Hoping to further capitalize on growing demand for mergers and acquisitions work in Asia, Kirkland & Ellis announced Wednesday that it is bringing in eight lawyers for its Hong Kong…
Led by law firm co-founder Richard Black, six partners have exited Seattle intellectual property boutique Black Lowe & Graham for one of the state’s largest business law firms, Aug 9, 2011 11:18 AM CDT
Updated: Following yesterday’s 634-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, not to mention the stock market’s 15-percent drop in value in less than three weeks and predictions of further…
Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center and New York University School of Law generate the most partners, according to a recent law review article by Theodore P. Seto. The…
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A young Illinois lawyer who had seemingly bright career prospects is being held without bond after allegedly making a $7,000 down payment on a $20,000 contract to kill his girlfriend’s…
Television is still a major advertising medium for personal injury lawyers in and around Detroit. But a relatively new and unusual competitor has sparked a growing billboard battle in recent…
Dykema has hired a former partner of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to head both a new office in Charlotte, N.C., and the firm’s financial services regulatory and…
Increased competition from nonlawyer entities and blurred distinctions between legal and nonlegal work are just two of the major impactors redefining modern law firms, regardless of their size.
Corrected: When a conflict developed between one of Carl Northrop’s biggest clients and another major client of Paul Hastings, it was clear that the best solution was probably for him…
A bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York has blocked a trustee’s effort to claw back some $9 million obtained by Wachovia Bank from a money-market account for…
Offered another office site at the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, the Polsinelli Shughart law firm may at last have found a new home following criticism…
Squire Sanders & Dempsey has has raided the Perth office of a major Australia-based law firm, where it plans to set up its first office on the continent.
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