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• Clifford Chance and DLA Piper lead $11.9bn sale of baby food business to Nestle

  Apr 26 2012 Clifford Chance and DLA Piper have taken leading roles on Pfizer's $11.9 billion cash sale of its baby food business to Nestle. Nestle is advised by US law firm... more

• The law schools that bestow the largest debt burden

  Mar 27 2012 As high-paying graduate jobs become ever more scarce in the US, the debt burden carried by law students is becoming a point of considerable controversy. US News... more

• Another six partners depart from Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 26 2012 There is surely some hand wringing going on in firm management at Dewey & LeBoeuf, as six more partners announce that they are leaving the firm. The departing... more

• US firm Edwards Wildman Palmer posts strong post-merger revenue growth

  Mar 06 2012 US firm Edwards Wildman Palmer has posted an 18 per cent increase in revenue, from $297.9 million to $352.7 million in its first post-merger financial results. The... more

• Richard Daley boosts US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman's China launch

  Mar 02 2012 US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman has entered the Chinese legal services market with an office in Shanghai. The firm’s entry into China has been given a boost with the... more

• Civil suits allege US law schools inflated graduate employment data

  Feb 03 2012 Twelve more law suits have been initated against US law schools, with the team of lawyers behind proposed class actions against the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and... more

• Does secrecy on partner compensation really encourage a 'culture of collegiality'?

  Nov 15 2011 A list of the best workplaces to work in Chicago has included two law firms: Sidley Austin and Perkins Coie. The list was published by The Chicago Tribune, and was... more

• Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire

  Nov 09 2011 Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie Anthony Jacobsen is qualified... more

• Survey shows salary against cost of living in US cities

  Oct 29 2011 A new survey by the National Association for Law Placement has indexed median private practice salaries against the cost of living in 70 US cities to determine where... more

• US companies increase reliance on in-house counsel

  Oct 12 2011 A recent survey shows that US companies increased their in-house legal budgets by 6 per cent in 2010, up from 1 percent in 2009, while decreasing the amount spent on... more

• Quinn Emanuel boosts IP practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Oct 10 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has boosted its intellectual property practice with the hire of high-profile partner Andrew Schapiro of Mayer Brown.... more

• Indianapolis firm Ice Miller takes on 90 lawyers via merger

  Aug 24 2011 Indianapolis-based law firm Ice Miller has merged with Columbus firm Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, bringing 90 lawyers under the Ice Miller Banner from 1 January 2012.... 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

• Kirkland & Ellis pursue talent in real estate practice

  Jul 27 2011 Kirkland & Ellis is vigorously expanding its real estate practice – since March the firm has paid a premium to lure 10 top real estate lawyers from other firms. The... more

• Chicago-based firm discovers that one if its associates is unlicensed

  Jul 12 2011 Chicago-based multinational law firm Clausen Miller has discovered that one of its own ranks was not in fact a qualified attorney. Associate Mark Pastuszak worked in... 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

• Jenner & Block bolsters corporate practice with Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter hires

  Apr 26 2011 Jenner & Block has bolstered its corporate practice in New York and Chicago with the hire of partners from Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter. Brian Hart,... more

• Meckler Bulger to open in San Francisco in national push

  Apr 21 2011 Chicago-based firm Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson is set to open a new office in San Francisco. The new office will be led by Julia Molander, who joins the... more

• Kelley Drye & Warren is back in LA after linking up with local firm

  Apr 07 2011 New York-based firm Kelley Drye & Warren has re-established a presence in LA after the acquisition of 15-lawyer Los Angeles boutique White O'Connor Fink & Brenner.... more

• Market trend: consolidation

  Mar 26 2011 Interesting article here from ft.com, which notes that the merger between UK firm Hammonds with US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey may represent a model for the survival... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• Latham & Watkins hires three Kirkland partners in Chicago

  Mar 02 2011 Latham & Watkins’s Chicago office has hired three partners from Kirkland & Ellis. Real Estate partners Robert Buday, Nathaniel Marrs and Gary Axelrod made the move... more

• Winston & Strawn makes offers to three quarters of the Howrey partnership

  Feb 03 2011 After the Chicago-based Winston & Strawn dropped merger negotiations with Howrey, the firm has moved to raid Howre’s talent-base instead. According to reports, Winston... more

• Winston ends negotiations with Howrey; recruits lawyers on the way out

  Jan 26 2011 Merger negotiations between Chicago-based Winston & Strawn and Washington DC-based Howrey have ended, but Winston’s interest in Howrey is not concluded. According to... more

• Wall Street firm Cadwalader lures 9-strong energy team from McDermott

  Jan 22 2011 Up to nine energy and commodities partners from Chicago-based firm McDermott, Will & Emery have been lured to Wall Street firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. While the... more

