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• Putting Some Pepper Into Legal Project Management?

  Jan 12 2012 It is not uncommon for law firms being pressed by clients for more accurate budgeting and better budget management to raise the “unpredictability defense.” Whether... more

• In a City like New York - Seven Rules would help in Hiring the Best Criminal Lawyer

  Jan 11 2012 New Yorkers are always on the go, grappling with their frantic lifestyle, aside from their jobs and businesses, people go partying on the much-awaited weekends.... more

• Sheriff Baca — Fix the L.A. County Jails!

  Jan 09 2012 Everyone recognizes that the L.A. County’s jail system is broken. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has been on the job for 13 years. Enough time to right a sinking... more

• Bingham McCutchen promotes nine to partnership

  Jan 06 2012 Bingham McCutchen has promoted nine lawyers to the partnership as part of its global round of promotions. The promotions include four partners in London, all of... more

• California firm Irell & Manella doubles the Cravath bonus award

  Jan 06 2012 California firm Irell & Manella has once again topped the bonuses awarded by standard setter Cravath Swaine & Moore. The firm released a memo saying that it would give... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boosts South Africa practice with hire of 12 attorneys

  Jan 06 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced the addition of eight partners and four associates to its Johannesburg office. The lawyers come from leading South African firm Werksmans... more

• Baker & McKenzie loses team of 25 in Amsterdam

  Jan 06 2012 Baker & McKenzie is set lose a team of around 25 lawyers from its Amsterdam office, as the group sets out to launch an independent firm. The team is led by private... more

• Practical Perspectives on Scoping Legal Projects

  Jan 06 2012 Legal Project Management (LPM) assigns extraordinary importance to providing legal services that deliver value as perceived by the client. Yet over and again we... more

• Herbert Smith and friends see their share of M&A work plummet

  Jan 02 2012 Herbert Smith and its former European alliance partners Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe saw their share of the M&A market plummet in 2011, according to recently published... more

• HaoLiWen Partners launches a new office in Beijing

  Jan 02 2012 Shanghai-based HaoLiWen Partners has expanded with the launch of a new office in Beijing. The Beijing office will be led by three partners - Zhao Deming, Shao Tiemin... more

• King & Spalding hires international arbitration expert in Frankfurt

  Jan 02 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its international arbitration practice in the Frankfurt office with the hire of Jan K. Schaefer of Allen & Overy. Schaefer’s practice... more

• Amarchand promotes associate to lead Hyderabad practice

  Dec 31 2011 Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted principal associate Anshuman Jaiswal to the partnership, and has given him leadership of the Hyderabad practice, replacing Kartik... more

• Rumours say Gerson Zweifach will be appointed next GC at News Corp

  Dec 31 2011 Rumour has it that Gerson Zweifach, a partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., is set to become the next general counsel at media giant News Corporation.... more

• One in three firms and corporate counsel plan to add staff in first quarter of 2012

  Dec 31 2011 Around one third of law firms and corporate counsel in the US plan to add legal staff in the first quarter of 2012, according to the quarterly Robert Half Legal Hiring... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Third-party litigation funding changes the game in the UK

  Dec 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in The Guardian about third party funding of litigation, where a disinterested third party takes on the financial risk of another's... more

• Herbert Smith to part ways with Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe on 31 Dec

  Dec 29 2011 The alliance between Herbert Smith, German firm Gleiss Lutz and Benelux firm Stibbe will officially dissolve on 31 December 2011. Following a strategic review,... more

• US firm Reed Smith boost London structured finance practice with BLP hire

  Dec 29 2011 US firm Reed Smith has boosted its structured finance practice in London, with the hire of UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner's structured finance chief Tamara Box.... more

• US law firms line up to enter South Korean legal market

  Dec 29 2011 Law firms looking to expand into South Korea – after a trade deal with the US opened the country’s legal market to foreign firms – will be on the lookout for signs of... more

• US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges promotes 11 to partnership

  Dec 28 2011 US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges has elevated eleven lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. The promotions take place across the New York,... more