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New York’s highest court has ordered a real-estate investment company to pay the $1.4 million outstanding balance of a “success fee” charged by Davis Polk & Wardwell.
A partner in the white-collar practice group at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads is leaving to become an associate counsel to President Bush, according to the Legal…
Apr 26, 2007 4:52 PM CDT A federal judge in San Francisco is criticizing a plaintiffs law firm, saying its conduct in a lawsuit against a vacuum cleaner company “reeks.” Wall Street Journal’s Apr 26, 2007 4:40 PM CDT A lawyer whose medical malpractice client claimed paralysis, then was caught on videotape walking with a cane, questions why defense lawyers waited almost two years to disclose the tape. John…
Apr 26, 2007 12:33 PM CDT The latest lawyer to leave Dewey Ballantine’s Silicon Valley office is the managing partner. Jeannine Yoo Sano will join the East Palo Alto, Calif., office of Howrey on May 1,…
Apr 26, 2007 12:14 PM CDT When Sidley Austin opens its first office in Australia, it will be headed by a lawyer who jumped from a job as managing partner at the Sydney office of Pillsbury…
Apr 25, 2007 5:39 PM CDT Law firms representing subprime mortgage lenders will see a boost in business as they help with bankruptcy filings and fend off government investigations and class action lawsuits, the Apr 25, 2007 12:58 PM CDT The musical chairs game continues at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, following the demotion and/or outright dismissal of 45 partners last month. New York City-based Gary Friedman, who was chair…
Apr 24, 2007 10:48 PM CDT New Jersey-based McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter is acquiring a 49 percent stake in a minority-owned law firm, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. Managing partner Edward Deutsch…
Apr 24, 2007 8:45 PM CDT Timothy Tosta and four other real-estate attorneys will be moving to Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps to help build its San Francisco office. The Recorder reports Tosta is…
Apr 24, 2007 4:43 PM CDT Several lawyers have left the U.S. Department of Justice as the controversy continues over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. None of the attorneys contacted by the Apr 24, 2007 12:51 PM CDT Minority Boutique Partners With Day Pitney Day Pitney based in Hartford, Conn., and Morristown, N.J., is forming a “strategic alliance” with a minority-owned law firm. Day Pitney hopes the alliance…
Apr 24, 2007 12:49 PM CDT Business is booming at lobbying law firms in Washington, D.C., as clients seek help reaching out to the new Democratic-controlled Congress, the Washington Post reports. Patton Boggs…
Apr 23, 2007 3:32 PM CDT For just the third time in 42 years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will be hiring a lateral partner, the American Lawyer reports. Joining the firm on…
Apr 20, 2007 5:22 PM CDT Hedge funds’ legal fees are boosting the bottom line at law firms, the New York Times reports. Business is booming because activist shareholders are bringing…
Apr 20, 2007 2:43 PM CDTLawyers’ Conduct ‘Reeks,’ Judge Says
Lawyer Raps ‘Paralyzed’ Client, Opposing Counsel
Another Dewey Ballantine Lawyer Leaves
Sidley to Open Australia Office
Business Boom Looms for Subprime Attorneys
Post-Shakeout Move by Mayer Brown Dept. Head
N.J. Law Firm Acquires Stake in Minority Firm
Real-Estate Lawyers Move to Luce, Forward
Did Bad Morale Send DOJ Lawyers Packing?
Minority Boutique Partners With Day Pitney
Business Booming for Lobbying Law Firms
Lateral Makes an Unusual Move to Wachtell
Law Firms Profit From Hedge Fund Work
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