For 9 years, colleagues of legal secretary Joanie Kissell thought she was optimistic, to say the least, as she saved hole-punchings in a large container labeled New York Yankees.
Although the legal economy has been looking up in recent weeks, revenue at Allen & Overy dropped by seven percent during the six-month period that ended Oct. 31, the London-based…
Despite an effort by partner and president Stuart Rosenfeldt to create a new law firm out of the apparent ashes of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, the well-known Fort Lauderdale, Fla., law…
A former associate in the New York office of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has filed a disability discrimination suit against the firm and an a partner he alleges was…
Abandoning lockstep promotions and salary hikes for associates can hurt morale if the system is perceived as unfair, according to a consultant who is an organizational psychologist.
The Troutman Sanders law firm has released a statement expressing confidence that a kickbacks case involving the chair of its real estate practice will be successfully resolved.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has changed the ethics rules to allow lawyers to tout their designation as among the “Super Lawyers” and “Best Lawyers in America.”
A trader who formerly worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell was among the 14 defendants charged today in the Galleon Group hedge fund insider-trading case.
A Long Island, N.Y., private practitioner whose claims in government legal bills to have worked more than 1,200 days in a single year led to a massive probe of state…
In a raid that lasted throughout the night, federal agents seized 44 boxes of documents and a key to a Ferrari owned by a Florida lawyer suspected in an investment…
Latham & Watkins has promoted 23 associates to partner, about 25 percent fewer than last year. Still, the number outpaces promotions at a few other law firms that have announced…