Saying that a $1.7 million damages award to a former law firm client for lost future profits was “speculative and uncertain,” a California appeals court has voided this portion of…
A lawyer turned diversity consultant has advised minority employees who feel underappreciated to get smart, rather than getting mad, by leaving for better opportunities.
Natalie Holder-Winfield, who wrote Recruiting and…
The former chief executive officer of Refco Inc. has held a series of “highly productive meetings” with plaintiffs lawyers suing the bankrupt brokerage firm and its advisers.
The job market for associates seeking jobs at new law firms is getting tougher, especially for junior associates in specialties hard-hit by the economic downturn, California legal recruiters say.
Corrected:Clifford Chance has started the British law firm earnings reporting season with a bang, announcing a hefty revenue increase regardless of the economic slowdown that began…
The general counsel of a California-based genetic products manufacturer is leaving, along with three in-house Affymetrix patent lawyers, to join Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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