After doing a great job on a rush project, a relatively new associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges made a mistake. He didn’t check his e-mail.
Too few women lawyers are attaining partnerships, and the reason can be traced to unconscious bias affecting everything from assignments to job evaluations, according to a law firm partner and…
Jim Woolery, a 40-year-old partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, has represented four Texas companies over the last five years in buyouts valued at more than $60…
First came the ACC Value Challenge. Now the Association of Corporate Counsel is about to introduce a tool to help in-house legal departments better implement it.…
Even though his employment file at Moser Patterson & Sheridan contained a note “older & better paid/younger & cheaper,” attorney John Kelly’s age discrimination suit against the New Jersey law…
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. paid $402.9 million to lawyers and advisers following the storied investment bank’s collapse in September 2008, according to a Manhattan bankruptcy court filing.
Critics say that attorney James Sokolove is more about advertising than law practice. And at least one or two justices on the Rhode Island Supreme Court seemingly may agree.
There is one bright spot for law firms in a survey of in-house counsel: More than 40 percent of the respondents expect to see more litigation next year.
Former Milberg partner William Lerach, imprisoned after pleading guilty to paying kickbacks to lead plaintiffs in class actions, has been moved to a halfway house.
Bruce Wasserstein, a onetime corporate lawyer at Cravath Swaine & Moore who became a deal king and law media mogul has died a few days after being hospitalized for an…
Creditors of Heller Ehrman may sue its accountant for allegedly failing to note red flags in its audit report on the law firm’s 2007 financials, according to a bankruptcy liquidation…
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