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Sullivan & Cromwell Get Kudos For Work On Energy Projects

Chambers’ has awarded Sullivan & Cromwell for its excellence in the field of Energy Projects. The firm was singled out…

Weil Gotshal’s Bankruptcy Group Rated For Excellence

Yesterday, in New York, Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Bankruptcy practice group was honored by Chambers as top dog in the…

Gibson Dunn Get Chambers Award For Antitrust Practice

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP has received Chambers’ annual Award for Excellence in the Antitrust Category.  The award was presented…

Fisher & Phillips Raises Associates Pay

National labor and employment firm Fisher & Phillips LLP is increasing its associate pay scale by an average of 8…

Layoffs for Sacramento DA Office

Sacramento DA Jan Scully said yesterday that amid a $6.9 million budget cut for the next fiscal year her office…

Megafirm Hogan Lovells Makes First Lateral Hire

The newly-formed megafirm Hogan Lovells, which launched May 1 with the merger of UK-based Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, has…

Greenberg Traurig Bolsters Tampa Environmental Practice

Vincent A. Marchetti, a member of the Tampa Sports Authority Board and a former senior assistant Hillsborough County Attorney, has…

Disbarred Florida Lawyer Gets 50 Years for Ponzi Scheme

Scott Rothstein, the disbarred South Florida attorney who admitted to operating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, was sentenced to 50 years in…

Partners Approve Merger of Sonnenschein and Denton

The proposed transatlantic merger between Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Denton Wilde Sapte was approved by the firm’s partnerships Wednesday.…

Study: Third Quarter Legal Hiring Looks Promising

The legal world is optimistic that more jobs will be forthcoming in the third quarter of the year, according to…

Former Lindquist Partner Guilty in $2 Million Embezzlement

Former Lindquist & Vennum partner Michael Scott Margulies pled guilty in Minneapolis federal court Tuesday to embezzling around $2 million…

Dechert Expanding into Ireland with New Office

Dechert announced Wednesday that it plans to open an office in Dublin, Ireland. The new office will focus on advising…