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• 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

• Merit list: law firms that offered jobs to 100% of summer associates

  Aug 17 2011 Above The Law has posted a list of firms that have offered jobs to 100 per cent of summer associates, readying themselves to start naming and shaming those firms that... more

• Boston and Chicago firms in advanced merger negotiations

  Jul 07 2011 Boston firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Chicago firm Wildman, Harrold have announced that they are in advanced merger talks, though no final deal has yet been... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge promotes five to partnership

  Jan 14 2011 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has promoted five lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. In London, John Lloyd has been made up in the firm’s IP... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery adds 28 to partnership

  Dec 15 2010 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced the results of its annual partnership promotion round, adding five partners in Europe and 23 in the US. The details of... more

• Jones Day set to open Boston base after hiring 5-strong team from Hanify & King

  Dec 13 2010 Jones Day has secured the hire of five partners from Boston firm Hanify & King, including co-founder John D Hanify, for its new Boston base, which is due to launch in... more

• WilmerHale appoints new co-managing partners

  Nov 23 2010 WilmerHale has announced that its current co-managing partners, Bill Lee and Bill Perlstein, will step aside to make way for new leadership. From 1 January 2012 Susan... more

• Bingham promotes eight to partnership, including six women

  Jan 06 2010 Bingham McCutchen LLP has elected eight lawyers to its partnership, including six women. "These new partners exemplify the global talent and strength from our... more

• Choate poaches IP lawyer from Boston rival Fish & Richardson

  Jan 05 2010 Boston-based Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP has hired Michael H. Bunis as a partner in its intellectual property litigation group. Bunis joins Choate from crosstown... more

• In-House Lawyers Talk Tough on Getting Firms to Mind the Bottom Line

  Oct 21 2009 The economy may be showing signs of improvement, but controlling outside legal costs is the top priority for general counsel -- even if it requires taking some... 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

• Waitress job pays more than small law firms

  Aug 17 2009 Recent Penn State law school graduate Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard has discovered a sad reality as she works as a waitress at a Boston steak restaurant and goes on... more

• Law schools expect fewer visits from law firms

  Aug 03 2009 In a further indication that the legal job market will remain tight for years to come, Boston law schools are reporting that many law firms have opted out of making... more

• Bingham hires former SEC chairman Christopher Cox

  Jul 21 2009 Bingham McCutchen LLP has hired Christopher Cox, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President George W. Bush, to continue the... more

• Bingham McCutchen to acquire boutique McKee Nelson

  Jul 07 2009 Boston-based 1,000-lawyer firm Bingham McCutchen has agreed to acquire structured finance specialist McKee Nelson with 120 lawyers in Washington and New York. The... more

• Former associate files 'date rape' drug suit against Bingham

  Jul 01 2009 Michelle Moor, a former associate at Bingham McCutchen's Boston office, sued the law firm this week, complaining the firm brushed off her complaints that she was... more

• Bingham loses 11-lawyer finance team to Morgan Lewis

  Jun 19 2009 Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis & Bockius has added 11 corporate finance lawyers from Bingham McCutchen's banking and leveraged finance group in Boston. The hires... more

• Weil Gotshal cuts staff despite strong results

  Jun 02 2009 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, which has about 43 lawyers in Boston and 1,215 lawyers firm-wide, has laid off 79 non-legal staff across all of its U.S. offices. The... more

• Cooley Godward establishes Harvard cyberlaw fellowship

  Feb 19 2009 Law firm Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has launched a fellowship at Harvard Law School’s Cyber Law Clinic at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The new fellow... more

• Ogletree Deakins opens in Boston with Goulston & Storrs team

  Jan 28 2009 National labor and employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. announced that it has opened office in Boston this week. The founding... more

• Foley Hoag announces layoffs

  Jan 16 2009 Foley Hoag has cut about 6 percent of its workforce in response to the slumping economy, the law firm confirmed yesterday. The layoffs affect about 32 people, both... more

• Ropes & Gray expands Chicago foothold

  Sep 29 2008 Boston-based international law firm Ropes & Gray is expanding its foothold in Chicago, moving to new offices and hiring additional lawyers. The firm now has 12... more

• Bingham McCutchen cuts staff

  Jul 31 2008 Ten members of Bingham McCutchen's Hartford office’s administrative staff were let go this week. Bingham McCuthen, which has over 250 lawyers in Boston, attributed the... more

• Guantanamo detainee fight gets costly for Wilmer Hale

  Jul 01 2008 Six Algerian terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay for more than six years without charges have won the right to petition for release, increasing the stakes for... more

• Bingham McCutchen taps first diversity manager

  Jun 19 2008 Law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP has hired its first-ever diversity manager, the firm said on Wednesday. Minita Shah will hold the title of manager of diversity and... more

• Ropes & Gray adds WilmerHale litigation partner Joan A. Lukey

  Jun 15 2008 WilmerHale partner Joan A. Lukey will join Ropes & Gray's litigation department as a partner in its Boston office next week. Lukey was recently elected the... more

• Howrey Loses $250 Million IP Verdict in East Texas

  Jun 01 2008 A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas gave a big win to hometown lawyer Sam Baxter of Dallas-based McKool Smith, awarding his client, Medtronic, $250 million... more

• Ex-associate of Bingham alleges she was drugged at firm's party

  May 09 2008 A former associate at Bingham McCutchen has filed a discrimination complaint against the Boston law firm, claiming it failed to promptly investigate her allegation... more

• Skadden, Debevoise Advising on $6.2 Billion Insurance Merger

  Apr 28 2008 Boston-based insurance monolith Liberty Mutual, one of the top property and casualty insurers in the U.S., has tapped Debevoise & Plimpton's M&A partners Gregory... more

• Holland & Knight Partner Barnard Honored by the Women's Law Association

  Apr 01 2008 Holland & Knight Boston partner Deborah E. Barnard was honored by the Women's Law Association at Boston University School of Law during the school's first ever... more

• Foley & Lardner LLP elects 24 new partners

  Feb 08 2008 Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 24 of the firm's senior counsel have been elected to partnership. This includes attorneys from the firm's Boston, Chicago, Los... more

• US law firm Edwards Angell merges with London-based firm Kendall Freeman

  Oct 31 2007 London-based firm Kendall Freeman is to merge with Boston-based US firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. EAPD has strong footholds in antitrust work and intellectual... more

• Law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP completes Japanese transaction

  Oct 10 2007 Bingham McCutchen LLP, a US law firm with a large office in Boston, has completed a joint venture combination with a Japanese law firm known as New Tokyo International... more