Apparently anticipating an uptick of wage-and-hour cases against employers, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has brought in three partners from Seyfarth Shaw whose practices focus on defending such class actions.
Updated: Cozen O’Connor will be doubling its Washington, D.C., office, bringing in a team of 13 lawyers and two government affairs professionals from Sher & Blackwell in a move that…
A lawyer representing a teenage high school student and his family in a would-be class action over alleged illegal spying via school-district-issued laptop computer webcams says he can ill afford…
Lawyers who want to cleanse their e-mail messages of underlying hostility or barely disguised disdain may want to try out a new product called ToneCheck.
A final rule issued yesterday by the Library of Congress gives iPhone users the freedom to bypass controls on the devices without fear of running afoul of copyright law.
Northwestern University law dean David Van Zandt says he’s concerned about the “mad rush” of August on-campus interviews for summer associate positions.
A well-known South Florida forensic accountant and attorney made a tearful apology in federal court in Miami on Friday before being sentenced to eight years for stealing millions, much of…
Whether you saw it as the “horrendous cyber-assault” claimed by Levinson Axelrod or simply an ex-associate’s legitimate expression of opinion, however unflattering, about the New Jersey law firm that formerly…
Steven Harper recalls the time he was a third-year associate preparing for his first jury trial. A partner helped him craft his opening statements without worrying about…
A San Diego lawyer has irritated business owners in the town of Redlands, Calif., by sending out letters on behalf of clients demanding $6,500 settlements for claimed violations of the…
Things have gone from bad to worse for an environmental and land use lawyer whose client complained to the Florida Bar that the attorney had taken $2,500 he wasn’t entitled…