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“Onslaught of Bankruptcies” Means Steady Increase in Law Jobs

From the AE Feldman Blog: Executive search firm, A.E. Feldman, says the surge in bankruptcies is creating opportunities for candidates…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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