An international law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh reportedly may be seeking to strengthen its New York presence and insurance coverage practice by merging with a New York City-based boutique.
Local officials have advanced several cutting-edge concepts lately about how to save money on legal fees. However, the lawyers concerned may not be jumping for joy over the innovative ideas.
The City University of New York law school is encouraging graduates to hang their shingles in underserved communities with an 18-month training program on how to run a law practice.
Seemingly, heirs might be happy to hear that they have inherited a share in a family home worth millions. But in actual practice, handling such estates can prove a major…
The latest advice offered by high-profile lawyer Martin Lipton to his corporate clients is “wrongheaded” and “dangerous,” Andrew Ross Sorkin asserts in a Dealbook column for the Jan 8, 2008 5:15 PM CST
Sullivan & Cromwell has filed a lawsuit against an electronic discovery firm it hired for a major case that contends the company blew deadlines and made errors in document production.
The New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a new trial order for a radical activist convicted of murder in the notorious 1981 Brinks robbery case.
Using a test that protects journalists from disclosing sources, a New York federal judge has ruled that Amnesty International does not have to reveal the names of lawyers who complained…
A lawyer for a homeless ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a Columbia University graduate student asked a Manhattan judge yesterday to note that his client came to court wearing…
Those taking the New York bar exam on their laptops this February will be required to sign a new, detailed waiver protecting the state Board of Law Examiners from liability…
A New York lawyer has been temporarily suspended after she failed to cooperate with investigators looking into her withdrawal of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a judge’s estate for…
While the dramatized version Manhattan’s famed prosecutor’s office is set to get its fourth district attorney in 18 seasons, the city’s real district attorney has stayed put.
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