Kirkland & Ellis has celebrated a major pro bono win in a 15 year lawsuit against Maryland by donating $12.5 million to colleges and nonprofits from fees awarded to the law firm. Michael D. Jones, (pictured) who leads the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, represented alumni and supporters of Maryland’s HBCUs in their challenge of […]
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Google’s in-house lead lawyer Kent Walker is actually the lead lawyer in Google parent Alphabet and has achieved some fame for his take home pay, as we have previously reported, of over $50 million. His correct title is Senior Vice President for Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at Google, advising the board on a
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A recent article in the National Law Journal had a seasoned law firm marketer asked how to retain associates when the market is so hot. Stefanie M. Marrone, a legal marketer who has worked with law firms for over 20 years was writing about the difficulties law firms are having hanging onto law firm associates
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The bonus season for associates has seen Big Law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore start the associate bonanza with a bonus pay rate of $115,000 according to a Cravath memo to staff. The year-end bonuses will be paid next month ranging from $15,000 to $115,000, which continues to lift the game for payments to associates
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She’s been dubbed the ‘Diva of Divorce’, but Aryesha Vardag the UK divorce law supremo is actually more than just a top divorce lawyer handling major matrimonial splits, she is truly a ‘femme fatale’ of divorce law. She keeps her client list secret, but has at different times represented celebrities, royalty, footballers, entrepreneurs and
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging WILLIE DENNIS with cyberstalking partners of DENNIS’s former law firm. DENNIS, a U.S.
By Ed Siddons, Simon Lock – City law firms are “completely outgunning” the UK’s only complex fraud agency, raising concerns that an “imbalance of arms” is allowing some oligarchs and powerful corporations to “buy impunity”. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal that some companies under investigation have spent up to 10 times more than
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David Boies is one of the most powerful lawyers in America and best known recently for pursuing legal action against Prince Andrew over sexual assault allegations. The chairman of law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner he became most famous for the cases where he lead the successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v.
Samantha Hogan, ProPublica – This story was originally published by ProPublica – Amid mounting criticism of his management of attorneys, finances and the quality of legal services for Maine’s poor, John Pelletier stepped down as executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services. His last day will be Dec. 11. The head of
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