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• US legal services sector shed 1,300 jobs in March

  Apr 09 2012 The US legal services sector lost 1,300 jobs last month, according to the latest figures released by the Labor Department. The figures neutralise the modest gains... more

• Hogan Lovells plans to launch in Rio de Janiero

  Feb 29 2012 Hogan Lovells has announced that it will launch an office in Rio de Janeiro later this year, pending regulatory approval. The move follows a large influx of... more

• DLA Piper launches in Mexico

  Feb 15 2012 DLA Piper has launched a new office in Mexico City. The new base will be staffed with a team of 16 lawyers from the Texas law firm Thompson & Knight, and will focus on... more

• Non-lawyer appointed as CEO for US firm Pepper Hamilton

  Feb 08 2012 Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton has appointed a non-lawyer as its chief executive, hiring Scott Green, the former executive director of WilmerHale, to lead the... more

• UK firms show strong trainee retention, despite fragile economy

  Jan 27 2012 The figures on trainee retention in the UK are beginning to emerge, revealing relatively high retention despite widespread concerns about the fragility of the economy.... more

• Summer Associate hiring in Washington remains steady

  Sep 06 2011 The summer associate recruitment process is well under way in Washington, where the largest law firms are hiring around the same number of summer associates as last... more

• The unpaid economy - internships are on the rise

  Aug 31 2011 Interesting article here about the growth of unpaid internships in the legal industry. Young lawyers interested in working in publicly funded ares of law have... more

• US legal sector sheds 2,600 jobs this month

  Jul 11 2011 The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released new figures showing that the legal industry shed 2,600 jobs this month. This result represents the fourth month this... more

• US firms look abroad to bolster profits

  Jun 23 2011 This Reuters article reflects upon the fact that as the US economy continues to struggle, law firms are looking abroad to bolster profits. In recent months, Davis... more

• US firms increase presence in China

  Apr 27 2011 US firms are increasing their presence in China, with the top 250 US firms running 70 offices in China at the end of 2010. According to the National Law Journal, these... more

• North Carolina - South Carolina Merger: Womble Carlyle expands

  Apr 15 2011 North Carolina firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, with a headcount of 500 lawyers, has acquired 44-lawyer firm Buist Moore Smythe McGee of South Carolina.... more

• UK top 50 firms expected to report flat revenues and profits

  Apr 14 2011 The top 50 firms in the UK are predicted to report flat revenues and profits in the 2010/11 financial year, according to Jomati consultant Tony Williams and... more

• Criticism of £2.5 million grant for A&O's offshore plan

  Mar 01 2011 Allen & Overy decided to place an offshore business support centre in Belfast after the firm was offered a £2.5 million grant from Northern Ireland's regional... more

• Things are looking up: demand for legal services increases in the US

  Jan 31 2011 Demand for legal services in the US increased in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the first time in more than two years, according to a report by Hildebrandt Baker... more

• ELP invited to draft Competition law for Afghanistan

  Dec 14 2010 Economic Laws Practice (ELP) along with the Adam Smith Institute, which is the UK’s leading libertarian think tank have been invited by the Government of Afghanistan... more

• US legal sector gains jobs, opposing national trend

  Oct 12 2010 For the third month in a row, the US legal sector added jobs, with the Bureau of Labor statistics reporting an increase of 2,500 jobs in September. While the... more

• Britain's top 100 firms see revenues rise by 5%

  Sep 23 2010 According to latest figures, Britain’s 100 biggest law firms saw revenue increase by an average of 5 per cent for the last quarter, despite continued uncertainty in... more

• White & Case Exits Reveal Two Visions and an Opportunity

  Apr 22 2008 So after just the seven years of claims that he is leaving White & Case, Maurice Allen finally confirmed last month that he is to head for Freshfields Bruckhaus... more

• EU trade unions condemn court for minimum wage ruling

  Apr 06 2008 European trade unions have strongly criticised the latest EU court judgement on the right of member states to set minimum wages for foreign workers saying it is an... more

• Akin Gump Law Job Recruiter Lawsuit Thrown Out

  Apr 06 2008 A New York state judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld by a legal recruiter who claimed the law firm stiffed him on a... more

• Good Year To Be A Woman Lawyer - In The UK At Least

  Apr 01 2008 The year's partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports. Of the first 10 firms to announce their... more

• For Willkie Farr the gateway to Europe is Paris, not London

  Mar 29 2008 If Daniel Hurstel's schedule on Thursday, March 27, was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher's office... more

• Bear Stearns' Demise Leaves Law Firms Jockeying for Position

  Mar 18 2008 The bargain-basement sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase brought out some of the biggest names in the legal profession. Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps,... more

• Big Lobbying Practices See a Billion-Dollar Year

  Mar 15 2008 The 50 highest-grossing lobbying practices in the country passed the $1 billion revenue mark for the first time last year, thanks in part to strong growth in work... more

• Reforms for Mortgage Markets

  Mar 14 2008 The nation’s top economic policymakers, hoping to prevent a repeat of the excesses that led to the mortgage bubble and bust, on Thursday proposed a broad series of... more

• Despite Remand, Ford Motor's Loss Stands at $82.6 Million

  Mar 11 2008 Ford Motor Co. took a big hit Monday when a California state appellate court stood by its own earlier decision to award $82.6 million in damages to a paraplegic who... more

• Continental DLA in 60% '07 fees surge

  Mar 09 2008 DLA Piper’s Continental European offices saw turnover grow by 60% during 2006-07 to make up around a quarter of the firm’s revenues outside of the US. Turnover in... more

• UK Top 100 Law Firm Feel A Recessionary Shiver

  Mar 09 2008 The UK’s top 100 law firms have continued to grow despite signs that the economic downturn is beginning to have an impact, according to the figures from Deloitte.... more

• US arrests 4 suspects in China espionage cases

  Feb 12 2008 A former Chinese-American engineer at Boeing was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing corporate trade secrets related to the Space Shuttle and other aerospace... more

• UK law firms gloomy about difficult year ahead

  Jan 31 2008 The UK's top law firms are steeling themselves for a difficult year ahead with confidence among senior managers falling for the first time in six years, according to a... more

• New Survey Shows US Law Firm Leaders Gloomy About 2008

  Jan 20 2008 Conducted in the last months of 2007, Citi Private Bank's Managing Partner Confidence Index found confidence had fallen for the fourth straight quarter of the year-old... more