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Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Why are you reading legal job news on a Saturday morning? Go back to bed! Yesterday, King & Spalding laid…

Update: Latham Offering New Associates $75K to Take Year Off

Latham & Watkins is offering incoming lawyers $75,000 to take a year off. The firm, which fired 190 lawyers and…

Marshall Gerstein Attorney Establishes LGBT Scholarship

Jeremy D. Protas, an attorney with the intellectual property law firm of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, has announced the…

O’Melveny & Myers Delays Start Dates

O’Melveny & Myers, which yesterday laid off 90 attorneys and 110 staff positions, is delaying the start date for its…

Stanford Law Hires Criminologist Joan Petersilia

Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of criminologist Joan Petersilia as Professor of Law. Petersilia has spent more than…

McIntosh Joins Allen Matkins

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP announced the expansion of its corporate practice group with the addition of…

Foley and Lardner to give MTV some “Tough Love”

Toughlove America, LLC today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles for trademark infringement, trademark dilution and related…

Ragsdale Liggett Elects Mitterling Partner

Ragsdale Liggett PLLC , based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced that Sandra W. Mitterling, an attorney in the firm’s…

Dan Mummery Joins Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced on Wednesday that Dan Mummery has joined the firm's Palo Alto office as a…

Apax To Hire General Counsel

Apax Partners, a private equity group, is preparing to hire its first global general counsel. Apax joins a growing list…

Hedgebeth Named General Counsel At Spectra

Last Thursday Spectra Energy  announced the appointment of Reginald (Reggie) Hedgebeth as its general counsel, effective March 31, 2009. "Reggie…

Ex-Senator Joins Covington & Burling

Former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is returning to Washington, DC, where he will join Covington & Burling and focus on…