A federal judge has revived a once-dismissed claim by a former staff attorney at Covington & Burling that the law firm’s policies are discriminatory because they have a disparate impact…
A school district lawyer in North Carolina has been suspended, with pay, amidst allegations that he may have played a key role in the district’s reported failure to notify law…
Updated: Spurred by dreams of big-bucks awards under a new federal whistle-blower law, would-be claimants are flooding plaintiff’s firms with tips about alleged fraud at public companies.
Boston-based law firm Nutter McClennen & Fish has been top-ranked in an American Lawyer associates survey for three years in a row, and a culture of openness…
Last week, a start-up employment boutique in the Chicago suburbs had an attorney roster of exactly three—its name partners, all of whom formerly practiced for many years at Seyfarth Shaw.
A general counsel for an investment bank had some supervisory responsibilities concerning a rogue broker who admittedly participated in a market manipulation scheme at Ferris Baker Watts Inc.
In 2005, attorney Mark Hafen represented Verginia Turner in a case brought by a former boyfriend who was seeking–and got–a restraining order against her.
Business bankruptcies are down 4 percent in the first six months of the year, and that’s translating to a bit of a slowdown for law firms once inundated with restructuring…