Report Shows Legal Field Added Jobs in May
After months of losses, the number of jobs in the legal sector managed to increase in May. The Bureau of…
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BP Looks To WilmerHale for Oil Spill Defense
BP and the two other major culprits in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill—Transocean Ltd. and Haliburton Co.—have retained their…
Ronald Motley of Motley Rice Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Association for Justice has named Ronald F. Motley, co-founder of one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms,…
U.S. Attorney Hewitt Heading to Jones Day
Karen P. Hewitt, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, has agreed to join Jones Day as a…
In-House Counsel Look to Rein In Legal Spending
A study from Robert Half Legal reveals 25 percent of in-house counsel surveyed plan to decrease its work with outside…
McKool Smith Wins Punitive Damages in ‘Lucky’ Ruling
McKool Smith client Marcel Fashion earned a cool $300,000, which includes $280,000 in punitive damages, from Liz Claiborne and Lucky…
Study: Minority Jurors Still Elusive Down South
A two-year study of jury selections in eight Southern states found the exclusion of blacks and other minorities remains a…
Fish & Richardson Nabs Communications Team from McDermott
The head of McDermott Will & Emery’s U.S. communications practice, Shirley S. Fujimoto, is among four partners that have left…
Supreme Court Justices Largely Anonymous, Poll Finds
Results of a survey released Monday show nearly two-thirds of Americans are unable to name a single member of the U.S.…
Private Equity Pair Jumps to Kirkland Ellis from Ashurst
U.S.–based Kirkland Ellis has bolstered its London office with the addition of two highly-regarded private equity partners in a move…
Three More Leave Nixon Peabody for DLA Piper
Another three partners have left Nixon Peabody for rival DLA Piper, which brings the number of such moves in recent…
AM Law’s Second Hundred Also Took Hit in ’09
A closer look at the nation’s top-200 grossing law firms as compiled by The American Lawyer shows the Second Hundred…