In a reinvention of the AmLaw 100, a United Kingdom legal publication has compiled a list of the top 50 U.S. law firms based on revenue. Atop the list is…
Plumbers get paid at a significantly higher rate for after-hours jobs. But law firm associates are often asked—no, expected—to accept last-minute after-hours work assignments, not only for no additional pay…
Apparently because of the slowing economy, a number of major law firms are pulling back from the record-breaking summer hiring of 2007 and are expecting smaller summer associate classes this…
Once unheard-of, third-party funding is now a standard option for clients bringing suit with the help of London’s top 10 law firms. And, with an expected increase in litigation on…
More than 100 general counsel and law firm managing partners plan to focus on specifics when they meet next month in Arizona on improving diversity in the profession.
Ropes & Gray decided last year it would no longer buy bottled water for office meetings. Instead, the Boston law firm offered old-fashioned liquid refreshments—water in pitchers and glasses.
A former high-school history teacher who made a fortune trading Latin American bonds during the 1980s anted up a highly unusual $200,000 to bail 40 strangers out of jail last…
Call it an unusual law firm marketing concept. But a YouTube video about 130-attorney San Francisco-based Hanson Bridgett was a lot of fun for those involved, the firm’s managing partner…
A former legal assistant with a major Canadian law firm reportedly stole $1.4 million from firm trust accounts over a three-and-a-half-year period by forging attorney signatures and creating falsified checks…