• LeClairRyan hires 16 lawyers from Nixon Peabody

  Jan 06 2011 LeClairRyan is set to expand with an influx of talent from Nixon Peabody. The firm has hired 16 lawyers to support its strategic goals of opening an office in... 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

• Skadden relocates lawyers to boost Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice

  Oct 06 2010 US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is boosting its Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice, relocating two lawyers to deal with an increase in... more

• US firms Lathrop & Gage and Kamlet Reichert conclude merger deal

  Sep 06 2010 Kansas firm Lathrop & Gage and Denver firm Kamlet Reichert have agreed to merge under the Lathrop name. The merged firm will have a headcount of close to 300 lawyers.... more

• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell appoints new Managing Partner

  Jul 29 2010 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell has appointed Jennifer Kenedy to the role of Managing Partner for the firm's Chicago office after the former Managing Partner, Larry... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf ‘pauses’ summer program in three US offices

  Jul 28 2010 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced that its 2011 summer program will be ‘paused’ in Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston. The number of people affected by the decision is... more

• DLA Piper set to expand in Brazil

  May 25 2010 DLA Piper is set to expand its operations in Brazil, after announcing the commencement of a cooperation agreement with local firm Campos Mello Advogados. The local... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna hires seven lawyers, boosts private equity practice

  Apr 14 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has recruited a team of seven private equity lawyers who were formerly part of Linklaters CEE ‘flying squad’ – a group that handled private equity... more

• Lights out at Lovells' Chicago office?

  Mar 30 2010 Lovells will likely shut down its Chicago office after a strategic and financial review. The review has been ongoing since before the firm began to negotiate a merger... more

• David Savner rejoins Jenner & Block in Chicago

  Jan 19 2010 David Savner, a former attorney with Jenner & Block LLP’s Chicago office, has rejoined the firm after retiring as General Dynamics Corp.’s general counsel. Mr.... more

• Longtime Skadden Chicago chief Wayne Whalen steps aside

  Jan 05 2010 Wayne Whalen, 70, stepped aside Friday as head of the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Whalen was one of six former partners at Mayer Brown... more

• Chicago firm Brinks Hofer cuts seven lawyers & 19 staff

  Dec 09 2009 Chicago-based intellectual property firm Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione announced layoffs of about six percent of its total workforce. In addition to cutting seven... more

• Blagojevich evidence stolen from law firm office

  Dec 07 2009 The Chicago Tribune reports that police is investigating a burglary at the offices of former Governor Rod Blagojevich's attorneys in which at least one computer with... more

• K&L Gates adds corporate and litigation team from Kelley Drye

  Sep 16 2009 K&L Gates LLP has added Susan Greenspon and David Rammelt to its Chicago office as partners in the corporate and commercial disputes practices, respectively. The... more

• Kirkland & Ellis lays off more than 20 associates in New York

  Sep 04 2009 Kirkland & Ellis has laid off more than 20 associates in its New York City office and will also cut associate jobs in its Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices. The... more

• Man faces six months in jail for courtroom yawn

  Aug 12 2009 Clifton Williams, 33 is facing six months in jail for making what court documents call a yawn-like sound in a Chicago suburb courtroom in Will County last month, where... more

• Skadden, Nixon Peabody, and Cozen O'Connor are hiring in Chicago

  Jun 15 2009 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Nixon Peabody; and Cozen O'Connor, are moving into new offices in Chicago and seeking to fill the space with new lawyers. more

• Chicago law firm McDermott Will & Emery lays off 72 more

  Jun 05 2009 McDermott Will & Emery is laying off 72 more employees, 25 lawyers and 47 administrative staff. The news comes after a reduction of 149 jobs in February, which... more

• Michelle Obama: Why I left a big ol' fancy law firm

  May 13 2009 "And I went from college to law school to a big ol' fancy law firm where I was making more money than both of my parents combined. I thought I had arrived. I was... more

• Sidley Austin lays off 89 lawyers, 140 staff in the U.S.

  Mar 13 2009 Chicago-based international law firm Sidley Austin lays off 89 lawyers and 140 staffers in its U.S. offices, according to an internal memo. The firm's London office... more

• Small law firms cut back attorneys and salaries

  Mar 03 2009 Smaller law firms that see themselves as alternatives to bigger, more bottom-line-focused rivals are resorting to the same cost-cutting tactics of megafirms to weather... more

• McDermott partner: Coffee cutback sends 'message of desperation'

  Mar 02 2009 Following layoffs announced at McDermott Will & Emery in February, the firm decided to reduce its coffee service in its Chicago headquarters office in another effort... more

