Law Firms

It has been the biggest — and perhaps murkiest — legal story of the last two weeks: At least four major lenders have halted foreclosures, citing the need to review whether their mortgage documentation is in order and in compliance with court rules in the 23 states that require court approval before a foreclosure can […]

Joel S. Finkelstein said he received an invitation this summer from his fellow equity partners to attend a meeting on the financial condition of the three personal injury firms they controlled. He showed up for the June 10 meeting “in good faith and fully prepared to discuss the financial issues and problems of the law

Law firms rarely address rumors, but Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe confirmed Tuesday that they are in merger talks. The combined entity could have more than 1,800 lawyers, and since both firms have sizeable New York offices, a tie-up would change the Big Apple’s legal landscape. Neither firm offered

A personal injury lawyer has sued the California law firm at which he formerly worked, contending that his pay was at first cut and then eliminated after he refused pressure to attend a “New Warrior Training Adventure” outdoor weekend retreat. Plaintiff Steven Eggleston alleges that potential activities there which he found objectionable included being encouraged

For law firms, the devastation that swept through the legal marketplace in 2008 and 2009 has come to an end. Layoffs have stopped or at least have been sharply curtailed, firms that suspended hiring are recruiting once again, and profits, though flat or down, have stabilized at numbers that would make average middle-class American wage

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has sparred for years with Justice Antonin Scalia on the printed pages of legal opinions. The two have even debated about constitutional interpretation in public. And now Justice Breyer has taken his argument to the printed pages of a book written for popular consumption. In his first interview about

The yearlong extradition dispute over Jamaican businessman Christopher “Dudus” Coke, accused by federal prosecutors of smuggling illegal firearms and narcotics, led to some embarrassing allegations against Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Now Coke is adding to his U.S. legal team while he sits in a federal detention center in Manhattan. After months of growing political pressure

The annual associate survey found Boston’s Nutter McLennon at Number one position, followed by St Louis’ Thompson Coburn. Both firms took the same spot last year for the national rankings. Number 3 was Gibson Dunn, 4, Harter Secrets; 5, Best Best; 6, Dorsey & Whitney; 7, Paul Hastings; 8, Harris Beach; 9, Gibbons; 10, Ropes

A whopper of a late summer for M&A lawyers grew even fatter Thursday, when Burger King announced its sale to investment firm 3G Capital for $4 billion. Four Am Law 100 firms landed key legal advisory roles on the deal, which will return the world’s second-largest hamburger chain to the private sector. Eileen Nugent, co-head

A federal judge has slashed what he called an “unusual” request for additional fees by Milberg for a 2006 settlement of a securities class action against Nortel Networks Corp. Milberg, along with its Canadian co-counsel and the settlement’s claims administrator, asked for $2.77 million in fees and expenses not included in their 2007 fee applications.