A lawsuit by a former partner at Kutak Rock claims the firm’s partnership agreement contains an anti-competitive clawback provision that is an attempt to evade an ethical bar on covenants…
A well-known law firm is on the hot seat along with its client airline over a belatedly produced 2005 e-mail that reportedly undermined a high-profile criminal cartel trial against four…
The British law firm SJ Berwin has held exploratory merger discussions with a handful of U.S. law firms, but is now reportedly shifting its focus to just one firm: Proskauer…
Two years ago, Cliff Lovette was doing legal work for Usher. Now the 54-year-old Atlanta entertainment attorney is practicing law out of his basement and collecting food stamps.
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Ballard Spahr chairman Arthur Makadon will step down next year after nine years on the job, handing over power to a man long thought to be his heir-apparent, despite different…
The state attorney general has sued a New York attorney for fraud and violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, contending that John Nicolia sold his name for…
Belt-tightening saved large law firms in the short term, but it may not be enough to shore up profits in the long term, according to a law firm adviser.