Law firms in Los Angeles were quicker to build national practices than their failed counterparts in San Francisco, a management decision that likely accounts for their survival, legal consultants said.
Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis is crediting the 2007 merger that created his law firm with helping protect it during the recent economic meltdown.
As a partner at Hunton & Williams, James Meadows billed his time at $650 per hour. Since moving on Oct. 1 to the no-frills law firm of FSB Legal Counsel,…
Implementing recommendations in a recent report by the McKinsey & Co. management consultants on its worldwide operations, White & Case is changing the management structure in its European offices.
Lawyers submitting briefs to federal courts in Alabama routinely sign the documents with their Social Security numbers, one of several ways that private data is exposed in court documents, according…
After a 12-year legal odyssey, a 29-year-old California man who has long maintained his innocence of a 1996 murder is free to move on with his life. In his future,…
Law firms that do public policy and lobbying work are beefing up their nonlawyer staffs in anticipation of changes in regulations governing financial services and public finance.
Chadbourne & Parke informed its lawyers and staffers in a memo yesterday that some of them may have to be reassigned to busier practice areas because of a hiring freeze.
Thelen’s former chairman agrees with several observers that a 2006 merger contributed to the firm’s downward spiral, but he also identifies another problem: a lack of strong leadership.
Associates aren’t the only professionals fearing law firm layoffs. The idea also troubles landlords, who rely on law firms to pay top dollar for office space that offers technology upgrades…