Eight More Partners Quit White & Case for Latham
An additional eight partners have left White & Case to join Latham & Watkins. The moves come just three days…
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Paul Weiss Profits Up
According to Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp, 2009 was "the most profitable year in our firm's history". Not bad for…
Two Law Firms File Class Action Lawsuit Against Toyota
Two law firms, Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, and Becnel Law Firm, LLC, have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf…
Latham Picks up 4 from White & Case
There's been a major move in London as the bulk of White & Case's banking practice has jumped to Latham…
Jacobi Joins McDonald Hopkins IP Practice
Joseph Jacobi, a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has joined the Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins as a member…
Lathrop & Gage Settles With FDIC for $7.4 Million
Lathrop & Gage has agreed to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $7.4-million to settle a legal malpractice suit that…
Study Finds Women Judges Still Under-Represented
A study released by the University at Albany-SUNY’s Center for Women in Government and Civil Society found that women judges…
Federal Judge Will Hear Motion in California Bar Exam Accommodation Case
Today United States District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer will hear a motion on whether a blind law school graduate…
Former Bush Lawyer John Farren Sued By Wife for Attack
Mary Margaret Farren filed a lawsuit last week in Connecticut trial court against her husband, John Michael Farren. Farren, a…
Quinn Emanuel Reports Decline in Revenue & PPP in 2009
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges reported a 6% decline in profits per partner for 2009 with the firm’s 388…
Former SEC Enforcement Lawyer Convicted in ‘Pump and Dump’ Scheme
Phillip Windom Offill, a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement lawyer in the agency's Fort Worth, Texas, office was convicted…
Robert Joffe, Former Presding Partner of Cravath, Dead at 66
Robert Joffe, presiding partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1999 to 2006, died Thursday of cancer at age 66.…