Cravath Lawyer: Kill the Billable Hour
Evan R. Chesler, a Presiding Partner at New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, has made a bold suggestion in…
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State Senator Joins Lathrop & Gage
Republican Missouri State Senator Jack Goodman has joined the Springfield office of Kansas City's Lathrop & Gage LC. Goodman is…
Roberts: Federal Judges Need Pay Raises
Despite calls throughout the nation for state and federal employees to take pay cuts or involuntary furloughs to save tax…
Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years
An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004, after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting "to…
New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis
Sean Patrick Maloney, the first deputy secretary to New York Governor David Paterson, resigned this week, effective at the end…
Boutique to Cut Client Billing Rates in 2009
Austin, Texas-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend is reducing its billing rates in current hourly-fee cases by 10%…
Lawyer of the Day: P’Ta Mon
I discovered this ad via Digg, and immediately decided to see if it was legit. It is. P'Ta Mon (pronounced…
Drinker Biddle & Reath Gets Six Thelen Lawyers
I really don't think we can post enough "former Thelen lawyers find jobs" stories. Drinker Biddle & Reath's Washington, DC…
Former Patent Czar Joins Whiteford Taylor
The Clinton-era head of the US Patent & Trademark Office has joined Baltimore's Whiteford, Taylor & Preston. Bruce A. Lehman,…
Sonnenschein’s Portnoy Speaks on Thacher “Survivors”
As we reported last week, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal hired 100 lawyers from the dissolving Thacher Proffitt & Wood. This…
Sidley Austin Charges $1100 Per Hour in Tribune Bankruptcy
Sidley Austin lawyers are asking as much as $1,100 an hour for bankruptcy work on Tribune Company, surpassing the rates…
Heller Ehrman Files for Bankruptcy; Remaining Employees May Not Be Paid
What's left of San Francisco's Heller Ehrman, which dissolved in November, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Former Heller partner Peter…