To avoid staff layoffs, one well-known Washington, D.C.-based international law firm is offering a sweet buyout deal to some staffers. Those who opt to leave the 1,100-attorney partnership will receive…
The co-chair of the international patent practice group at Baker Botts is among three intellectual property partners jumping from the firm to King & Spalding.
When Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft reported a decline of 30 percent in partner profits, its chairman W. Christopher White noted that average profits per equity partner stood at $1.88 million.
Last year, Jessica Miller blamed her paralegal, office manager and best friend, Kristen Collins, for the disarray in her law firm’s financial records that led Miller to give up her…
An already-hot practice area apparently is being expanded with the help of a deep-pockets noncorporate client: The feds reportedly are paying top partners at a New York law firm for…
Two nominees for top jobs in the Justice Department briefly had lapsed law licenses because of missed deadlines. One blamed the failure on a busy schedule, and the other said…