:13 PM CDT ‘Tis the season for taxpayers to worry about possible fallout from filing their returns, and lawyers have some straightforward advice to offer those unlucky enough to be audited. Put yourself…
Apr 20, 2011 7:54 PM CDT King & Spalding will be paid up to $500,000 to defend the federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriages. Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives hired the law firm…
Apr 20, 2011 5:57 PM CDT A trustee working to resolve the mess convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff made of his securities firm’s affairs has submitted new numbers to the federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan as…
Apr 20, 2011 12:13 AM CDT Saying that a claim of tortious interference with client relations was too speculative and that it would be inappropriate for one federal district court to tell other federal district courts…
Apr 19, 2011 8:16 PM CDT DLA Piper has promoted 53 lawyers worldwide to partner, 17 of them in the United States. The number is higher than last year, when 41 lawyers were promoted to partner,…
Apr 19, 2011 5:17 PM CDT O’Melveny & Myers is helping new parents transition back to their legal work by providing a free life- transitions coach. O’Melveny officially launched its “Momentum One” initiative on Friday after…
Apr 19, 2011 1:03 PM CDT Tired of the traditional on-campus law school interviewing process? A consultant may have the answer for some who would like to deal more directly with law firms and other legal…
Apr 19, 2011 12:26 AM CDT The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today heard a pitch to create a separate regulatory regime that would address the concerns of large law…
Apr 16, 2011 11:36 PM CDT Matthew H. Kluger, a lawyer charged last week with insider trading, today was ordered released on $1 million bail, with home confinement and electronic monitoring. The government…
Apr 15, 2011 6:35 PM CDT North Carolina’s Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice is snapping up a small Charleston, S.C., firm, bringing its lawyer total to 550. With the acquisition of Buist Moore Smythe McGee, the…
Apr 15, 2011 12:26 PM CDT A former client this week sued Andrews Kurth for malpractice, alleging that while the law firm was working on a building lease negotiation that ultimately failed, the firm also represented…
Apr 14, 2011 10:26 PM CDT Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison raided Shearman & Sterling for manpower to staff its new Toronto office. The new partners are Christopher Cummings, a capital markets and mergers and…
Apr 14, 2011 3:59 PM CDTBanking Landlord May Push Milbank Out of Its Manhattan Offices
Lawyers Offer IRS Audit Tips: Be Nice, Be Responsive, But Don’t Say Too Much
King & Spalding to Be Paid Up to $520 an Hour to Defend Marriage Law
Madoff Trustee’s Tally: $7.6B Recovered, $175.5M Sought in Legal Fees, Including Latest $43.2M Bill
Chevron Celebrates Swift Dismissal of Patton Boggs Declaratory Suit re Alleged ‘Smear Campaign’
DLA Piper Promotes 53 Lawyers to Partner
New Parents at O’Melveny Get Free Life-Transitions Coach
New ‘JD Match’ to Help Law Firms Find Law Students to Interview; K&L Gates Giving Service a Tryout
Ethics 20/20 Pitch: Law Firms That Serve ‘Sophisticated’ Clients Need Own Regulatory System
Fmr BigLaw Associate Charged with Insider Trading Gets Home Confinement
Merger Creates Largest Firm in Carolinas
Andrews Kurth Sued for Malpractice
Paul Weiss Steals 2 Corporate Partners from Shearman to Staff Its New Toronto Office
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