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• 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

• 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 Fox Rothschild acquires another small boutique

  Aug 23 2011 Philadelphia-based law firm Fox Rothschild has boosted its LA office with the acquisition of local boutique the Chan Law Group. The firm’s growth strategy has seen it... 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

• US firm Blank Rome launches in Shanghai

  May 12 2011 US firm Blank Rome has launched an office in Shanghai. Firm co-chairman Alan Hoffman said that the new office will give high priority to servicing Chinese companies... more

• Philadelphia-based firm Dechert announces spring bonuses

  Apr 13 2011 International firm Dechert has announced the award of spring bonuses to associates and counsel. The firm will pay qualifying associates in May, according to the... more

• Neil Murray obtains $5.5 million settlement from national hotel chain

  Oct 26 2010 Neil Murray, a Philadelphia personal injury lawyer and partner at Sheridan & Murray obtains a $5.5 million dollar settlement from a national hotel chain after a... more

• DLA Piper lawyer Ron Schiller trades Big Law for boutique

  Aug 03 2009 Ron Schiller, head of DLA’s litigation practice in Philadelphia, is the latest senior lawyer to jump from a global firm to a boutique, 50-lawyer firm Hangley Aronchick... more

• 25 more associates laid off at Dechert

  Jul 24 2009 According to the legal blog Above the Law, around 25 associates at US firm Dechert LLP are being let go. "Sources report that the pain is being spread between... more

• Blank Rome cuts associate salaries by $15,000

  Jul 06 2009 Blank Rome LLP confirmed that it is cutting the salaries of its most associates in response to similar reductions at competing law firms. Starting salaries at Blank... more

• Schnader Harrison cuts associate salaries by $10,000

  Jul 01 2009 Philadelphia-based Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis has cut its associate salaries by $10,000 across the board while partners have agreed to take a 5 percent cut in... 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

• Drinker Biddle cuts starting pay

  May 14 2009 Philadelphia-based Drinker Biddle & Reath will cut starting salaries for its 37 first-year associates joining in September to $105,000 from $145,000 during the minimum... more

• 300-lawyer Philadelphia firm Wolf Block to dissolve

  Mar 25 2009 In an emotional meeting, partners at Wolf Block yesterday voted to dissolve the 106-year-old Philadelphia law firm. The decision was the result of a decline of the... more

• Blank Rome cuts 27 lawyers and 52 staffers

  Mar 13 2009 Philadelphia-based Blank Rome, LLP announced on Thursday that it had laid off 27 lawyers and 52 staff in the US following an ongoing decline in business. The start... more

• Blank Rome opens Los Angeles office

  Mar 03 2009 Philadelphia law firm Blank Rome will open an office in Los Angeles with five new partners, Lawrence Hinkle, Andrew Kim, Warren Koshofer, Glen Rothstein and William... more

• Layoffs at Wolf Block and Drinker Biddle?

  Dec 16 2008 Wolf Block has laid off 15 associates and staff and Drinker Biddle & Reath let go of somewhere around 20 or fewer attorneys on Friday, according to Legal blog Above... more

• Duane Morris to add 19 lawyers in New York

  Dec 01 2008 With most law firms tightening belts and pulling back, Duane Morris, a 650-lawyer firm that has been on an expansion binge in recent years, announced it was adding... more

• Merger between Wolf Block and Akerman Senterfitt called off

  Sep 04 2008 The planned merger between Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen L.L.P. of Philadelphia and Florida law firm Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson P.A. has been called off,... more

• Reed Smith adds SEC trial attorney Amy Greer as a partner

  Aug 12 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Amy Greer as a partner in the Philadelphia office of its firmwide... more

• Wolf Block law firm in merger talks with Ackerman Senterfitt

  Jul 15 2008 Wolf Block, a storied Philadelphia law firm, is in merger talks with Florida firm Ackerman Senterfitt that could be concluded within a few weeks, lawyers familiar with... more

• Philadelphia Law Firm Ballard Spahr Acquires Atlanta IP Boutique

  Jun 17 2008 In an expansion move, the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. is set to announce its acquisition of an Atlanta-based intellectual... more

• Akerman Senterfitt nearing a merger deal with Wolf Block?

  May 17 2008 Akerman Senterfitt is close to consummating a merger with a 300-lawyer Philadelphia-based firm that would broaden its national platform, according to sources familiar... more

• Philly law firm Marks & Sokolov launches branch office in Ukraine

  Oct 27 2007 The Philadelphia-based law firm of Marks & Sokolov has teamed with a Ukrainian-born US lawyer to open an office in Kyiv. Marks, Sokolov & Burd is the firm’s second... more

• Wal-Mart ordered to pay additional $62M in Pennsylvania class action

  Oct 04 2007 The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled in favor of a class of Pennsylvania Wal-mart workers on Wednesday, awarding the employees an additional $62.3 million... more