If merger talks are successful between two sets of BigLaw firms, there will be two new entrants on the American Lawyer’s list of the nation’s 50 top law firms.
A survey of 1,262 longtime lawyers and leaders in BigLaw found that women were far more likely than men to say they were denied business development opportunities, refused or overlooked for promotions and perceived as less committed to their careers.
Associates who were hoping that Cravath would set the standard with higher bonuses this year will be disappointed with the law firm’s Monday announcement.
Third woman files EEOC charge against DLA Piper A fired administrative assistant, Andrea Ivan, alleges in an EEOC charge that she was fired from DLA Piper because rainmaking partner Louis Lehot apparently decided she was too old or not attractive enough. DLA Piper said it disagreed with the charge, while…
Milbank has beat Cravath to the punch by announcing its associate bonuses Thursday. The scale is the same as last year’s, and the bonuses range from $15,000 to $100,000 and will be paid Dec. 31.
A Baker Donelson partner has filed a petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy that would pause litigation contending that he aided a Ponzi schemer who was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison.
A black former associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell has filed a lawsuit alleging that the law firm gave him so little work after he complained about racial bias that he billed only 5.9 hours over a three-month period.
A junior partner at DLA Piper who accused a rainmaker of pursuing and groping her wrote an email to herself that shows her actual thinking, DLA Piper asserts.
Andrew Yang lasted only five months in BigLaw Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang left Davis Polk & Wardwell in 2000 after spending only five months as an associate. He had scored 178 out of 180 on the LSAT and attended Columbia Law School before joining the law firm, but he…
Updated: Former DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot had so much power from his status as a rainmaker that higher-ups at the law firm were reluctant to cross him, according to allegations by a former professional responsibility counsel at the law firm.
A second woman has filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against DLA Piper and former rainmaking partner Louis Lehot.
