Report Shows UK Legal Market Remains Flat
A new report reveals the legal services market in the UK was relatively flat in 2009 and that trend is…
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McDermott Will ‘Vindicated’ By Federal Court of Appeals
McDermott, Will & Emery gained a reversal this week from the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals of $4.3 million in…
DLA Piper Adds Former ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ from Nixon Peabody
Nixon Peabody suffered a blow this week as Peter White, who was named a ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ in 2007…
Media Mogul Redstone Donates $1 Million to Harvard
Billionaire Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom and CBS Corp. and 1947 grad of Harvard Law School, has donated $1 million…
King & Spalding Adds Practice Head from Sidley Austin
King & Spalding has snatched Patrick Morrissey, a former partner at Sidley Austin, who joins the firm as a partner…
Sheller, P.C. Primary Counsel for Largest Pharmaceutical Civil Settlement in U.S. History
According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, AstraZeneca must pay the federal government $520 million in civil fines to…
Linklaters, Magic Circle Firms Make Partner Promotions
Linklaters is among a handful of magic circle firms that recently announced partner promotions, according to a report by Cityam.com.…
Saul Ewing Profits on The Rise
Saul Ewing navigated its way to a profitable year in 2009. The Legal Intelligencer reports equity per partner jumped by…
Lewis Brisbois Snags 16-Person Group from Wilson Elser
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard& Smith has added to its New York office with a 16-person team from Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman…
Management Shakeup at Troutman Sanders
Stephen E. Lewis, head of Troutman Sanders corporate practice, will take over as managing partner of the firm beginning Jan. 1,…
Cadwalader Gains DLA Piper Practice Head
Drew G.L. Chapman, who served as head of DLA Piper’s alternative asset management group in New York, has left the…
Weil Gotshal Nabs Former Senate Committee Special Counsel
Heath Tarbert, former special counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has joined Weil, Gotshal…