In happy holiday news for BigLaw associates, Cravath Swaine & Moore announced on Monday that it will pay associates a year-end bonus ranging from $10,000 to $60,000.
A Wisconsin law firm known for its representation of workers in cases against employers got the worst of legal dispute with its own ex-receptionist after a disagreement over an empty…
A Minnesota attorney says he was scammed into depositing what he thought was a real cashier’s check for nearly $300,000 from a legitimate collection matter into the trust account for…
A survey of 115 mostly large law firms has found partner billable hours are on the decline, and some lawyers will find themselves without employment as a result.
Laura Rosenberg didn’t think it was unreasonable for her small law firm in lower Manhattan to be without phone service a week after New York City was hit hard by…
Invoking for the first time an appellate court rule that was adopted last year, New York’s highest court announced Thursday that out-of-state lawyers will temporarily be allowed to practice in…
Corrected: Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose have announced plans for a merger that will create a global law firm with 3,800 lawyers and nearly $2 billion in revenues.
With clients increasingly primed to demand discounts, balk at hourly rates and refuse to pay for associate lawyers, a greater number of law firms have found themselves absorbing legal research…
A creditors committee is citing alleged mismanagement in a request to pursue claims against the former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf and two other managers.