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• NY firm pays $574,000 in compensation for age-discrimination

  May 17 2012 New York law firm Kelley Drye & Warren has agreed to pay $574,000 in compensation to former equity partner Eugene T D’Ablemont, who was forced to give up his equity in... more

• NY Bar to require 50 hours pro bono service for professional license

  May 09 2012 Law students taking the bar in New York next year will be required to do 50 hours of pro bono work as a condition of their license to practice. Chief Judge... more

• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf has until the end of the month to negotiate debt problem

  Apr 27 2012 Reports are circulating that troubled New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is facing serious debt problems, and has until the end of the month to negotiate extending a... more

• 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

• Litigation funding firm BlackRobe hires Simpson Thacher lawyer as MD

  Apr 18 2012 New York-based private investment firm BlackRobe Capital Partners has hired former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyer Michael Chepiga to become its managing director.... more

• Former A&O associate given green light to pursue the firm for unfair dismissal in NY courts

  Apr 16 2012 Former Allen & Overy associate Deidre Clark has overcome the firm’s attempt to have her wrongful termination and sexual discrimination claim dismissed from the New... more

• NY firm Kelley Drye & Warren agrees to end compulsory de-equitization at 70

  Apr 13 2012 New York law firm Kelley Drye & Warren has agreed to end its policy of requiring partners to relinquish their equity in the firm at the age of 70. The firm made... more

• DLA Piper boosts restructuring practice with Goldman Sachs hire

  Apr 12 2012 DLA Piper has boosted its restructuring practice with the hire of Justin Conway, an executive director from Goldman Sachs, as a partner in London. Conway has been... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf loses six more partners

  Apr 06 2012 New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has seen six more partners and one of counsel resign this week, bringing the number of partner departures this year to 46, out of the... more

• Slaughter & May and Allen and Overy make annual promotions

  Apr 04 2012 Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy have announced their annual partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two made up at Slaughters. Slaughters elevated... more

• Another partner leaves Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 30 2012 The dramatic overhaul in the management structure at Dewey & LeBoeuf has not yet stemmed the flow of partners leaving the firm, with antitrust litigator lawyer Eamon... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• NY State Bar says UK firms with non-lawyer owners can't work in NY

  Mar 22 2012 After recent changes to legislation in the UK under the Legal Services Act, law firms can change their business structure to receive external investment and legal... more

• 12 partners depart troubled NY firm Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 19 2012 Twelve insurance law partners from Dewey & LeBoeuf resigned on Friday of last week. The group is headed to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, bringing the total number of... more

• Age discrimination suit challenges de-equitization of partners

  Mar 13 2012 The issue of how law firms handle older lawyers who wish to keep working is becoming more acute as more lawyers challenge mandatory retirement policies. An age... more

• Four leading NY firms post increased revenues in 2011

  Mar 12 2012 Four of the top New York law firms posted their financial results for 2011, with all four showing an increase in revenues. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom... more

• NY firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost set to launch in Kuwait

  Mar 09 2012 New York law firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle is set to launch a presence in Kuwait after forming an alliance with local firm Mashora Advocates and Legal... more

• NY firm Kasowitz Benson sees profits and revenue drop

  Mar 07 2012 New York firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman has reported a decline in both revenue and profits per partner in 2011. The firm’s revenue dropped 2 per cent from... more

• Clifford Chance elects two to partnership council

  Mar 01 2012 Clifford Chance has elected two new partners to its partnership council, elevating Italy banking head Giuseppe De Palma and Dubai banking partner Robin Abraham to... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch international shipping practice in London

  Feb 23 2012 Squire Sanders is set to launch a shipping practice in London after the hire of three partners and two associates. The team will be led by partners Graham Harris... more

• Lawyers from Steven J. Baum launch new firm in Buffalo

  Feb 14 2012 Two lawyers from the disgraced New York foreclosure firm Steven J. Baum PC have opened their own firm in Buffalo with 18 attorneys and counting, with plans for another... more

• Litigation support services in high demand

  Feb 07 2012 A new survey put together by New York-based headhunter and consultancy The Cowen Group has attempted to evaluate the ratio of salaries to revenue within law firms,... 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

• NY court system suffers from budget cuts

  Feb 02 2012 The New York court system is suffering the effects of the $170 million in budget cuts made in the 2011-12 period, with widespread court delays, shortages of... more

