Law Firms

A $250 million lawsuit brought against Cooley Law School in Michigan by graduate students has been dismissed by a Michigan court. The lawsuit alleged misrepresentation by Cooley over job placement stats, with the former students saying they had been the victims of misinformation. The Court rejected the lawsuit saying that the statistics quoted by Cooley […]

The Dewey & LeBoeuf circus went to London with confused signals about exactly what was going to happen with a deal to be presented by the firm’s bankruptcy chief attemting to sell London partners a $100 million settlement. However, doubt, skepticism and confusion reigned. The Lawyer reports that the meeting, scheduled for July 13was to

Eric Holder, the Attorney General has made the record of being the first current attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress, even though attacking resident attorney generals may be common practise in Washington. After all, even Abraham Lincoln was faced Congressional enquiry, as Politico reports. The attorney general has long been the congressional

Major law firms in London and New York will be grearing up for criminal and civil lawsuits in respect of the scandal over interest rates manipulation, lead by British bank Barclays which has already felt the heat of the British Government. The New York Times reports that the US Justice Department has identified its targets

Bert Fields has been Tom Cruise’s lawyer for much of his 83 years. And there’s no doubting the lawyer can still write a damn good letter. His latest, to the National Enquirer, threatens defamation over an article the newspaper wrote labelling Mr Fields’ client “a monster”. The Tom Cruise divorce has preoccupied the media and

Which law firms are hiring in the US – which are not? The WSJ Law Blog put together a chart based on a Chambers Associates’ survey showing the summer and first-year associates hirings. Davis Polk come in as number one. “The ranks of summer associates were larger in 2012 than in 2011 at more than

Law jobs are way down. So how are the law schools reacting – by changing their curricula to adapt to the changed conditions, mainly by giving greater emphasis to practical courses like clinics and simulations. The National Law Journal reports. The dismal job market for newly minted lawyers has influenced how most law school administrators

Big British law firms are on a global roll, looking for growth in the new, emerging markets. But, taking a leaf from the Dewey & Leboeuf book, the firms are doing so with caution, as The Economist reports. Consider London’s top five law firms, known as the “magic circle”. Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance

The American Lawyer’s A List has been topped again by Hughes Hubbard, using a pro-bono rating formula together with revenues-per-lawyer, lawyer satisfaction levels and diversity performance. A recent arrival at the list has been Akin Gump. The AmLaw survey shows that large law firms’ pro bono work continued to drop last year, both in terms