Law Firms

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

The London-based legal battle between Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky are highly attractive to London law firms who are expecting to pocket around £100 million in legal fees from the Russians and their thirst for British justice. Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich may have won his battle against $6.5bn (5bn) of claims by

The AmLaw Survey about the best law firms to work takes the microscope to 12 areas of work satisfaction, finding Nutter McClennen and Paul Hastings as the two top-ranked law firm workplaces in their latest survey, which is exactly where they ranked last year too. To find out how third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate

A former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner is charging Citibank with ‘fraudulently inducing’ them to sign a loan agreement with the bank to permit them to make capital contributions to the failed law firm, after Citibank sought summary judgment against the lawyer. A former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner who has been accused by Citibank of defaulting

The Chinese “Whydunnit” trial of Gu Kailai, wife of a disgraced politician, has ended with a suspended death sentence after she was found to have killed British businessman Neil Heywood using cyanide in a trial that created a Chinese legal and political sensation. The wife of a disgraced Chinese politician was given a suspended death