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Silicon Valley-based law firm gives associates the option of one-year deferred start dates with stipend payment

Cooley is offering some incoming corporate associates the option of deferring start dates for a year in exchange for a $100,000 stipend.

Jun 8, 2023 9:13 AM CDT

Another BigLaw firm mandates 4 days per week in office but adopts remote ‘bank’

Davis Polk & Wardwell will require its lawyers and most business professionals to be in the office four days per week—one day more than its current policy.

Jun 7, 2023 2:38 PM CDT

BigLaw firm was ‘caring only about its bottom line’ when it wrongly fired pregnant associate, suit says

A former intellectual property associate at DLA Piper has filed a gender bias lawsuit alleging that DLA Piper fired her because she sought maternity leave.

Jun 7, 2023 10:10 AM CDT

Bryan Cave partner on leave after arrest in undercover sting investigation

A partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is on indefinite leave after his arrest on a charge of attempted dissemination of indecent materials to a minor in the first degree.

Jun 6, 2023 11:08 AM CDT

Leaders of Lewis Brisbois rebellion sent emails with ‘unacceptable, prejudiced language,’ law firm says

Updated: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith appears to be fighting back after two lawyers left last month to form a law firm. Lewis Brisbois has released emails with “wildly offensive and demeaning language” exchanged by the former partners.

Jun 5, 2023 11:43 AM CDT

11th Circuit vacates sanctions against Dechert partners, orders new hearing

A federal appeals court has vacated sanctions against two Dechert partners and ordered the judge who imposed the punishment to consider whether the attorneys subjectively engaged in bad-faith conduct.

Jun 2, 2023 9:10 AM CDT

Despite epic success and a legendary reputation, this BigLaw founder isn’t resting on his laurels

If John B. Quinn wasn’t a real person, Hollywood might have invented him. Quinn has been called a legal titan, and his firm, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, has been labeled one of the most feared litigation firms in the world.

Jun 1, 2023 1:20 AM CDT

This BigLaw firm’s ‘modified hybrid work model’ will require 4 days per week in office

Lawyers at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will have to show up at the office four days per week beginning in September.

May 30, 2023 1:10 PM CDT

BigLaw firms find themselves in ‘lateral playpen’

A few large, diversified law firms with growing profits are taking advantage of a market lull to lure partners away from rivals they have outperformed.

May 25, 2023 2:36 PM CDT

BigLaw firm lays off 47 business services employees

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has laid off 34 employees across its U.S. offices and another 13 employees overseas, the law firm announced Thursday.

May 25, 2023 10:12 AM CDT

Walgreens alleges Crowell & Moring engaged in ‘unethical side-switching,’ leading to $642M arbitration loss

A $642 million arbitration award against Walgreens was obtained by “undue means” because of Crowell & Moring's "unethical side-switching," according to a May 19 amended petition seeking to vacate the award.

May 23, 2023 1:53 PM CDT

A look at Paul Hastings’ viral ‘no exceptions, no excuses’ presentation missteps

There’s a saying, usually attributed to journalist Michael Kinsley, that in politics, a gaffe is when you inadvertently say something you believe but didn’t mean to disclose—maybe that taxes need to be raised or Social Security benefits trimmed.

May 23, 2023 8:42 AM CDT

Former Lewis Brisbois executive criticized firm’s financial practices in 2019 claim

The former chief operating officer of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has alleged in an August 2019 whistleblower letter that he was fired after raising concerns about the law firm’s financial practices.

May 22, 2023 10:57 AM CDT

After talks end with 1 BigLaw firm, Shearman announces plans to merge with another

Updated: Shearman & Sterling and Allen & Overy announced a merger Sunday, just two months after Shearman and Hogan Lovells called off merger talks.

May 22, 2023 9:04 AM CDT

Lateral candidates continue to raise ‘red flags,’ research company says

Nearly one-third of all lateral candidates in 2022 raised “red flags,” which include undisclosed business affiliations, cultural incompatibility and inflated books of business, according to Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

May 19, 2023 10:32 AM CDT