Every other law firm with eyes on expansion wants to be in China. But China is a highly competitive market and potentially a grave yard for failed firms. As the WSJ reported, this past week has demonstrated that graphically being both the best and the worst of times for law firms in the country. How […]
Oklahoma has been ordered to postpone its use of controversial lethal injections using the sedative midazolam which has caused problems with executions in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma. The court’s order Wednesday came as little surprise after both the state and the lawyers for three inmates who faced execution between now and March requested the temporary
BOSTON, MA—International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP and Chicago’s Ungaretti & Harris LLP will merge effective February 1, 2015. The move reaffirms Nixon Peabody’s position as a major law firm in Chicago and the Midwest with the addition of 100 lawyers whose experience spans the full range of legal services. The combined firm retains the
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Lockstep compensation is as much a part of most Big Law firms in Britain and some other jurisdictions as the law firm art and foyers. However mega-firm Clifford Chance is looking at changing all that with a review that is placing more attention on merit-based compensation rather than the lockstep system. Clifford Chance is not
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Caroline D. Ciraolo, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, announced that Matthew Libous, an attorney licensed to practice in New York, was found guilty yesterday of three counts of subscribing to false tax returns for
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources Evgeny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya,” Worked Under “Non-Official Cover” as a Bank Employee in Manhattan Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for
DLA Piper announced today that a team of three partners has joined the firm in its Corporate Group in Singapore. John Viverito and Myles Hankin are joining from Gibson Dunn, Singapore, and Joseph Bauerschmidt from Jones Day, Singapore. The three have worked together in the past and are reuniting as colleagues at DLA Piper.
FEDERAL CHARGES INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION OF HEROIN RESULTING IN DEATH DENVER – Longmont Police Officers and FBI special agents today dismantled a heroin distribution network centered in Northern Colorado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI and Longmont Police Department announced today. Ten defendants were arrested based on an either a federal indictment returned by
The world’s largest law firm by lawyer-count is on its way – resulting from the merger between UK-based Dentons and Chinese firm Dacheng who have agreed to form a firm comprising over 6600 lawyers. The merger arises from attempts by the firms to have a legal monolith that provides legal services for Chinese companies seeking
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