• Winston & Strawn loses bankruptcy team to Proskauer Rose

  Feb 10 2009 Jeff Marwil, co-chair of Winston & Strawn's bankruptcy group will leave the firm for Poskauer Rose. Marwil, who leaves Winston & Strawn after two years will join the... more

• McDermott lays off 150 in the US, including 60 attorneys

  Feb 05 2009 McDermott Will & Emery has laid off 60 associates and 89 support staff in the US due to the economic downturn. Chairman Harvey Freishtat said the firm performed... more

• K&L Gates combines with Chicago law firm Bell Boyd

  Jan 31 2009 K&L Gates and Bell, Boyd & Lloyd partners voted today to combine the law firms, effective March 1. The combined firm will have approximately 1,900 lawyers in 31... 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

• Bartlit Beck voted top US litigation boutique of the year

  Jan 03 2009 Chicago's Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott has been named as the top litigation boutique of the year by The American Lawyer, followed by Texas shop Gibbs & Bruns,... more

• Ex-Greenberg Traurig tax chairman Gordon pleads guilty

  Dec 15 2008 Jay Ira Gordon, ex-chairman of Greenberg Traurig's tax practice pleaded guilty to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and is cooperating with the government in a... more

• K&L Gates to merge with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd

  Dec 05 2008 Pittsburgh-based global law firm K&L Gates is in advanced talks to join forces with Chicago-based Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, the two firms confirmed yesterday. A formal... more

• Latham & Watkins makes up 30 partners

  Nov 20 2008 Latham & Watkins has promoted 30 lawyers to its partnership. In the US, Latham's New York office gained seven new partners, followed by San Diego with four and Chicago... more

• Chicago law firms see increase in number of women partners

  Nov 07 2008 The Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women reported that the following firms have achieved the goal of increasing female partner ranks by three percentage points... more

• Jenner & Block asks 10 partners to leave

  Oct 22 2008 The Chicago-based firm Jenner & Block is asking about 10 partners, both equity and nonequity, to exit, with the bulk of those affected currently working out of the... more

• Law firms cut attorneys as economy sours

  Oct 20 2008 Two Chicago law firms fired attorneys this week. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal layed off 24 lawyers out of 680, and Katten Muchin Rosenman 21 out of 650. And more... 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

• Winston & Strawn adds two Mayer Brown litigators to Chicago office

  Aug 08 2008 Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Robin R. Lunn and Doressia L. Hutton have joined the firm's Chicago office as partner and of counsel, respectively, in the... more

• LaSalle's law firm Schwartz Cooper disappears

  Jul 02 2008 An established Chicago law firm with deep ties with LaSalle Bank will disappear, much like its banking client. Schwartz Cooper will wind up operations next month,... more

• Jones Day Adds to White Collar, Health Care Practices in Washington and Chicago

  Jun 10 2008 he international law firm Jones Day today announced that Jeffrey E. Gordon, a litigator focused on internal investigations and health care compliance and enforcement,... more

• Indiana Law Firm Baker and Daniels LLP To Open in Chicago

  Jun 03 2008 Baker & Daniels LLP today announced plans to establish a significant presence in Chicago. Veteran Chicago lawyers Richard E. Michaels and David M. Allen will lead the... more

• Kirkland captures Chicago trio from rival Mayer Brown

  Apr 16 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has hired a trio of partners from Mayer Brown in Chicago, adding in private equity, real estate and tax. Bruce Gelman, Thomas Geraghty and Joshua... more

• Reed Smith Adds Partner With Federal Tax Expertise

  Apr 14 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Arnold E. Grant as a partner in the Tax, Benefits and Wealth Planning... 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

• Chicago law firms expand in Charlotte

  Jan 11 2008 In 1998, Chicago law firm Mayer Brown established an office in Charlotte to be close to that city's bankers. A decade later, its local rivals are trying to muscle in... more

• Emerging markets fuel Mayer Brown's global growth

  Jan 04 2008 Mayer Brown's global ambitions received a much-needed boost late last month when the Chicago law firm announced it will join forces with a 260-lawyer Hong Kong-based... more

• Ropes & Gray, Proskauer Rose plan to bring their private equity practices to Chicago

  Dec 12 2007 Ropes & Gray and Proskauer Rose are exploring the possibility of setting up shop in Chicago next year in an effort to bring their private equity practices to a new... more

• Drinker Biddle acquires Chicago law firm

  Nov 28 2007 Drinker Biddle & Reath said Monday it had agreed to make its second significant acquisition in Chicago in the past year. It will buy 13-lawyer employment litigation... more

• Refco Investors Sue Mayer Brown and Partner Collins

  Oct 02 2007 Refco Inc. investors sued Chicago- based law firm Mayer Brown and one of its partners, claiming they helped the defunct futures trader perpetrate a massive fraud that... more