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SEC Still Hunting to Fill Legal Positions

US Securities and Exchange Chairman Mary Schapiro has named David Becker, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, as…

In December we reported that the sudden firing of Duquesne University School of Law Dean Donald Guter had provoked controversy…

Apparently at least one law firm is growing as it rakes in the dough despite the recession. From The Blog…

Miami's Greenberg Traurig has announced the addition of top securities litigation attorneys Paul R. Bessette, Michael J. Biles and Jesse…

Clifford Chance announced today a joint effort with the Georgetown University Law Center to establish the Clifford Chance International Public…

The ABA Journal notes that an unprecedented wave of law firm layoffs is leading to a second wave of ex-employee…

These are the weekend's top stories: Hinshaw & Culbertson, a Chicago-based firm with about 490 attorneys, cut 11 attorneys and…

Chicago's Sonnenschein reports gross revenue was $492 million for 2008, up nearly 3%. Revenue per lawyer also increased about 3%,…

Tipsters are telling Above the Law that two intellectual property partners at Latham & Watkins are leaving, and setting up…

Am Law 100 firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher reports that gross revenue rose 5.4% to $957 million in 2008. Gibson…

The legal services industry continued to slash payrolls in January with a loss of 1,300 jobs, according to the US…

How much do law firms save by laying off lawyers and staff? The National Law Journal asked around the find…