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• Paul Hastings launches Houston office after hiring local talent

  Apr 26 2012 Paul Hastings has launched a new office in Houston after the hire of three energy-focused transactional partners from local firms. Greg Nelson joins Paul Hastings... more

• Lawyers traverse Silicon Valley's lively lateral market

  Feb 29 2012 Here is an interesting article about the very lively lateral market in Silicon Valley. Shifting between law firms can be very lucrative, with plenty of firms seeking... 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

• 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

• Arnold Porter acquires SF firm Howard Rice

  Dec 08 2011 Washington-based law firm Arnold & Porter is set to acquire mid-size San Francisco firm Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. The merger will brin Howard Rice’s... more

• Washington firm McKenna Long in merger talks with California firm Luce Forward

  Nov 17 2011 Washington DC-based firm McKenna Long & Aldridge has initiated merger negotiations with Californian firm Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps. Luce was founded in 1873 and... more

• Hogan Lovells boosts San Francisco IP practice with Squires hire

  Nov 17 2011 Hogan Lovells has boosted its intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices with the hire of a partner from Squire Sanders & Dempsey in San... 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

• 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

• 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

• Apple hires top antitrust litigator Kyle Andeer

  Mar 01 2011 Apple’s has hired Kyle Andeer, a top former litigator at the Federal Trade Commission, to be its first in-house antitrust counsel. The hire took place a few months... more

• Another seven Howrey IP partners leave the firm

  Feb 16 2011 The exodus at Howrey continues with another seven IP partners leaving the firm’s US offices. Among the group was San Francisco-based rainmaker KT Cherian, who has... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf bolsters bankruptcy team in LA and SF

  Feb 08 2011 Dewey LeBoeuf has bolstered its bankruptcy practice with the hire of 10 specialists from Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, including a co-founding partner, Bruce Bennett.... 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

• Downey Brand launches in San Francisco with two Paul Hastings hires

  Feb 10 2010 Sacramento-based Downey Brand LLP has opened a San Francisco office with two hires from Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP. Paul Hastings environmental and land... more

• White-collar lawyer John Cline leaves Jones Day

  Feb 05 2010 John Cline, a San Francisco white-collar defense lawyer who has made headlines for work in national security cases, is leaving Jones Day to start a solo practice.... more

• Greenberg Traurig enters San Francisco

  Feb 04 2010 Greenberg Traurig has opened a San Francisco office headed by two well-known litigators and expects to have a 12- to 15-attorney group practicing there within a few... more

• Crisis? What Crisis? California law firms post steady profits

  Jan 28 2010 Most major Bay Area law firms saw revenues and profits remain flat in 2009, reports The Recorder. Half of the eight firms surveyed posted increases in profit per... 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

• 85-year old US law firm Thelen files for bankruptcy

  Sep 21 2009 Thelen LLP, a US law firm founded in 1924 in San Francisco, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Thursday night, almost a year after... more

• Wilson Sonsini loses $1m in alleged office supply scam

  Sep 07 2009 A purchasing specialist at Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati helped a San Francisco office supplier defraud the firm of around $1 million through... more

• Chadbourne to open second California office with Yahoo hire

  Aug 27 2009 Chadbourne & Parke plans to open a northern California office in either San Francisco or Silicon Valley. The New-York-based firm already hired Yahoo in-house IP... more

• Quinn Emanuel defers first-years in California

  Jul 24 2009 US business litigation firm Quinn Emanuel is deferring eight incoming associates in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices until January, according to a report... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf to shut down San Francisco office

  Feb 04 2009 Dewey & LeBoeuf will close its San Francisco office and move all attorneys and staff to East Palo Alto. The combined office will have nine partners and about 20... more

• Orrick announces 13 new partners

  Feb 03 2009 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has announced the admission of 13 lawyers to the partnership, effective January 1, 2009. Orrick currently has 415 partners,... more

• Morrison & Foerster cuts 53 lawyers and 148 staff

  Jan 29 2009 San Francisco giant Morrison & Foerster announced it will cut 53 lawyers and 148 staff, adding to the mounting toll of out-of-work legal professionals. more

• Heller Ehrman files for bankruptcy protection

  Dec 30 2008 Heller Ehrman LLP, the San Francisco-based law firm that voted to dissolve in September, was put into bankruptcy after the committee formed to wind up the business... more

• Mass Layoffs at Heller Ehrman

  Oct 11 2008 At least 100 Heller Ehrman employees were laid off on Friday, without receiving the 60 days' wages required by federal law or accrued vacation due under California... more

• Heller Ehrman Lays Off 139; Tech Law Firm Is Dissolving

  Oct 01 2008 Heller Ehrman has laid off 139 workers in its Seattle office, effective November 28, according to Washington State’s Employment Security Department. This comes on the... more

• Littler Scoops Up Local Laterals for St. Louis Office

  Jan 27 2008 San Francisco-based labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson has opened an office in St. Louis, Mo., its 44th office nationwide. Shareholders Harry "Hal"... more