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Logan Yumkas Adds Name Partners

Annapolis, Maryland's Logan Yumkas has brought on two new name partners, and changed its name to Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar &…

Hildebrandt: Demand for Legal Services Down 8%

According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1…

Former Heller Employees Sue Partners

Former employees of San Francisco's defunct Heller Ehrman, which declared bankruptcy in December, are suing 179 former partners for $32…

Blockbuster Hires Kirkland And Ellis For Financial Issues

To help find a way out of financial woes, Blockbuster has hired the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis. The…

Many Firms Involved in LyondellBasell Bankruptcy Proceedings

In the wake of chemical giant LyondellBasell filing for Chaptel 11, several top firms in the United States and the…

Departing Heller Ehrman Partners Paid $7 Million

Bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman paid out more than $7 million to 35 departing or retiring partners in 2008. The…

Bush Seyferth and Paige Expands Bankruptcy Practice

Bush, Seyferth & Paige, based in Troy, Michigan, has added Peter C. Bolton as a partner in the Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights…

Judge Caps Sidley Austin’s Hourly Rate On Tribune Efforts

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Cary has ruled that lawyers for the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy case cannot charge hourly fees that…

Dreier Firm Faces Eviction

Save for a skeleton staff authorized to wind up the affairs of the now-bankrupt Dreier LLP, attorneys remaining at the…

ATL: Morgan & Finnegan Bouncing Cheques?

Tipsters are telling Above the Law that dissolving law firm Morgan & Finnegan is unable to cover cheques issued to…

Dreier Formally Indicted On Securities & Wire Fraud Charges

Everyone's favorite lawyer Marc Dreier, founder of New York's Dreier LLP, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday. The…

Law Firm Accuses Suge Knight Of “Gangster-Style” Business

New York litigation firm Kaye Scholer, representing the trustee in hip hop entrepreneur Marion "Suge" Knight's bankruptcy case, is requesting…