A 61-year-old lawyer facing a first-degree murder charge in a fatal identity theft scam allegedly orchestrated by a client admittedly impersonated the victim, in order to help the perpetrators gain…
Law firms are embracing a three-tiered “caste system” of lawyers, a development that is bad news for law students hoping to land high-paid associate jobs in BigLaw.
Summer associates are an easygoing bunch. They gave top grades to their law firms in a new survey, reporting there was lots of good work to go around and time…
A Miami law firm says its “mortgage terminator” lawsuits are transferring ownership of abandoned properties to condominium associations when banks delay initiating foreclosure proceedings.
A former partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges began to explore volunteer opportunities after working on a complicated case, eventually landing him a new role as general counsel for a…
The controversial classroom ban on student laptop use that some law schools have instituted is “a manageable problem with a market solution,” a law professor suggests.
In a 2004 will, Josephine Smoron left almost all her considerable assets, which included a dairy farm, to her longtime caretaker. A subsequent estate document in 2006 explained that she…
Jury selection began this morning, under extraordinary security measures, for the trial of a man accused of killing an Ohio criminal defense attorney who was his live-in girlfriend and, subsequently,…