A well-known British firm is eliminating its traditional experience-based associate pay system and moving to a system that rewards with higher salaries those who demonstrate legal skills.
Updated: The Skadden Insider blog says it has decided to suspend nominations for its hottest male associate contest after a critical memo from Henry Baer, who…
Faced with the likelihood of associate flight, given high attrition rates, a growing number of BigLaw firms are trying a new tactic: hiring an in-house career counselor to help junior…
The District of Columbia Bar Counsel is seeking the disbarment of a former partner at Holland & Knight for allegedly forging signatures on an agreement for…
Although many of the new styles now debuting in New York City’s Fashion Week are too fussy, ruffled or feathery for professional women, there is also good news for female…
Effective lawyers know how to make themselves look good by helping their junior colleagues to work efficiently. A key skill required to do so, a consultant notes, is knowing how…
At least 88 law offices have agreed to participate in a joint initiative by the ABA and the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage policies that help the environment, Feb 7, 2008 3:35 PM CST
Two partners in a now-defunct personal-injury law firm argue in a petition filed with the New Jersey Supreme Court that their payments to an office administrator were bonuses rather than…
Partners at U.K.-based law firm Clifford Chance tell the American Lawyer its U.S. offices are thriving after a 2000 merger with Rogers & Wells that led to…
Lawyer Dennis Archer has a long list of accomplishments. He’s been a supreme court justice (on the Michigan Supreme Court), a mayor (of Detroit) and a president (of the ABA).…
Here’s an unusual question: If the presidential candidates were like New York law firms, which ones would they be? Blogger and writer David Lat posed that question to…
Duane Morris maintained in opening statements this week that it didn’t commit malpractice by failing to include a security guarantee in a settlement agreement it drafted for a client, the…
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