The management committees of London-based Lovells and Hogan & Hartson have voted to recommend that the entire partnerships approve a merger of the two law firms.
Years ago, when he worked at Sullivan & Cromwell’s offices on Wall Street as a corporate associate during the 1990s, Gil Cornblum regularly conducted what he called “spelunking” raids there…
Four California lawyers have been criminally charged, along with four chiropractors and 20 other defendants, in a Los Angeles auto insurance fraud prosecution that could get much larger.
Updated: South Carolina lawyers tempted to update their listings on websites such as LinkedIn and Avvo should consider a new ethics opinion by the state bar’s Ethics Advisory Committee.
It’s a move billed as offering enhanced attorney training. But Reed Smith is also sidestepping traditional lockstep advancement—and annual pay increases—for associates in a new CareeRS program announced today.
Unhappy about the result of a motion filed by his matrimonial lawyer in a child custody dispute, a New Jersey accountant allegedly took extreme action.
Dealing with the worst legal economy they have seen in nearly four decades of practice, senior partners at law firms in Las Vegas are cutting costs wherever they can.
A Miami Herald columnist looking for evidence of an end to the recession talked to more than two dozen lawyers, executives and others before finding an example: the receivables at…