Contrary to media reports suggesting widespread lawyer dissatisfaction, a new study of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000 has found that three out of four say they are either…
After layoffs were announced at McDermott Will & Emery early this month, those in charge of its Chicago headquarters office decided to reduce the scope of its coffee…
Omair Farooqui had always been interested in running his own law firm. But being laid off last year from his job as an intellectual property associate in the Palo Alto,…
As the dismal economy has continued on a downward spiral this month, so has the legal industry, with February layoffs exceeding January’s by a considerable margin. January’s…
Fourteen out of 100 law firms surveyed didn’t include a single woman in their partner promotions last year, but for some the results were an aberration.
A former Washington governor who is a partner in the Seattle law firm Davis Wright Tremaine is President Obama’s latest pick to head the Commerce Department.
An alleged $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme that a Minnesota businessman is accused of operating for a decade is keeping a number of Twin Cities law firms busy.
Last year, as the economy began to plummet, many law firms saw bankruptcy as a hot practice area that would counterbalance a sudden shortage of corporate work. Now, some are…
The British law firm Ashurst is in advanced talks to acquire at least 10 finance partners from McKee Nelson, giving the British law firm a presence in New York and…
Amidst the latest news of law firm layoffs and salary restructuring announcements, a Chicago-based business law firm has temporarily imposed a 10-percent pay cut on partners and associates.
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