O.J. Simpson doesn’t have to give the shirt off his back to satisfy a $38 million wrongful-death judgment. But he does have to hand over an expensive Rolex wristwatch the…
Like many corporations, DuPont Co. spends a lot of money on its in-house law department. The department’s annual budget was about $230 million last year. However, unlike most corporations, the…
The starting annual salary for a graduate of one of India’s top law schools working in an outsourced position for a major U.S. law firm is less than an American…
We asked litigator Matt McConnell of the Lafayette, La., office of Preis & Roy whether he thought this book on negotiation had the kind of advice that would benefit practicing…
Observers are waiting to see what the next salary move will be in New York City, where law firms that tried to surge ahead on first-year pay are now neck-and-neck…
When Janet Stewart joined Lerners, in London, nearly 40 years ago, she was one of seven lawyers there. Today, the law firm has 100 attorneys in London and Toronto, and…
Many young lawyers don’t want to believe this, as they contemplate seemingly fat salaries after years of student budgets. But their funds are limited. And they don’t necessarily manage their…
An attorney has been charged with 17 others in a $42 million South Florida mortgage fraud case that authorities say is part of an expected explosion of such prosecutions.