Over the past 25 years, Cravath, Swaine & Moore has been representing plaintiffs in an employment discrimination case against government agencies in Jefferson County, Ala.
The 125 or so lawyers that Nixon Peabody has recently agreed to add to its attorney roster from Thelen and Taylor Wessing are just the beginning of a much bigger…
After a five-year litigation saga, a Denver law firm has not only prevailed in its defense of a case initially brought by a former client as a legal malpractice action…
As some law firms respond to the nation’s economic meltdown by downsizing and/or publicly laying off excess attorneys, other do so quietly, with a gentle nudge to the door, as…
Applying for work as a law firm summer associate is a faster-paced musical chairs game than ever before this year, as the list of law firms making layoffs seemingly increases…
A controversial federal trademark infringement suit by the Jones Day law firm against an Internet news site that publicizes home purchases by individual attorneys has survived a motion to dismiss.
Lacking a name partner after expelling Michael Hausfeld earlier this month, the law firm formerly known as Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll is changing its name.
A legal futurist predicts that lawyers advising corporations will change their practice models to offer a wide range of advice on how to avoid legal problems.
Women lawyers at Holland & Knight bought bundt pans and mixing bowls while mingling with clients last night at their annual women’s initiative outing in Manhattan.
The chairman of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe says you really can’t compare the firm’s decision to fire 40 associates yesterday with its decision just…
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