As troubles were mounting at Dewey & LeBoeuf earlier this year, the law firm settled a $3 billion suit filed by Missouri insurance regulators that claimed malpractice by predecessor firm…
Updated: As additional partners announce their departures from Dewey & LeBoeuf, the total of those leaving the approximately 1,000-attorney and 300-partner firm in 2012 is moving toward 100.
Updated: A four-lawyer mergers and acquisitions team is exiting Dewey & LeBoeuf for megafirm DLA Piper, bringing to 40 the number of partners known to have left Dewey since the…
Merger talks between Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Fulbright & Jaworski have reportedly slowed amid questions about an unfunded retirement plan at Fulbright.
A key partner at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps won’t be joining his colleagues if the firm completes a potential merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge.
Forget cherry-picking one-off partners and laterals. In 2011, several Pennsylvania law firms launched new practice groups and opened offices by poaching entire practice groups and acquiring small firms. The growth…
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