Former ABA President Karen Mathis is taking a one-year sabbatical from her law firm partnership in order to serve as CEO and executive director of the Aug 6, 2008 6:38 PM CDT
Barnes & Thornburg is eliminating its summer associate program in Chicago, at least for next year, because it’s now so easy to hire first-year associates.
A bankruptcy trustee contends that the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell failed to prevent the founder of a now-defunct Atlanta investment firm from embezzling from his clients.
The husband of a law school dean who was named Ohio’s attorney general has retired from his law firm after questions about potential conflicts of interest.
Midlevel associates are most satisfied with their compensation at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which paid huge bonuses last winter ranging from $175,000 to $215,000. That compares to median New…
Updated: A New York judge has tossed several counts of a lawsuit filed by a former associate who claimed Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe reneged on a promise to make him…
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft may face recruiting problems after the combined layoffs of 131 lawyers, but chairman W. Christopher White has no regrets about beefing up the law firm’s real-estate…
Worried about a projected decrease in income at major law firms that one expert says could go down by 15 percent from last year, as well as slow payments from…
A federal judge in Manhattan says a managing partner’s remark that a female lawyer wasn’t sweet enough could be construed as discriminatory animus supporting the woman’s bias and retaliation suit.
Large New York law firms froze pay for midlevel associates this year, while big firms in several other cities matched New York paychecks by giving their midlevels raises of about…
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has paid its client, Brocade Communications Systems, $9.5 million in hopes of releasing itself and firm chairman Larry Sonsini from backdating claims.
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