Updated: Heller Ehrman held a firmwide videoconference yesterday to discuss “plans for an orderly transition (or wind down) of our business,” according to an e-mail announcing the meeting.
The venerable Connecticut law firm of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn is reportedly winding down its affairs, after separate factions earlier this month joined competing law firms looking to establish offices…
A ruling in a partner poaching dispute between Nixon Peabody and French law firm Taylor Wessing highlights a significant problem with pacts not to hire each other’s lawyers during merger…
Sidley Austin was one of several law firms competing for a chance to represent an Oregon school district seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of an education ruling.
Three law firms that once talked to Heller Ehrman about possible mergers may hire some of the firm’s practice groups, firm managers said in a partner conference call last Thursday.
Lawyers do a lot of sedentary work, but a new exercise device—a treadmill work station—offers a solution. A couple news stories say lawyers are picking up on the trend.
A Phoenix lawyer has succeeded in his quest to get the Arizona Supreme Court to change a rule that had barred out-of-state lawyers from practicing in the state unless they…
Four associates at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., have racked up a string of victories as they fight for John McCain’s right to be president.