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Gay Marriage Controversy Reaches UM Law School

There seems to be a fracas in the making at the University of Michigan Law School, ignited by the controversy…

Report: Women Partners Make 2% Gain

Female lawyers make up 45% of associates at US law firms, but only about 19% of partners, according to October…

Linklaters’ Top-Paid Lawyer Earned “Satisfactory” £3.4 Million in 2008

Linklaters LLP, the second-largest London law firm by revenue, paid its top earner £3.4 million pounds ($5 million in real…

Womble Carlyle Freezes Attorney Salaries

Winston-Salem, NC's Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice has decided to freeze salary increases for all attorneys through the first half…

Judge Sides With [Law Firm Name Deleted] in Bizarre Lawsuit

A judge in US District Court has sided with [Law Firm Name Deleted] in a bizarre and widely ridiculed trademark…

Law Firms Avoid Announcing Layoffs, Even to Staff

From Am Law Daily: The Am Law Daily is running out of leads for layoff stories, so we were relieved…

Economic Meltdown Means Fewer New Partners in ’09

From Law.com: new partner candidates may have a tough time next year. New partner announcements are starting to come in,…

Many from Heller, Thelen Remain Jobless

After the dissolution of Heller Ehrman and Thelen LLP, hundreds of attorneys were left without work. Now, months later, many…

Bienenstock to Make GM Into “Futuristic” Automaker

Yesterday we reported that General Motors had hired Dewey LeBoeuf’s Martin Bienenstock, who worked on the Enron bankruptcy and was…

Law Students Face Drought in Summer Associate Posts

A shortage of legal work in 2009 is sure to dry up the pool of summer associate positions for law…

Ex-Law Student Sentenced in Child Porn Case

A former law student Robert A. McDonald was sentenced today to a year in a halfway house for possessing child…

Pohl Ankles Skadden for Business Side

Timothy Pohl will leave Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to become a managing director in the restructuring group at…