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IP Attorney Group Joins Merchant & Gould

Four attorneys specializing in intellectual property have left Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wisconsin to join Minneapolis' Merchant &…

Day Ketterer Expands into New Ohio Office

Ohio law firm Day Ketterer has added a Hudson office, its third in the state after Canton and Cleveland. The…

Ballard Spahr Defers Start Dates

Ballard Spahr has informed its incoming class that it is delaying 2009 start dates to September 2010. There will be…

Judge: Defunct Firm Can Sue Lowenstein Sandler Over Defections

Essex County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Donald Goldman has ruled that defunct law firm Ravin Sarasohn may sue Lowenstein…

CJA Attorneys Get Pay Raise

Attorneys working assignments under the federal will see their fees bumped up from $100 to $110 per hour, with funds…

McCarter & English Expands With Bio-Patent Team

McCarter & English has announced the addition of a 12-member life sciences patent prosecution team to its Boston office. Elizabeth…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Defers Start Dates to 2010

Dewey & LeBoeuf has shut offices and cut pay. Now the firm has deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming…

Akin Gump Wins Big in Lobbying Revenues

Am Law 200 firms Covington & Burling, K&L Gates, Dickstein Shapiro, and McGuireWoods were among the law firms that made…

Lawyers Leave Wachler to Start New Firm

Five lawyers from Royal Oak, Michigan-based health care law firm Wachler & Associates have left the firm, to found Health…

Littler Expands Employment Practice with Faegre Lawyers

San Francisco's Littler Mendelson has added David J. Goldstein and Holly M. Robbins to its Minneapolis office. Both lawyers are…

DLA Piper Cutting US Partner Pay 11.5%

DLA Piper has informed its US partners that it will reduce their pay by 11.5% in 2009. "Strong performers" will…

Skadden Partners Jump Ship, Found New Firm

Two partners from Skadden's Washington, DC office, Andrew Sandler and Benjamin Klubes, are leaving the firm to form their own…