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Facebook Looking for [ ]Friendship, [ ]Dating, [X]Legal Counsel

Palo Alto, California-based social networking web site Facebook is looking for private US law firms willing to help resolve an…

Automakers Retain Counsel to Mull Bankruptcy Options [Update]

General Motors has hired Harvey Miller of the New York law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges to help the beleaguered…

Blagojevich Owes Winston Strawn Over Half A Million Dollars

We reported yesterday that embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was no longer using Chicago's Winston Strawn to defend him against…

Small Firms Crushed By Layoff Wave

Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a 75-attorney real estate firm with offices in Los Angeles and Chicago, is laying off eight…

White & Case Lawyers Bill as Much as $1,260 an Hour

Over 70% percent of large law firms surveyed raised their billing rates this year, with one firm charging more than…

Heller Ehrman Sued By DC Office Landlord

On Heller Highwater blog, a "a support site for the professional support staff of a global law firm in turmoil":…

ABA: Law Firms Working on Collapsed M&A Deals May Never Get Paid

The ABA Journal reports: Law firms working on mergers and acquisitions typically get paid when and if a deal closes.…

Holland & Knight Snaps Up DC Lobbying Firm

Law firm Holland & Knight LLP is buying the assets of lobbying firm MARC Associates and adding the company's lobbyists…

Rumor: King & Spalding to Acquire Most Thacher Proffitt counsel [Update]

Via Law.com: Atlanta-based King & Spalding is in talks to acquire most, but not all of Thacher Proffitt & Wood's…

Breaking: Goodwin Procter shedding associates

We hear from a reliable source that Boston's Goodwin Procter is asking some associates to leave for "performance reasons" --  but it's…

Bennett: The 10 Worst US Prosecutors for 2008

Houston's Bennett Law Firm maintains a blog called Bad Prosecutors, which has compiled its "Ten Worst US Prosecutors" for 2008.…

Prosecutor: $380 Million Lost in Dreier Fraud

A US prosecutor estimates losses of $380 million in an alleged hedge fund fraud linked to prominent New York attorney Marc…