Call it the Facebook effect.
The first half of the year was strong for many law firms, but a dropoff in work in the last six to eight weeks has…
Sep 6, 2012 1:01 PM CDT
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Twenty-one corporate litigation lawyers have left Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz to form their own law firm, leaving Connolly Bove with only an intellectual property practice.
The new firm is…
Sep 6, 2012 11:38 AM CDT
Labor and employment work is growing for BigLaw firms, the only practice area seeing consistent gains in the last year and a half.
A survey of the nation’s largest law…
Sep 4, 2012 12:50 PM CDT
This is our fourth iteration of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels, our annual nod to lawyers who are helping change the profession in ways both big and small. These are…
Sep 1, 2012 10:40 AM CDT
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Marathon Oil Assistant General Counsel Richard Horstman now says, “I regret that I didn’t start doing pro bono earlier.” Photo by Dave Finsel.
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A jury in Denver this week awarded over $2 million, including $1.5 million in punitive damages, to a former client who said a Colorado personal injury law firm pressured her…
Aug 31, 2012 8:18 PM CDT
After being sued by Citibank for allegedly defaulting on a loan, a former partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf is firing back with a claim that he and others were “fraudulently…
Aug 31, 2012 8:01 PM CDT
Life is good for midlevel associates in BigLaw.
A new survey has found increasing satisfaction levels for third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates, the American Lawyer reports. The…
Aug 30, 2012 12:05 PM CDT
The State Bar of Texas is warning lawyers about an “apparent scam artist” who stole a nonpracticing attorney’s identity and set up a fake website in her name.
The FBI…
Aug 29, 2012 8:36 PM CDT
DLA Piper is expanding its Paris presence through a merger with French law firm Frieh Bouhenic.
DLA Piper will have more than 30 partners and 40 other lawyers in Paris…
Aug 29, 2012 4:22 PM CDT