A high-school dropout with two children who went on to get her general educational development certificate, graduate from college and earn a juris doctor degree so that she could represent…
A 58-year-old South Carolina criminal defense attorney has been charged with solicitation of a felony for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill another attorney with whom he…
The dissolved law firm Thelen has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, saying its lender Citigroup is no longer willing to advance funds to wind down its operations or to fund…
McAfee’s former general counsel alleges the company tried to use him as a scapegoat in a backdating probe with the help of two outside law firms, according to new details…
The former chief legal officer at collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers jumped to a new law firm and taught a class this summer at Columbia Business School.
A former client has won a $4.5 million malpractice judgment against Florida law firm Becker & Poliakoff for waiting too long to inform her that her employment bias case had…
Sullivan & Cromwell reportedly told several of the nation’s top law schools that it would require students to respond to job offers within two weeks, but quickly abandoned the plan.
Even first-year associates should be thinking about developing legal business, and “smart socializing” can help them do so, reports the Legal Intelligencer in an article reprinted in…
A former employee in the accounting department of a Maryland law firm has pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud and arson concerning a fire he allegedly set in order to…
A federal judge in West Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit against the founding partner of a Pittsburgh, Pa., law firm accused of conspiring with others to file fraudulent asbestos claims…
In what may be a signpost to the future for other BigLaw firms, two major legal partnerships are planning to implement fixed-fee payment structures for corporate clients.
A Clifford Chance spokesperson is adding some context to a newspaper report that says the law firm is giving its lawyers a 90 pound lingerie and blouse allowance if they…
A law firm may showcase successful verdicts and settlements on its website, as long as enough information is provided and an “appropriate disclaimer” is included, according to a North Carolina…
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