Three lawyers have been acquitted in an alleged conspiracy attempt concerning a $6.5 million ransom sought from one of the United Kingdom’s richest peers, in exchange for the return of…
The economy seems to be on the upswing again for a number of women associates who were promoted to partner this year at major law firms: More than one-third of…
A bankruptcy trustee is seeking the forfeiture of more than $75 million in business assets, real estate, vehicles, yachts and other upscale property from ex-attorney Scott Rothstein and his former…
A Florida judge has dismissed a mortgage foreclosure case filed by a national bank, finding not only that the bank couldn’t prove it owned the mortgage at the time that…
A growing Seattle-based international law firm has expanded its footprint to Texas with the announcement today that it is opening a new office in Dallas.
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison essentially planted its flag in a new practice area with the announcement Friday that it is bringing in as a partner a prominent federal…
The accusations are flying in a trial of claims by a former Baron & Budd lawyer who contends the law firm lured him to work there by misrepresenting its compensation…
Looking to a client’s seasoned in-house counsel for an opportunity to expand its law practice, Blank Rome has brought in a Texas lawyer as a partner and is now apparently…
When V. Michael Simko Jr. formed a law firm with his father in 1994, they didn’t bother signing an operating agreement. But in recent years, the father-son team disagreed over…