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Law School to Hold Open House in Second Life

Santa Clara University School of Law is holding an open house in the virtual world of Second Life today. Visitors…

Addleshaw Goddard to Lay Off 19 Partners

Addleshaw Goddard, Britain's fifteenth largest firm, is poised to lose 19 partners because of falling demand for legal services. More…

World’s Law Offices Head To Dubai — Canada Stays Put

In the past few years, international law firms have been opening up offices in Dubai. Now, US firms, like Weil…

UK’s Dentons to Cut Up to 80 Jobs

Denton Wilde Sapte has joined the ranks of London firms launching redundancy consultations, with up to 80 jobs at risk…

South Korean Blogger Jailed Without Bail

He goes by the username “Minerva,” after the Greek goddess of wisdom. He rose from anonymity in South Korea, for…

Sonnenschein Celebrates Inauguration

The Blog of Legal Times reports from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's swanky Obama inauguration party: Saturday night, Sonnenschein Nath &…

K&L Gates Opens Second Deutsche Office

K&L Gates, Pittsburgh's largest law firm, has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany, its 29th site and second in that…

Simmons Relocates Partners to Dubai HQ

Simmons & Simmons is banishing two finance partners to the firm's Dubai office. Banking and restructuring partner Phillip Abbott, and…

Jones Day Takes a Run for The Border

Cleveland's Jones Day, the nation's second largest law firm, is absorbing Mexico City's De Ovando y Martínez del Campo, to create…

The Soviet Union Fell in 1991 — But Nobody Told the Belarusians

Last March, prominent US human rights lawyer Emanuel Zeltser drank a cup of coffee in a London cafe. The next…

UK Firm to Female Lawyers: Try to Dress More Feminine. But Don’t Be a Slut!

Magic Circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP apparently has a lot of money lying around, a lot of free…

Idiot Judge Jails Woman for Wearing Muslim Head Covering in Court

A legal adviser for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is demanding that a Georgia judge apologize for jailing a woman who…