• Davis Polk and Dewey take leading roles on $5.7 bn hostile takeover bid

  Jan 28 2012 Davis Polk & Wardwell and Dewey & Boeuf 40] have taken lead roles in the leadup to a $5.7 hostile takeover bud for San Diego–based gene-mapping equipment-maker... more

• Jacoby & Myers challenges US law prohibiting non-lawyer ownership of law firms

  Jan 21 2012 Plaintiff firm Jacoby & Meyers has sued New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, claiming that state laws prohibiting nonlawyers from owning a stake in law firms are... more

• Parabellum Capital joins the litigation funding game

  Jan 13 2012 New York-based Parabellum Capital LLC launched last week to enter the field of litigation finance. The firm is a spinoff of the 5-year-old legal finance group from... 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

• 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

• US firm Simpson Thacher plans Seoul launch

  Dec 19 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced a plan to open an office in Seoul, following the ratification of a trade deal between the US and South Korea, which allows... more

• US firm Shearman & Sterling promotes 9 to global partnership

  Dec 14 2011 US firm Shearman & Sterling has promoted nine lawyers to the global partnership in its annual promotions round. The details of the promotions are as follows:... more

• International firm Bryan Cave acquires Denver firm Holme Roberts

  Dec 07 2011 The 113-year-old Denver firm Holme Roberts & Owen is set to merge with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave. Holme Roberts will bring its 150 lawyers under the banner of... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• US firm White & Case promotes 21 to global partnership

  Dec 03 2011 US firm White & Case has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. All promotions are effective as of 1 January 2012. London managing... more

• K&L Gates launches first South American office in São Paulo

  Nov 09 2011 K&L Gates has announced the launch its first office in South America in São Paulo, Brazil. The new office will operate under Brazilian Bar Association rules as a... more

• New York's top law firms increase lawyer headcount by 1.6%

  Nov 02 2011 Employment in New York law firms has grown by 1.6 per cent from 2010 figures, according to Crain’s latest ranking of the city’s top 25 law fimrs. Seventeen of the top... 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

• ABA considers allowing non-lawyers to have a stake in US law firms

  Oct 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in the NY Times that takes a look at developments around the world with respect to outside investment in law firms. Australia and... more

• WilmerHale hires star Antitrust lawyer Molly Boast

  Oct 21 2011 WilmerHale has boosted its New York antitrust and competition practice with the hire of Molly Boast, the former deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice... more

• Veteran Skadden partner Peter P. Mullen dies

  Oct 19 2011 Veteran partner Peter P. Mullen of the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has died at the age of 83. Mullen joined the firm in 1961, when it... more

• Clifford Chance boosts white collar, regulatory enforcement and government investigations practice with 3 hires

  Oct 14 2011 Clifford Chance has boosted its New York white collar, regulatory enforcement, and government investigations practice group with the hire of partners David Raskin,... more

• Foreclosure law firm ordered to pay $2m and change practices for conduct in housing crisis

  Oct 11 2011 One of the largest foreclosure law firms in New York State, Steven J. Baum PC, has been ordered to pay the US government $2 million and to change its practices, after... more

• Three firms advise on Sinopec's $2.1b resources co acquisition

  Oct 11 2011 Three firms have advised on the $2.1 billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas exploration company Daylight Energy by the China National Petroleum and Chemical... 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

• Proskauer Rose sued for discrimination by senior employee

  Oct 06 2011 Proskauer Rose - one of the leading labor and employment firms in the US – has been sued for wrongful termination of its chief financial officer. Proceedings were... more

• Orrick boosts NY financial institutions practices with five hires

  Oct 05 2011 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired five bank finance and high-yield partners for its New York office. The new partners are Ronan M. Wicks and Patrick J.... more

• First-year associate sues law firm for firing him after he made a pratt of himself

  Sep 28 2011 ThomsonReuters reports that a first year associate has said that New York firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman was "extraordinarily vindictive" for firing him after... more

• Ashurst set to merge with Australian firm Blake Dawson

  Sep 27 2011 British firm Ashurst has announced plans to form an alliance with one of Australia's biggest law firms, Blake Dawson. The firms will merge their Asian practices in... more

• Crowell & Moring sued in NY courts following alleged theft of client funds by former associate

