A former administrative staffer who claimed she was fired from Crowell & Moring because of her age has dropped her lawsuit without reaching a settlement.
A former partner of WolfBlock has sued the dissolving firm and former chairman Mark Alderman, contending that they failed to continue making severance payments required under an agreement reached concerning…
Although ex-attorney Scott Rothstein reportedly made some $36 million in 2008 while both serving as managing partner of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler and operating a Ponzi scheme, he apparently may not…
America’s top 100 law firms reacted quickly with staff cuts and cost controls when they found themselves harder-hit by the economic downturn than smaller law firms. But more cuts are…
In the latest version of an all-too-familiar story, a former office manager for two New York law firms has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from her ex-employers.
Meet David Stewart, managing partner of London-based Olswang. Unhappy with the firm’s flat revenue over the past year, he nonetheless expects to see significant growth, both at home…
At age 69, Michael Sohn’s law practice has never been better. But if he stayed at Arnold & Porter past his 70th birthday, he’d be required to retire or significantly…
The Department of Justice has sued 18 lawyers, as well as law firms, manufacturers and insurers, contending that a $300 million settlement agreed to in 2003 in an Alabama environmental…
Announcing a new step forward in its strategic plan for Latin America, DLA Piper says it has formed an alliance with Campos Mello Advogados in Brazil. The firm currently has…
As Hogan & Hartson gears up for its May 1 merger with Lovells, the United States firm’s Warsaw, Poland, office is going to be changing its allegiance even sooner.
The National Association for Law Placement has abandoned a recommendation that law firms delay summer associate job offers until a kickoff day in mid-January of the second…