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• Goodwin Procter and Fulbright & Jaworski announce staff layoffs

  Nov 02 2011 Some law firms are still in cost cutting mode, with many making significant staff layoffs and outsourcing legal support services. Since August O’Melveny & Myers... more

• High merger activity between law firms is set to continue

  Sep 07 2011 Interesting article here in the Wall Street Journal, which anticipates more merger activity for law firms in the near future. According to reports, firms are now... more

• Mothers' Association addresses the challenges faced by lawyer-mothers

  Aug 18 2011 An interesting article here on the difficulties faced by mothers in the legal profession. The article profiles MAMA (Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association) which... more

• Texas firm Clark, Thomas & Winters closes after mass defections

  Apr 08 2011 Texas firm Clark, Thomas & Winters has closed its doors after the departure of more than 50 lawyers in the past two months. Clark, Thomas & Winters was founded in... more

• US firm Clark Thomas & Winters to undertake major restructuring

  Feb 28 2011 Texas law firm Clark Thomas & Winters has announced major restructuring to take place in the coming weeks, adding to speculation that the firm’s future hangs in the... more

• IP firm boutique Fish & Richardson to close Austin office

  Sep 01 2009 Boston-based intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson will shut its Austin, Texas, office and cut corporate transactional lawyers firmwide. Fish & Richardson... more

• Weil Gotshal to close Austin office

  Jul 03 2009 Weil Gotshal law firm will be closing its Austin office on December 1, 2009. Weil will continue to serve its clients in Central Texas through its remaining Texas... more

• Herbert Smith changes Asia management and construction group chief

  Jan 09 2009 Herbert Smith has established two new regional management roles in Asia. Hong Kong corporate partner Andrew Tortoishell will become Greater China Managing Partner,... more

• K&L Gates Adds Commercial, IP Litigation Partners in Austin Office

  Oct 08 2008 Mary Schaerdel Dietz and Roderick (Rick) B. Williams join K&L Gates as partners in the firm’s Austin office. Dietz, a member of the commercial litigation practice,... more

• Sidley Austin not panicking about losing client Merrill Lynch

  Sep 18 2008 Sidley Austin does a lot of legal work for Merrill Lynch, apart from, ahem, Sunday's merger. So it's understandable that the Chicago-based firm sent an internal memo... more

• King & Spalding opens eight offices in 18 months

  Sep 11 2008 Between 2000 and 2006, King & Spalding more than doubled the number of lawyers in its New York and Houston offices, the American Lawyer reports. Beginning with... more

• Greenberg Traurig Announces Opening of Third Texas Office in Austin

  Aug 04 2008 The international law firm Greenberg Traurig has announced the opening of a new office in Austin, Texas, its 27th in the United States. With the launch of the... more

• Sidley promotes 34 to partnership

  Jul 10 2008 Sidley Austin has promoted 34 lawyers to its partnership, including four in the firm’s Asia Pacific offices and one in London. more

• Three lawyers elevated to partnership in Sidley’s Hong Kong and PRC offices

  Jun 29 2008 Sidley Austin has announced a bumper crop of 34 new partners, three of these - Jason Tzu-cheng Kuo, Scott Dennis Peterman, and Chen Yang - are Asia based. The bulk of... more

• Herbert Smith names Austin Sweeney as new Singapore chief

  Jun 24 2008 Herbert Smith has appointed Austin Sweeney as the new head of its Singapore office, with the corporate partner relocating from the firm’s City base to take up the... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Stenglein joins King & Spalding to launch Austin Office

  May 07 2008 The international law firm of King & Spalding LLP is spreading to Austin by taking the leader of the soon-to-be closed office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Mike Stenglein.... more

• Sidley taps SJ Berwin for hedge funds expert

  Apr 05 2008 Hedge funds and financial markets partner Bruce Gardner has left SJ Berwin after eight years to join the London office of US firm Sidley Austin. He joins Sidley as a... more

• Allen & Overy Claims Pole Position in 2007 Debt Capital Markets Tables

  Feb 11 2008 Allen & Overy has held on to the top spot in the latest international debt capital markets rankings, with the Magic Circle firm seizing an 8 percent market share for... more

• D.C. Associate Bonuses 'Fairly Healthy' This Year

  Feb 03 2008 It's associate bonus season for many Washington, D.C., law firms, and the numbers are trickling in. At a few firms, D.C. associates may be getting an extra check that... more

• Sidley Austin Announces Richard Klingler Rejoins Firm

  Jan 28 2008 Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Richard Klingler has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the complex commercial litigation practice.... more

• DLA Piper kicks off laterals season in the US

  Jan 27 2008 The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities at some of the nation's biggest... more

• Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

  Jan 10 2008 US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats’ attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party’s... more

• Dallas law firm Baron & Budd PC opens Austin office

  Dec 04 2007 Law firm Baron & Budd PC will open an office in Austin. The Austin office will be headed by Patrick O'Connell, former Chief of the Texas Attorney General's Civil... more

• Companies Dissatisfied With Their Law Firms, Survey Shows

  Nov 30 2007 The most striking finding of the BTI Consulting Group's recently released national Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms is the relatively small number... more

• Sidley Austin LLP Named Top Law Firm for Hedge Funds by Alpha Magazine

  Nov 02 2007 For the second consecutive year, Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among... more

• Big Law Firm Settles Age-Discrimination Suit

  Oct 08 2007 Sidley Austin, one of the nation’s largest law firms, has agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to settle a closely watched age-discrimination lawsuit... more