A law school known for its focus on real-world legal education has launched a new research center that will explore what lawyers do and why clients hire them.
When attorney Mark Peroff moved to the Manhattan office of Hiscock & Barclay, a 200-lawyer firm headquartered in upstate New York, he persuaded clients to follow him by offering a…
Updated: A Chicago Bar Association program aimed at increasing the number of women in law firm partnership ranks is being criticized for being too lenient in crediting law firms for…
A group called the Election Protection Coalition will be dispatching lawyers today to take calls of voter complaints and go to court to preserve voting access.
Managers at Heller Ehrman have blamed the firm’s dissolution on a downturn in litigation after three large cases settled within a short time. Many observers disagree with that assessment.
The managing partner of Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck says he thinks community involvement helps keep lawyers happy. To that end, the law firm has created “karma committees”…
Several United Kingdom partners of the dissolving law firm Heller Erhman have found a new home at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, despite potential complications that led other law firms to…
The partnerships of Powell Goldstein and Bryan Cave have voted to merge the two law firms, giving Bryan Cave a presence in the southeast and the Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein an…
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