Littler Mendelson has filed a lawsuit claiming the state of Missouri failed to pay promised incentives for the jobs the law firm created when it located its new global services center in Kansas City in 2015.
Michael Avenatti is arrested for alleged bail violations The lawyer who once represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been arrested for alleged bail violations. The federal government contends that, while out on bail, Michael Avenatti tried to hide money from creditors, including a former law partner. Avenatti has been…
A former Vedder Price partner in Chicago is accused in an ethics complaint of double billing for legal services and charging the firm for personal expenses.
Lawyer for husband of missing woman is charged with murder conspiracy A lawyer in Connecticut has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, who was last seen dropping her children off at school in May 2019. Police announced Tuesday that Dulos’ estranged…
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is defending its diversity efforts after the Revs. Al Sharpton and Dale D. Dennis II criticized the law firm for having few racial minorities in its Wilmington, Delaware, office.
In this new episode of Asked and Answered, Ripa Rashid of Culture at Work talks to the ABA Journal’s Stephanie Francis Ward about how can firms keep female and minority lawyers from leaving and the potentially high cost if and when they depart.
Every year, we take a look at the stories that drove the most web traffic to ABAJournal.com. In 2019, these were the articles that piqued the most interest.
A lawsuit filed Thursday claims that Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and its lawyers took advantage of a corporate CEO who was suffering from substance abuse and mental health problems.
Fox Rothschild has fired one of its lawyers after a lawsuit accused him of trying to sexually assault a legal administrative assistant and sending her a barrage of sexually explicit texts, some of which included pictures of his penis.
The percentage of black associates in major law firms finally surpassed 2009 figures this year, according to a new diversity report by the National Association for Law Placement.
Missing ex-Littler associate died in a car crash A former Littler Mendelson associate who was reported missing had died in a car crash, police in Georgia announced Friday. Demetrice Allen’s last day at the law firm was Dec. 2. He was last seen Dec. 6 when he met friends at…
