DLA Piper has laid off eight per cent of its Dubai fee-earners as its expansion plans in the Middle East are hit by the global economic crisis. The firm has made eight associates redundant in its corporate, finance and projects departments in response to falling demand. Last month, Trowers & Hamlins became the first firm […]
Lawyers at Milberg and Seeger Weiss filed a motion Wednesday afternoon seeking court permission to push Bernard Madoff into involuntary personal bankruptcy in an attempt to stake out a claim to the assets of the admitted Ponzi scheme mastermind. The motion filed in Manhattan federal district court, would be a first step in pushing Madoff
When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those secrets out of him.
Two weeks after opening up its ‘Sidebar’ program to incoming associates as a means of encouraging one-year deferrals, The Am Law 100’s top firm by gross revenue has succumbed to the wave of staff layoffs sweeping the legal industry. This week Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom began a round of layoffs among its 2,000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Friday that it has laid off 36 support staff workers across the firm’s nine offices in response to the declining demand for legal services. News of the firm’s reductions comes as poor economic conditions continue to take a toll on the legal industry. Gibson Dunn is the fourth L.A.
Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Ask A California Attorney Michael Ehline. Q: Is It possible to obtain a copy of my California driving record on the Internet? A: Ehline; At this time is not possible to obtain California driving records on the Internet, and this is because of the risk for identity theft.
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It appears that the worst might possibly be over, both for the struggling global economy and the ever-increasing number of major law firms that have been laying off support staff, associates–and even partners–in record numbers. Although law firm layoffs continue–Thursday’s tally included some 234 people let go at four well-known firms–they have slowed. Following news
A legal recruiter cannot collect a fee of nearly $730,000 from Philadelphia-based Blank Rome in connection with a merger the law firm first rejected and then completed with the assistance of a competing placement firm, a New York appeals court has ruled. In an unsigned, unanimous ruling, the Appellate Division, 1st Department, concluded that a
Ever hear of Jim Sokolove? Let’s rephrase that: How could you not? In the saturated rotation of lawyers advertising on TV, his personal-injury spots are a fixture in America’s daytime living rooms, where one of his ads is seen about once every minute. But what’s surprising about Mr. Sokolove isn’t that his commercials air frequently
Wolf Block partners met at 1p.m. today to discuss the fate of the firm and have issued a statement that they voted to commence an “orderly unwinding of the firm’s business.” “Wolf Block will remain in the practice of law for several months to protect the interests of its clients, employees and creditors,” the firm
