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Free Speech Lawyer, “Rumpole” Creator Dies

British author and lawyer Sir John Mortimer, the creator of legal television show "Rumpole of the Bailey," died on Friday,…

The Nevada Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a Las Vegas attorney accused of misappropriating client funds and accepting retainers without…

The former business manager and secretary for Madison, Wisconsin lawyer Randall Skiles has been charged with embezzling at least $57,000…

We previously reported that Philadelphia's Blank Rome might lay off staff. Now it's official. Blank Rome won't officially reveal how…

Atlanta-based labor law firm Fisher & Phillips has elected Charlotte attorney James Michael Honeycutt to the partnership. Honeycutt's focuses his…

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig has added Nathan A. Haynes to its New York office as a shareholder in…

Nixon Peabody has recruited as its China practice chair a former general counsel of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Henry…

According to the New York Law Journal: Dozens of New York lawyers have reached into their pockets to help new…

When we wrote about seven Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft partners walking out, we reported that America's most elderly law firm…

New York-based international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton saw both revenue and profits per partner rise in 2008.…

Former Nevada state Gaming Control Board member Mark Clayton is joining Nevada's largest law firm, Lionel Sawyer & Collins. Clayton…

Washington DC law firm and lobbying group Arent Fox will freeze associate base compensation at the current 2008 rates for…