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Bingham McCutchen Staff Layoffs

This article reports that there seems to be a trend amongst law firms to quietly reduce their staff including lawyers,…

NY State Bar Association Asks Law Firms to End Age Discrimination

The New York State Bar Association wants law firms to do away with mandatory retirement policies. The change in attitude…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Lose More Partners

On Monday, news broke of more departures from the struggling law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf, with partners leaving their…

Binghamton Mayor Questions Law Firm’s Recruitment of Senator’s Son

On Monday, Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan filed a complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics alleging unfair play in…

ABA Steps Back from Proposal of Non-lawyer Ownership of Law Firms

In a statement issued by the American Bar Association on Monday, Jamie Gorelick and Michael Traynor, co-chairs of the committee…

Roger Clemens Retrial Begins

Monday marked the beginning of famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens’ second perjury trial over the charge that he lied to…

Google Fined $25,000 for Impeding U.S. Investigation

The fine may be small for Google, but the implications are big. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission imposed a…

Case by Coudert Retirees against Major Law Firms Dismissed

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon dismissed a lawsuit filed in Manhattan in 2007 by 24 retired Coudert partners.…

ABA to Consider Non-Lawyer Funding of Law Firms

The question whether a non-lawyer can be part of a law firm is going to be debated and discussed by…

Dewey Role Call: Another Six, Leave Holes to Fix

Dewey (Due-ee) is learning that keeping partner payments due is not the ideal way to run a law firm. Despite…

Dewey Loses four More, this time to DLA Piper

It’s a slow motion train wreck for Dewey & LeBoeuf now that four more lawyers have jumped ship, bringing the…

Bilzin Sumberg Acquires Premier Trial Team

Bilzin Sumberg, one of Miami's leading commercial law firms, today announced that Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess, two renowned trial…