Corrected: Some two-thirds of 133 managing partners or chairmen of large law firms report that they’re feeling better about the economy and they expect it to continue to get better…
A major international firm that is considered one of the top legal shops in London is acquiring a 146-partner Australian counterpart, setting the stage for greater dominance by Jun 24, 2009 12:18 AM CDT
Breaking away from Seattle-based Foster Pepper after more than two decades of affiliated practice, 26 lawyers in Portland, Ore., have hung out their own shingle this month and begun honing…
Just like in the housing market, where deals can be made right now, law firms in good financial condition are in prime position to bring in talent they would otherwise…
Corrected: Finding that a former legal secretary for his firm failed to establish either a pattern of criminal activity or direct injury, a Florida judge has dismissed two counts of…
A former client has sued the law firm that helped her win a $2,000 settlement in national diet drug litigation, contending that she suffered severe emotional distress because of the…
A disbarred New Jersey lawyer was sentenced to a 15-year prison term today for stealing about $4 million he was supposed to use for real estate closings and gambling it…
Speaking forcefully and looking jury members straight in the eyes as he testified yesterday in federal court in Manhattan about his own role in a $2.4 billion corporate fraud case,…
A day after a Texas grand jury indicted one of its former lawyers, Austin-based Clark Thomas & Winters agreed to pay Pedernales Electric Cooperative $4.1 million to settle a suit…
James “Jamie” Perdigao didn’t even spend the nearly $30 million he bilked from his law firm and gaming clients there, so it was easy for the former star partner of…
When Juan Morillo joined Clifford Chance from Sidley Austin, he didn’t expect to be named the head of the international megafirm’s United States litigation practice within the next two years.
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