Will the additional lawyers find work? Most likely they will, because companies will continue to combat the fear of litigation, says Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and editor of overlawyered.com. A Business Roundtable survey of CEOs of the nation’s largest companies this month said they were worried most about rising health care […]

Like most elite US firms, Cravaths’ awards are handed out solely on a seniority basis with no performance criteria. Cravaths’ announcement, which was made to associates on 8 December, ends weeks of intense speculation over whether New York firms would this year sanction significant increases to the awards handed out in 2002, given the post-summer

He has been practicing since 1975 and was elected as president of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia from 1998-1999. His other areas of practice include criminal law, civil litigation and professional negligence. What percentage of your practice is devoted to suing lawyers? I’d say at this point, probably 30 or 40 percent

Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters, however, have all confirmed to Lawyer 2B that they will not be following the rival magic circle firm’s lead, and that newly-qualifieds’ pay will remain static at £50,000. With SJ Berwin, Clifford Chance was the instigator of the 2000 salary war, as UK firms sought to rival

The devastating departures compound fears over the ability of Linklaters to hold on to its top partners across Europe after this year losing corporate giant Peter King to Shearman & Sterling and Roberto Christofolini to Latham & Watkins. Although the firm has lost many partners in the last 18 months, most were managed out, with

Auckland lawyer Michael Corry will lead a team of 18 salaried lawyers working full-time on legal aid cases in the Auckland and Manukau courts from May next year. The manager of strategic development for the Legal Services Agency, Frances Blyth, said the three-year Public Defence Services pilot aimed to deliver “a quality, consistent service” for

These are the key findings of Legal Week’s inaugural survey of independent law firms in Europe, which suggests that domestic European firms are regaining confidence after the dramatic expansion of UK- and US-headquartered firms into their market over the last five years. Just 19% of the respondents to the survey said they would consider a

What the firms on the 2003 A-List have in common is outstanding results across the four categories. For example, 14 of the top 20 firms finished in the top quarter of The Am Law 200 in three of the four categories, and two firms — Arnold & Porter and Latham & Watkins — were four

The firm’s board decided last Friday to proceed with the radical plan following the successful completion of a pilot scheme earlier this month. Around half of the firm’s 85 document processing staff will be retained in London following the completion of an imminent redundancy programme. A&O has signed an agreement with US company Office Tiger

The network’s management has said it is currently searching for US members for its global network, with Philadelphia’s Pepper Hamilton — a referral partner of KLegal’s UK member McGrigor Donald — seen as the leading candidate. Commenting on its US ambitions, one KLegal partner said: “We are looking at creating best friends agreements with one