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Kummer Kaempfer Partners Leave After Failed Greenberg Traurig Merger [Update]

Founding partner Thomas Kummer and managing partner Michael Bonner are leaving Las Vegas, Nevada's Kummer Kaempfer, after the collapse of…

Eckert Seamans Poaches 5 Lawyers from Ballard Spahr

Pittsburgh’s Eckert Seamans has brought on five lawyers from Ballard Spahr. Joseph Nealon, Jeffrey Larroca and Constantinos Panagopoulas join as…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Hope you had a good Memorial Day! Last week in law firm layoffs: only 40 lawyers, 118 staff…

Pepper Hamilton Brings on Wolf Block Lawyers

Pepper Hamilton has expanded its labor & employment practice with the hiring of two former Wolf Block attorneys, Richard Reibstein…

Greenberg Traurig Expands Real Estate Practice

Greenberg Traurig has expanded its real estate practice with the hiring away of real estate fund attorneys Sanford Presant and…

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in (amazingly, thankfully few) law firm layoffs: Ropes & Gray: 40 lawyers Blake Lapthorn: 33 staff Addleshaw Goddard:…

Allen & Overy to Reduce Incoming Associate Class Sizes

In March, London’s Allen & Overy announced it would retain only 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March…

Covington & Burling Brings on Lawyers [Correction]

Covington & Burling has brought on Demetrios Kouzoukas and David Kornblau. Kouzoukas was principal associate deputy secretary of the Department…

AmLaw: Cadwalader #1 for Layoffs

The American Lawyer has assembled a list of AmLaw 200 law firms by percentage layoffs since January, 2008. More than…

Blank Rome Brings on New Partners

Blank Rome hired former Hodgson Russ partner Jeffrey Rinde, and former Wolf Block partner Bruce Lesser, last month. Rinde advises…

Morning News Roundup for Friday

TGIF! Here are the top stories: DLA Piper has brought two lawyers from Mallesons Stephen Jaques as part of its…

Harvey Simard Moves HQ to HK

Montréal, Quebec's Harvey Simard Law Corporation has moved its headquarters to Hong Kong, and brought on Gaston Bruneau to head…