Law Firms

The article said the four firms most feared by 240 general counsel and in-house litigation officers were Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, according to a survey by the BTI Consulting Group. The article said that most of the respondents named members of the Fearsome […]

The decison was the result of a claim by an Auckland doctor who sought to have material removed from Google. He claimed defamation by publishing the results on offending websites via hyperlinks. One of the problems with the case, which was ultimately lost even though the judge left open the liability in defamation issue, was

The role of the legal secretary is changing, but for 28 staff at Slaughter and May’s London office it’s also ending with redundancies cutting the 165 members of the London team. Slaughter and May say the result is the “changing role” of secretaries at law firms with technological advances permitting lawyers greater flexibility as to

Law School rankings have been drawing a lot of flack lately, not to mention a few lawsuits. So what does someone like Justice Clarence Thomas think of the US News & World Report list? Not much, actually, as the WSJ Law Blog reports. WSJ Law Blog: Law school graduates aren’t the only ones saying less

Law firms that over-reached in terms of their office commitments in the Big Apple have opened the way for other firms to enter the New York legal fray. Smaller firms like Seattle-based Perkins Coie and London-based Herbert Smith are now hitting New York, New York. As the Wall Street Journal reports, for law firms with

Expenses are rising faster than revenue at the nation’s largest law firms, and those in charge of running those firms are running out of ways to manage the imbalance, according to a recent survey conducted by Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group. The survey—one of three that Wells Fargo conducts on the state of the legal

Howrey law firm was once a litigation powerhouse but the firm, which closed in March, is now facing litigation itself as around 60 of the firm’s former lawyers combine to fight compensation claims arising from its bankruptcy. The WSJ Law blog reports that the attorneys—former contract attorneys and non-equity partners—have joined forces to protect themselves

Privacy law issues once again hit the headlines and once again over a British royal, with the topless pics of Kate Middleton described as “grotesque” and observers commenting that it brings back memories of Princess Diana’s battles with the paparazzi. French law is also likely to support a claim of breach of privacy. Fresh from

A former Department of Homeland Security official, Mary Callahan (pictured) is heading Jenner & Block’s new privacy division, reflecting a high-growth area for law firms as businesses and individuals alike grapple with the ongoing battle for privacy in the Internet age. Jenner & Block, the Chicago-based law firm with 80 attorneys in the District, is

Nearly 17 years after O.J. Simpson walked away from his Los Angeles murder trial a free man, a prosecutor at the center of the case has alleged that the lead defense lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence. Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Christopher Darden on Thursday accused Simpson’s defense lawyer, the late