  Sep 27 2011 Crowell & Moring has been sued in New York state court by a former client. Real estate management company Regal Real Estate is suing Crowell & Moring for... 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

• US firm Jacoby & Meyers continues legal challenge to law firm partnership model

  Sep 01 2011 US firm Jacoby & Meyers continues its campaign for non-lawyers to be permitted to have a financial stake in law firms, filing a new brief Manhattan federal court on... more

• New York judges set for a modest pay rise - the first in 12 years

  Aug 29 2011 New York state trial judges look set to get their first pay rise since 1999, after the Commission on Judicial Compensation voted in favor of boosting salaries from... more

• Cleary Gottleib launches an office in São Paulo

  Aug 22 2011 US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has opened the doors to its São Paulo office, after receiving regulatory approval. The Brazilian office will be led by... more

• Profits at top US firms called into question

  Aug 22 2011 The Wall Street Journal has reported that over half of the top US law firms may have overstated their average profits per equity partner, and around 22 per cent of the... 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

• Clifford Chance bolsters London high yield team with relocation

  Aug 15 2011 Clifford Chance has announced the relocation of high yield specialist partner Tony Lopez from New York to London. Lopez will be the fifth partner with expertise in... more

• Former Stroock partner sues firm for retirement benefits

  Aug 11 2011 A former litigation partner from US firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is suing the firm for allegedly denying him retirement benefits to which he believes he is entitled.... more

• NY State Bar Assn pushes for more practical legal education

  Aug 08 2011 According to the New York State Bar Association, US legal education puts too much emphasis in theoretical knowledge and does not equip lawyers with the practical... more

• New York judges haven't seen a pay rise in 12 years

  Aug 04 2011 Here is a very interesting piece from NPR about pay levels for New York state judges. Remuneration for the New York bench has remained static for the past 12 years,... more

• O'Melveny & Myers appoints Bradley Butwin as Chairman

  Jul 29 2011 O'Melveny & Myers has appointed New York-based litigation head Bradley Butwin as its new chair. Butwin was selected for the top job over two other candidates,... more

• NY Attorney General argues against opening law firms to outside investment

  Jul 26 2011 US law firm Jacoby & Meyers has brought a case seeking to overturn New York Court Rule 5.4, which prohibits law firms from accepting outside investment. The firm... more

• DLA Piper starts to rebuild China IP group with Foley & Lardner hire

  Jul 25 2011 DLA Piper has hired former Foley & Lardner senior counsel Yan Zhao to join its Greater China intellectual property team as a partner. Yan brings over 13 years... more

• 12 year pay freeze for New York judges

  Jul 05 2011 Here is an interesting article about the remuneration of judges in New York, where the bench hasn’t seen a pay rise in 12 years. According to the article, judges have... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton appoints new presiding partner

  Jun 30 2011 New York-based firm Debevoise & Plimpton has appointed Michael Blair, chair of the corporate department, to become the firm's new presiding partner. The role will... more

• New York has greatest oversupply of lawyers in the US

  Jun 30 2011 A recent study that compared the number of people passing the state bar exams with an estimate of job openings in the same year shows that New York has the largest... more

• Greenberg Traurig hires real estate expert from Akin Gump

  Jun 10 2011 Greenberg Traurig has boosted its real estate practice with the hire of Peter Miller, who previously headed the real estate and finance practice group at Akin Gump... more

• Indian firm Advani & Co allies with NY firm Moses & Singer

  Jun 08 2011 Mumbai based law firm Advani & Co has made a 'best friends' practice agreement with New York based law firm Moses & Singer to share expertise for the benefit of... more

• Skadden leads ranking of top US law firms

  May 17 2011 If you needed another ranking of the top US law firms, here it is. Corporate Board Member magazine and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc asked US... more

• Greenberg Traurig boosts US energy practice with Hunton & Williams hire

  May 13 2011 International law firm Greenberg Traurig has boosted its energy and natural resources practice with the hire of partner Enid L. Veron of Hunton & Williams. Veron... more

• Paul Weiss raids O'Melveny for seven partners in NY

  May 11 2011 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has announced the hire of six to seven transactional partners from the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers. The team of partners... 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

• Simpson Thacher to practice Hong Kong law

  May 05 2011 Since New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett launched an office in Hong Kong in 1993, the firm has practiced only US law. That is all about to change: the firm has... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• Weil Gotshal hires Amalgamated Bank CEO in New York office

