Layoffs at Seyfarth Shaw
Seyfarth Shaw is letting go of approximately 40 people, 20 lawyers and 20 staff. It's been rough over at Seyfarth…
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Ogletree Deakins Opens in Las Vegas
Employment law firm Ogletree Deakins has opened an office in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the help of six new attorneys.…
Morning Roundup
Good morning! Today is Friday, January 15, and here's a look at yesterday top stories... A study from Altman Weil…
$125 Million Plus Paid to Placement Agents for CalPERS Deals
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), which provides retirement, health, and other financial programs to more than 1.6 million…
Study Indicates Billing Rates to Rise This Year
A survey conducted by Altman Weil projects U.S. law firms will raise billing rates by an average of 3.2 percent…
Cozen O’Connor Picks up Former TARP Official
Howard Schweitzer, former Chief Operating Officer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, has joined Cozen O'Connor in the firm's Washington…
White & Case Launches Arbitration Practice in Singapore
White & Case, one of six international firms awarded a license to practice in Singapore at the end of 2008,…
Dickstein Shapiro Abandoning Lockstep
The lockstep march away from lockstep compensation continues unabated as 2010 gets into full swing. The latest firm to join…
Appleby Opens Offshore Office
The UK's Appleby will open a new office in Guernsey, Channel Islands in the spring of 2010. Appleby’s Guernsey office…
Morning Roundup
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 14, and here's a quick look at yesterday's news... The Supreme Court ruled…
Florida Bar Extends Investigation Beyond Rothstein
35 former senior attorneys from the defunct Fort Lauderdale firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler are being investigated by the Florida Bar.…
SCOTUS Blocks Proposition 8 Trial Broadcast
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision has blocked the broadcast of the trial underway in San Francisco regarding California's…