Elon Musk’s Big Law Twitter Legal Battle Brings on The Heavy Hitters
Twitter legal battle brings out the big legal guns
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UK Law Firm TaylorWessing’s Big Money Year
UK law firm Taylor Wessing has been another major firm to report record revenues. The firm grew by 13 per cent in the year until 30 April 2022 with a 27 per cent increase in profits per equity partner (PEP). Revenues were £420.6 million, once again showing the strength of the legal market in the
Which Law Firm Is America’s Most Prestigious
Lawyers are interested in many things, prestige being one of them. And so to identify the most prestigious law firm in America takes relatively little guessing. The Vault 100 rankings identify Cravath as the #1 law firm that most captures that ‘prestige’ factor in the hearts of lawyers. And, as if money was ever a
‘Milestone’ Legal Hire For Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings have hired the former co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Shareholder Activism Defense group in a major move by the firm to ‘accelerate’ its evolution into designation M&A and corporate takeover and defense work The firm’s announcement is below – New York — Paul Hastings announced today that Eduardo Gallardo, a preeminent M&A and corporate takeover
UK Big Law Firm To Pay Less For Its Remote Workers
UK Big Law firm Stephenson Harwood has rejected the notion that remote working should permit its lawyers to earn the same as those slaving back at the office. The law firm has said that it will introduce a 20 per cent pay cut for lawyers working from home. The firm, which has its origins going
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Morrison & Foerster Lawyer Named in NAWL Rising Star List 2022
Morrison & Foerster – Powered by LawFuel – San Francisco Partner Bonnie Lau was named to the National Association of Women Lawyers’ (NAWL) Rising List for 2022. The women attorneys selected for the NAWL Rising List are recognized for their work and advocacy helping women advance in their careers in the legal profession and/or fighting
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Leaving Moscow – More Big Law Firms Leave Russia
The devastation in the Ukraine rendered by Russian forces is one thing, but Moscow is being abandoned with growing force as big law firms continue to desert the Russian legal landscape. Six leading international law firms have announced plans to pull out of Russia today, including global giants Latham & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,
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How Cravaths Just Pushed The Big Law Salary Scale Needle
Cravaths’ ‘wow’ factor on mid-level and senior associates’ pay levels The Big Law salary scale just took another push from big law salary payer Cravaths . . Cravaths, along with Davis Polk and Milbank are the ‘troika’, as AbovetheLaw describes them, that lead the way on the big law salary scale and – once again
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The Groundbreaking Legal Battle Intuit Faces Over Alleged Consumer Fraud
In addition to the unusual mass arbitration Intuit is fighting, federal regulators and state prosecutors are still investigating the company, which made $2 billion dollars last year. Justin Elliott* Faced with a class-action suit filed on behalf of customers who claim they were tricked into paying to file their taxes, TurboTax-maker Intuit knocked the case
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The BigLaw Partners Earning Big Money at Kirkland & Ellis . . And Where That Leaves The Rest
Kirkland & Ellis is a billion dollar revenue machine but it still faces issues attracting key legal talent – why?