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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Over $300 Million Settlement For Widespread PCB Contamination

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against 18 attorneys, law firms and companies, seeking repayment for payments made on…

The Association of Corporate Counsel's 10th annual Chief Legal Officer Survey finds that more chief legal officers plan on hiring…

The National Association for Law Placement published new statistics today showing that U.S. Law firms made a median of 7…

Gross revenue increased by 10% to $256.5 million at Jackson Lewis in 2009 and profits per partner increased by 3.3%…

Toyota Motor North America has asked Patton Boggs partner Rodney E. Slater to advise the company on North American quality and safety…

Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a Washington D.C.-based communications and technology law firm, has scooped up the communications law group from Morrison…

Fulbright & Jaworski has named James K. Dixon its new executive director and has also appointed two partners to serve…

Irell & Manella, a 220-attorney firm based in Los Angeles, earned a unanimous decision on behalf of Novellus Systems in…

Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp., has hired prominent Washington, D.C. based lawyer Brendan Sullivan to help…

A former secretary at Drinker Biddle's Washington office is suing the firm over an overtime pay dispute. Shawn Havrilla worked…

Michael Sohn, former chairman of Arnold & Porter, has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Washington office as general counsel. Sohn…

Revenue declined at Winston & Strawn in 2009 while profits remained flat. Gross revenue decreased by 5%, roughly $40 million.…