A California appeals court ruling on the responsibilities of departing partners is causing headaches for partners at the dissolved law firm Heller Ehrman.
Reportedly under consideration for a top post at the U.S. Treasury Department, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell has apparently stepped away from the possible appointment.
With news this afternoon of layoffs at two more well-known law firms, the total number of known attorney and staff terminations since Feb. 27 now tops 2,800.
As other major law partnerships reluctantly make layoffs, a BigLaw firm headquartered in the United Kingdom has come up with an unusual recession alternative.
Despite dire predictions for the traditional BigLaw model by some observers, stunning layoffs now under way at many major firms responding to dismal economic conditions are a good sign as…
Only a year or two ago, when the economy was relatively strong, Aviva Tiegerman had no interest in hearing from the multiple legal recruiters who called her daily at the…
Effective July 1, international law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will have a new talent model, including a three-stage partner track for associates and an increased presence of contract attorneys.
Corrected: Winston & Strawn has represented Wyeth in at least one case claiming the company’s diet drug fen-phen caused health problems. Now a junior partner at the law firm has…
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