  Apr 28 2011 Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired the former chief executive officer at Amalgamated Bank, Derrick Cephas, in its New York office. Cephas leaves his role with the bank... more

• Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya announce 2011 promotions

  Apr 26 2011 Pinsent Masons and Mishcon de Reya have announced their 2011 promotions. Mishcons made up two partners: litigator Derval Walsh was made up in London, and civil and... 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

• Texas-based Vinson & Elkins to pay spring bonuses

  Apr 21 2011 Texas based firm Vinson & Elkins, has announced that it will pay spring bonuses. The announced bonuses are below the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore: • Class of... more

• Hughes Hubbard and Foley & Lardner partners launch boutique firm in NY

  Apr 14 2011 Former Hughes Hubbard & Reed partner Kenneth Lee has joined forces with former Foley & Lardner partner Seth Levine and former federal prosecutor Scott Klugman to... 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

• US lawyer accused of stealing and trading on info from top law firms

  Apr 07 2011 Matthew H. Kluger, until recently a senior associate at the Washington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, has been charged with stealing confidential... more

• Sudhir Mishra of FoxMandal gets elected as India Coordinator and Delhi Co-Chair to the New York State Bar Association

  Apr 06 2011 Sudhir Mishra, Senior Consultant with FoxMandal and an environmental law specialist has been elected as India Coordinator and as Delhi Co-Chair of the International... more

• Former Howrey staffer sues firm for failing to give sufficient notice

  Apr 06 2011 Former Howrey staffer Stephanie Langley has filed suit against the law firm, that it failed to meet its obligation under the WARN Act to provide employees with 60 days... more

• Allens promotes 21 to partnership globally

  Apr 04 2011 Allen & Overy has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 18 last year. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe said: "Our partner... more

• Freshfields launches US IP practice

  Mar 26 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has relocated London counsel Lindsey Canning to New York to launch the firm’s first US intellectual property practice. Freshfields US... 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

• Shearman & Sterling announces spring bonuses

  Feb 24 2011 Shearman & Sterling has announced that it will be paying spring bonuses in New York, following the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore for the spring payment. As... more

• Respected lawyer Joseph H. Flom dies

  Feb 23 2011 Joseph H. Flom, the respected corporate lawyer that helped to build Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom into a leading US law firm, has died of heart failure in New... more

• NY lawyers charging over $1000 per hour

  Feb 23 2011 While lawyers across the industry have suffered from redundancies and pay freezes as a result of the recession, there are some lawyers who are still enjoying high... more

• Morrison & Foerster announces spring bonuses

  Feb 10 2011 Morrison & Foerster has announced its spring bonuses for associates. Non-New York associates are set to see bonuses that loosely follows the Cravath, Swaine & Moore... more

• Cleary, Armstrong Teasdale and Bryan Cave lead US$877m cash and stock deal

  Feb 09 2011 Kindred Healthcare Inc is set to purchase RehabCare Group, Inc. in an $877 million cash and stock deal that will create the country's largest rehabilitation services... more

• Student sues LPC provider for failing to prepare her for exams

  Feb 08 2011 A former student is suing the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, where she studied for the Legal Practice Course, after she failed the exam. Maria Abramova, a... more

• New York Bar Association supports limitation on working hours

  Feb 07 2011 The New York State Bar Association says that mounting pressure on lawyers is causing unhealthy work practices and burn out. In a new report the Association supports... more

• Orrick promotes eight to partnership

  Feb 06 2011 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced the promotion of eight lawyers to the partnership. Ralph Baxter, the firm’s Chairman and CEO, said: "The new partners... more

• Chinese firm Zhong Lun expands in Hong Kong and looks to New York

  Jan 26 2011 Beijing-based Zhong Lun, one of China's largest firms with more than 300 lawyers, is set to complete a merger in Hong Kong. Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong affiliate firm,... 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

• Pro Bono in New York: are lawyers doing enough?

  Jan 17 2011 New York’s 161,000 registered lawyers are providing an estimated 2 million hours of free legal work each year, but there are still millions of people in the state for... 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

• Are US law schools cooking the books?

  Jan 13 2011 The New York Times has published an article that describes the financial hell faced by US students who have taken on huge student loans to pay for legal education,... more