Influenced by United States law firm casual dress trends, British attorneys are starting to loosen up on their traditional suit-and-tie-at-all-times attire.
But they are far from adopting the attorney “beachwear”…
With a new managing partner at the helm and advice from a well-known legal consultant, Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen expects to reverse a downsizing trend that saw the firm’s…
A growing Atlantic and Northeast regional law firm is expanding the attorney roster at its New York office by more than 50 percent with the acquisition of a 14-lawyer boutique…
A jailed Russian lawyer who had accused government officials of corruption was chained to a cot and beaten by eight guards immediately before he died in 2009, according to a…
Legal malpractice claims are up in 2011, according to a survey of the insurance brokerages that provide three-quarters of the coverage to large and midsize law firms in this country.
Laura Perry says she paid $2,000 to the Pacific Law Center to handle a Chapter 7 bankruptcy for her. But the law firm, which at the time was reportedly operated…
Both a lender and a developer involved in a failed New York City real estate project are pointing fingers at their respective lawyers, blaming a $70 million loan default on…
Briefly banned from practicing bankruptcy law in the Middle District of Florida, after one of its lawyers aggravated a federal judge, an Orlando law firm is now back in the…
A technical support worker has sued a Manhattan law firm concerning its claimed compensation policy, contending that he and others doing the job got extra time off rather than overtime…
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