Law Firms

The merger agreement between Dewey Ballantine LLP and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, while instantly creating one of the biggest firms in New York, speaks as much to the U.S. legal industry’s increasing emphasis on accelerating international growth. The combined firm will be known as Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and have more than 1,300 […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Despite strong support from President Bush, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Monday amid political turmoil that President George W. Bush angrily blamed on his administration’s critics in Congress. Retuers report that Bush, who doggedly supported Gonzales during repeated confrontations with the Democratic-controlled Congress, said Gonzales had endured

New York law firms LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP are in advanced merger talks, with an announcement of a deal expected as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the situation. The combined firm would have roughly 1,300 lawyers. Mergers among the nation’s 100 largest firms occur infrequently, and

British Airways has formally admitted in a US court that it colluded with its rivals to fix the price of fuel surcharges, opening the door to possible criminal prosecution of staff implicated in the scandal as well as civil litigation. BA, along with Korean Air Lines, have been fined around £150m each by US authorities

Johnny Ray Conner was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday. The 32-year-old man was condemned in 1999 for the fatal shooting of a convenience store owner in Houston during a robbery. In his last statement to witnesses, Conner apologized for his actions, but denounced his execution as “unjust.” He was the 21st condemned inmate

Bruce Masterson, the chief operating officer of Socrates Media, asked his outside counsel to customize a residential lease for all 50 U.S. states in 2003. The firm’s estimate: about $400,000. He rejected that price tag and hired QuisLex, in Hyderabad, India, which did it for $45,000. “It was good quality,” said Masterson, whose Chicago-based company

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the corruption conviction of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, raising the possibility that the 73-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee will have to begin serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence. Ryan, promoted for years for a Nobel because of his opposition to capital punishment, has been free on bond

Clifford Chance has been struck by what is thought to be the first discrimination claim against a law firm on the grounds of sexual orientation. Former competition partner Michael Bryceland hit the magic circle firm in November with the claim, which has now been settled for an undisclosed amount. The claim never made it to