Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is laying off 96 lawyers, 90 of them in the firm’s real estate and securitization practices, the Wall Street Journal Jul 30, 2008 2:18 PM CDT
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has agreed to pay San Diego $2.8 million to settle a malpractice suit that contended the law firm failed to uncover the extent of the city’s…
A federal judge has refused to sanction a white supremacist who posted the home address and telephone number of a lawyer for Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Va.
In standard practice, a lawyer can use 20,000 to 100,000 pages of copy paper annually. So one focus of “green” law firms seeking to reduce wasted resources is cutting that…
Median pay for 2007 law grads who went into private practice has surpassed the $100,000 mark, but salaries for their counterparts in other legal jobs still pale in comparison.
Initially fighting a losing battle, seemingly, in the court of public opinion, Baker & McKenzie has notched a victory over an 11-year-old opponent in the World Intellectual Property Organization.
A federal judge in New York has blasted a Baltimore law firm for seeking “windfall” fees of 25 percent in four Sept. 11 settlements, which he also deemed to be…
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