Law Firms

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.

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