Kelley Drye & Warren is dropping a policy of removing older partners from equity partnership that had triggered a discrimination lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In an internal e-mail today, Mayer Brown axed 28 associates and counsel and 47 staff in its United States offices, expressing regret at the layoffs” but saying that reduced demand…
An unusually liberal worker’s compensation system in California, as far as professional athletes are concerned, made the New York Times this week when the wife of…
Following the lead of colleagues in two other European offices, the entire seven-lawyer Geneva contingent of Hogan & Hartson is exiting prior to the firm’s planned May 1 merger with…
Many an associate has complained about the sudden pay cuts imposed by a number of law firms in recent years as they struggled with a dismal economy. But Richard Valuntas…
In the latest sign that the structure of the legal profession may be undergoing a sea change, a consultant reports that law firm mergers during the first quarter of 2010…
Anticipating a fee dispute after his law partners terminated his secretary last August, Garland Clifton “Gary” Hall III began withdrawing funds from a Chenault Hammond & Hall account to cover…
The tight job market for lawyers is forcing more of them to start their own law firms, boosting the outlook for individuals and companies that help with the business aspects…
Branding and packaging aren’t just concepts for Wheaties (the breakfast of champions) or Bounty paper towels (the quicker picker-upper). Lawyers need to differentiate themselves, and they can do it through…
While she was still in practice, attorney Jessica Miller intended to repay the money she stole from clients, a prosecutor told a Florida judge at her sentencing hearing.
Although the financial crisis has revved up bank-related litigation, BigLaw firms aren’t seeing as much of it as a number of partners would like. Most represent banks and often are…