The founder of the not quite 250-attorney Dreier law firm was charged today by federal prosecutors in Manhattan with securities and wire fraud, in connection with what an Securities and…
Thinking that its money would be safer in the hands of the law firm’s 112 partners, Addleshaw Goddard has paid them 12 million pounds (that’s about $17.8 million in U.S.…
Nearly 71 percent of large law firms surveyed hiked billing rates this year, with one firm charging rates of more than $1,200 an hour. The average partner rate, however, was…
Boies, Schiller & Flexner is keeping bonuses commensurate with those paid last year, awarding some associates more than $100,000 in additional compensation.
Partner Philip Korologos didn’t reveal bonus details in…
Catching up to other Asian markets that have invited foreign lawyers to practice locally, Singapore is opening its doors to the legal profession by issuing licenses to practice to six…
The founder and managing partner of the Dreier law firm has been arrested in Toronto on a charge of criminal impersonation, according to published reports.
Many law firms are attributing lawyer layoffs to the economic downturn. The latest law firm to announce layoffs is citing an additional reason: Fewer associates are voluntarily leaving the law…