Legal Industry Archive » May, 2012

Legal Industry - May, 2012

110 articles

• Dewey Trustee Names Creditors, Ex-Partners Committees
• Paul Hastings Nabs Dewey DOJ Vet As 4 Others Exit Broke Firm
• Cochran Firm Fights Back Against Ousted Partner
• NJ Senate Panel Sinks 2nd Christie High Court Pick
• Ex-Dewey Attys, New Firms May Regret Shotgun Weddings
• Ex-Hogan Lovells Atty's $2M Travel Scam Ends At Jailhouse
• Report Blasts 'Dysfunctional' Calif. Judicial Agency
• NY Bar Gets Behind Push To Streamline Court System
• Dewey Atty Optimistic About Bankruptcy's Run
• Rough Road Ahead For Dewey Attys In Cutthroat Job Market
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Latham's Peggy Zwisler
• Dewey's Fall Leads Attys To Split For Baker, Others
• NJ Atty Hits Ex-Firm With Whistleblower Suit Over Runner Use
• Dewey Faces Tough Battle For Creditor Recovery
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• Coudert Ruling Spells Trouble For Firms With Dewey Gains
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Paul Weiss' Beth Wilkinson
• Dechert Opens Chicago Office With Securities Trio
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Simpson's Mary Kay Vyskocil
• Eversheds Picks Up Dewey IP Leader For Paris Office
• Allen & Overy Taps Mayer Brown Partner For Vietnam Launch
• Top Female Trial Attorney: WilmerHale's Cynthia Vreeland
• Dewey Atty Moves Persist Amid Pay Delays In Dodgers Ch. 11
• NY Judge, Cooley Partner To Lead Pro Bono Rules Committee
• Ill. Court Says Jenner Malpractice Claims Can't Be Sold
• Top Female Trial Attorney: King & Spalding's Chilton Varner
• Obama Taps Mayer Brown Partner For Ill. District Court
• Dewey, Ex-Partners Hire Counsel As Bankruptcy Looms
• Calif. Panel Delays Vote To Overhaul Trial Court Funding
• LA Court Budget Cuts Will Stall Suits, Hurt Biz, Officials Say
• Dewey Ranks Continue To Thin With Jumps To FCC, Proskauer
• Wick Phillips Launches Austin Office Led By Tech M&A Guru
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Weil's Diane Sullivan
• 8 Williams Montgomery & John Attys Form New Chicago Firm
• Calif. Court Agency To Shrink Workforce Amid Budget Cuts
• Dewey Gears Up For Possible Bankruptcy As Partners Dwindle
• Calif. High Court Mulls Bar Admission For Illegal Immigrant
• Calif. Judges Must Post Financial Forms Online, Panel Says
• Fed. Circ. Will Rehear Judicial Pay Case En Banc
• NJ Lawmaker Decries 'Political Attack' On Judiciary
• 3 Firms Find New Homes In Boston's Seaport District
• Dewey Sees Exodus Of Partners In Chicago, DC, Hong Kong
• Buchanan Ingersoll Swallows Litigation Boutique
• Firms Predict Price Wars, Alternative Billing Here To Stay
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker
• LexisNexis, Westlaw Escape Subclass' Copyright Claims
• Dewey Rivals Eye New Clients As Firm Implodes
• Top NY Judge Wants More Corporate Litigants In State Court
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Jenner & Block's Terri Mascherin
• Powerful Foes Could Doom Arbitrator Bill In NY Senate
• Last Dewey Leader Calls It Quits As Partner Exits Continue
• Obama Nominates 2 Judges For NY, Calif. Federal Courts
• Rivals Grab Stragglers As Dewey's Italian Office Spins Off
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Dorsey's Lisa Marchese
• PBGC Sues Dewey For Control Of 'Underfunded' Pension Plans
• Rakoff Slams US Sentencing Guidelines For Being Too Harsh
• Calif. Judiciary Decries Proposed 20% Cut To Court Funds
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine
• Vinson & Elkins Opens San Francisco Office
• ABA Group Floats Tougher Data Security Rule For Attys
• Greenberg Traurig Enters Warsaw With 50 Dewey Defectors
• Wilson Sonsini Courts Startups With 3rd Bay Area Office
• DeCotiis Seeks Quick Win In NJ County's Malpractice Suit
• Top Female Trial Attorneys: Quinn Emanuel's Faith Gay
• Dewey Loses Another Leader, Calif. Partners Open New Firm
• Calif. Judges May Get To Strike Data From Financial Disclosures
• Dewey Partners Likely To Face Wrath Of Creditors
• Dewey Faces Suit Over Layoffs As US Absorbs Pension Plan
• Top Female Trial Attorneys: Quinn Emanuel's Diane Doolittle
• McGuireWoods To Team Up With Parisian Firm KGA Avocats
• More Ex-Dewey Partners Land At Rival Firms
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• NY Assembly OKs Bill Allowing Class Actions Against Gov't
• Carrier IQ Taps Ex-Verizon GC To Tackle Privacy Problems
• Leadership At Dewey Dwindles As Partners Bolt To Rivals
• Top Female Trial Attorney: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
• ABA Says Account ID Rule Could Violate Client Privilege
• Calif. Panel Sinks Bill To Tag Warning On Class Action Ads
• LexisNexis, Westlaw Scoff At Unregistered Copyright Claims
• Dewey Partners Exit En Masse As Staff Faces Pink Slips
• Perkins Coie's Calif. Unit Illegally Deducted Pay, Suit Says
• Schiff Hardin, DLA Piper Pick Up More Dewey Partners
• Seyfarth Says Thelen Trustee Win Would Make Ex-Attys 'Toxic'
• Dems, GOP Trade Blame Over Dozens Of Judicial Vacancies
• Dewey Memo Could Ease Liability For Fleeing Partners: Experts
• Dewey Issues WARN Notice Signaling The End Is Near
• Calif. Bill Seeking Warning In Class Action Ads Draws Fire
• Legal Field Tacked On 4K Jobs In April, Report Says
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Dewey Too Big And Broke For Merger, Experts Say
• Frost Brown Todd Scoops Up 7-Atty Firm In Nashville
• Statistics Show Little Change In Law Clerk Diversity
• Ariz. Lawmakers Pass Bill To Restrict Punitive Damages
• McKool Taps K&S IP Wiz To Head New Silicon Valley Office
• Top Dewey Partners Set Sail For Calmer Seas
• Dewey Partners May Not Get Paychecks This Week
• Quinn Emanuel To Dish Out Spring Bonuses Up To $30K
• Troutman Says Ex-Atty's $520M Malpractice Suit Came Too Late
• Drinker Biddle To Sublease 2 Floors Of Chicago Office
• Newly Launched Bankruptcy Boutique To Specialize In Ch. 7
• Davidoff Malito Renews Lease On Manhattan Office
• Reeling LA Court Cuts Reporting For Civil Trials
• Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill On Civil Deposition Time Limit
• NY Will Require 50 Pro Bono Hours For Entrance To Bar
• Patton Boggs Slams Ex-Worker's $12M Sexual Harassment Suit
• Race For Dewey Partners Is On With Willkie Leading The Pack
• Lieff Cabraser Antitrust Chief To Launch Own Firm
• Saul Ewing Hires Schnader Attys For New Pittsburgh Office
• Judiciary Committee Looks To Streamline NY Pleading Process
• Quinn Emanuel Launches 2nd Germany Office