Earlier this year, The National Association of Women Lawyers released the results of its National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. This annual survey provides sobering news on the state of women at the 200 largest firms in the country, collectively known as BigLaw.
Updated: The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is warning users of its electronic filing system about a pop-up “survey” that is actually a virus.
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner John Altorelli has moved on to DLA Piper, where he is co-chair of its U.S. finance practice. But that move hasn’t ended his financial…
A patent lawyer frustrated with the ability to track cases related to the suit against his client turned to his previous experience as a software engineer for an answer.
Kirkland & Ellis has snagged rainmaker James Hurst from Winston & Strawn, reportedly with an agreement to pay him about $9 million a year in annual compensation.
A lawyer in Wichita, Kansas, has been suspended for failing to properly supervise an office manager who negotiated settlements for the lawyer’s clients and apparently kept the proceeds.
A potential international client who contacted a Texas law firm by email for help with a contract matter involving a local company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area initially seemed like…
A portion of a 1789 law signed by George Washington requires Apple Inc. to help decrypt information on smartphones and tablets marketed as protected against government intrusion, the feds say.
Stephanie Francis Ward: Scroll through Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and you can get a good sense of popular topics, as well as how people feel about them. If…
Large corporations worldwide switched their 2013 legal spending from outside law firms to in-house law departments, according to HBR Consulting’s 2014 Law Department Survey.
Wow! It's crazy that we're already on our eighth Blawg 100. Every year, we find ourselves behind the eight ball as we struggle to rack up a great list and…