Dewey & LeBoeuf Snags Cooley Lawyers
Dewey & LeBoeuf has lured away from Cooley Godward Kronish a team of top lawyers, including the head of Cooley's…
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Seyfarth Shaw Brings on Team from Alston & Bird
Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which in May laid off 50 people and reduced salaries, has brought on a new team of…
London Firms Delay Partner Promotions
London Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy have delayed their 2009 partner promotions. Clifford Chance will defer…
Morgan Lewis Lures Away Sonnenschein Partners
Six partners from Sonnenschein have joined Morgan Lewis' health care regulation practice. Joyce Cowan, Kathleen McDermott, John Rah, Albert Shay,…
Watson Burton Burton Eyeing 25% of Firm for Redundancy
UK law firm Watson Burton has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 25% of its staff. The firm is in consultation…
Dewey & LeBoeuf Partners Hit with Salary Cuts
Dewey & LeBoeuf announced that 66 partners of its 350 partners have seen pay cuts in the last 15 months.…
Allen & Overy Appoints Employee Reps for Redundancy
Allen & Overy is appointing 15 employee representatives to consult on the sweeping redundancy that is set to claim more…
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…
More Layoffs at Chicago’s Neal Gerber
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a Chicago-based law firm with about 200 lawyers, cut nearly 10% of its attorneys. The firm…
Patton Boggs Adopts New Compensation System
Washington, DC-based Patton Boggs is adopting a new compensation plan for partners, retooling a long-held "eat-what-you-kill" system to reward partner…
Former Ambassador Joins Wiley Rein
Former Ambassador David Gross, the US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, will join Wiley Rein as a partner…
Former Attorney General Mukasey Joins Debevoise & Plimpton
Former Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced this afternoon that he will join the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton as…