Loving your job, taking pride in your work and having the right mentors are what it takes to make partner, says one new member of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &…
Once upon a time, young associates were hired by law firms, worked hard and were rewarded by making partner. Rarely, if ever, did they stray to greener pastures at competing…
In more BigLaw bad news before the holidays, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe just announced it is laying off about 40 associates and counsel in the firm’s real estate, structured finance,…
A major law firm in Silicon Valley apparently is looking to save money on rent by moving to a less fashionable location a short distance away from its current offices.
A partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has published a gay romance novel under a pen name, but he’s not shy about how Proposition 8 has affected him.
Two longtime Louisiana lawyers have been recommended for disbarment after a disciplinary board found in what a local newspaper described as an “often blistering opinion” that they allowed staff of…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by two nonprofit groups seeking recovery of possibly millions of White House e-mails.
A dispute over which party is to blame for losses by holders of debt securities in a failed funeral company has prompted Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to sue…
Speaking at a conference today in New York on the outlook for mergers and acquisitions, a famed attorney dealmaker predicted that one result of the current economic crisis will be…
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