Stress and anxiety are on the rise among law students employed this summer at large law firms, according to a new survey. But the summer associates could assuage their worries…
Can this really be a law firm website? In an apparent recent makeover that is catching the attention of the legal community, the online persona of Ballard Spahr now features…
The head of the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice group in the Washington, D.C., office of Baker Botts has announced that he is leaving the firm to form a…
Having already been told they would have to wait until January of 2010 to start work after graduating from law school in 2009, about half of the incoming class of…
Two lawyers in a Washington, D.C., firm already were facing a $10 million malpractice claim over a tax shelter matter when their situation changed for the worse.
The general counsel for Citigroup says his in-house legal department has been battered by the economic downturn, leaving him with little sympathy for law firm arguments for premium fees.
Attorneys at two Texas law firms found themselves uncomfortably close to the latest domestic terrorism concerns as federal authorities charged two men in separate attempted-bombing cases in Dallas and Illinois.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is taking advantage of the recession by hiring 30 associates whose start dates were pushed back by large law firms.
Lawyers in a North Georgia law firm are moving back into their old building nearly one year after a bomb blast damaged their offices and severely injured one of their…
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