At the beginning of 1982, what is now one of the world’s biggest and best-known law firms effectively didn’t exist on the roster of the nation’s BigLaw firms.
The managing partner of the Houston office of Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced he plans to leave, with three associates, for another law firm, bringing to 37 the total number…
Commuting used to conjure up images of a 30-minute train ride and a quick walk to the office. No longer. Now for many workers it can mean plane flights and…
A proposal to require law schools to provide more detailed employment information by the ABA’s law school accrediting arm is a lot like cancer treatment, according to Indiana University law…
An experimental in-house contract lawyer service at a major United Kingdom-based law firm has gotten off to a bigger start than expected and has been made permanent a little over…
I was just at the Ark Group’s AFA conference Thursday in New York City, and the sentiments that Roya Behnia details in the New Normal column “Mar 23, 2012 6:19 PM CDT
The West Virginia Supreme Court has suspended for three years an attorney who overbilled a client by $135,878.68 while working for a Huntington law firm.
A New York mortgage foreclosure firm that is winding up its operations has agreed to pay $4 million to the state attorney general to settle claims that it took shortcuts…
Dewey & LeBoeuf released an optimistic statement about the firm’s future on Wednesday after holding a partnership meeting where finances were part of the discussion.
Earlier this year, I met Pat Lamb, one of our fearless leaders in the New Normal, for coffee near his office. Given his success in delivering high-quality…
More than 40 large law firms doled out spring bonuses to associates last year, some of them as high as $20,000. This year, though, the largesse has dried up. Not…
