Levy Appointed As Associate Judge to Third Circuit of Madison County
Elizabeth Levine Levy has been appointed as an associate judge to the Third Circuit of Madison County. She will replace…
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Southwestern Partners with CSUDH for JD Program
LA's Southwestern Law School has partnered with California State University, Dominquez Hills on a joint JD/MA program, and another program…
Defense Attorneys Say Blagojevich is Digging Himself Into a Hole
Defense lawyers are claiming that Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich’s recent high profile interviews will probably hurt him when his…
Legal Aid Programs Hurt; So Do Third-Year Law Students
Legal aid programs are hurting from a reduction in funding from Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Programs and state budget…
Civil Rights Lawyer John Burris To Take On BART Shooting Case
Civil rights lawyer John Burris has earned millions of dollars over the past 30 years by handling hundreds of police…
Akerman Lawyers Found Florida Office for Novak Druce
Intellectual property boutique Novak Druce & Quigg is opening a new office in West Palm Beach, Florida with six attorneys…
Ballard Spahr Trademark Group Decamps to Steptoe
A seven-attorney trademark group from the Washington office of Philadelphia's Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has defected to Steptoe &…
Levenfeld Pearlstein Fires Some Lawyers, Hires Others
Chicago's 75-attorney Levenfeld Pearlstein dismissed two associates and one partner this month, citing difficult economic conditions, but hired four new…
What’s to Become of Wyeth Counsel in Pfizer Merger?
Brooklyn pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recently announced that it will acquire rival Wyeth for $68 billion. Pfizer will cut more than…
Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web
A former lawyer, who was disbarred in the 1980s taking client escrow funds, has been charged with defrauding investors of…
Morning News Roundup for Wednesday
This morning's top stories: Palo Alto, California’s Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is eliminating 45 associate and 68 staff positions...…
ATL: Stealth Layoffs at Latham?
Above the Law is getting numerous tips about "stealth" layoffs at Los Angeles-based 2,100-lawyer firm Latham & Watkins, but the…