Legal Industry Archive » January, 2013

Legal Industry - January, 2013

125 articles

• Law360 Recaps This Week's Winners And Losers In Law
• LA District Atty Can't Shake Discrimination Suit
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Atty Takes Another Shot At Race Bias Suit
• LSAT Admin Can't Get Class Claims Limited To Calif.
• Obama Offers Nominations For 8th, 10th Circuits
• Arnold & Porter Pegs Bonuses To High Billable Hours
• Fla. Supreme Court OKs Changes To Atty Advertising Rules
• 'Beauty Contest' Guidance May Help NY Attys Dodge Conflicts
• Gordon & Rees Opens Philly Office, Lands Team From Cozen
• Pillsbury Seals Lease To Anchor $110M DC Office Project
• Pressure To Control Costs Had GCs Down In 2012
• DC Circ. To Renounce Law Clerk Hiring Plan
• Pa. District Court Poised To See 1st Female Chief Judge
• Epstein Becker Denies It Double-Crossed Greenberg Traurig
• Tribune Co. Hires Ex-FCC Staff Chief As GC
• White & Case Boosts Indonesia Practice With Tie-Up
• Kaye Scholer To Move Back-Office Staff To Tallahassee
• Blank Rome Will Trim Secretary Ranks With Buyouts
• Arent Fox To Open SF Office, Citing Bay Area Demand
• Allen & Overy, DLA Piper Restructure Their Workforce
• Equity Partners, Firms Pocketed More Profit In 2012: Survey
• Drinker Biddle Shrinks Philly HQ Office Space
• Butzel Long Seeks Feds' Help With $9M Pension Shortfall
• New Pa. High Court Rules Clarify Oral Argument Standards
• Grant & Eisenhofer Nabs Class Action Pro From Wolf
• Rule Would Give NY Judges Leeway To Aid Pro Se Parties
• Ex-Dewey Partners Forced To Share Lucrative IP Client
• Goodwin Procter, Latham Watkins Dole Out Bonuses
• Dewey Rings Up $7.1M Settlement With Italian Affiliates
• NJ Supreme Court Clears Path For 'Virtual' Law Offices
• Law360 Recaps This Week's Winners And Losers In Law
• Dreier Trustee Demands Ex-IP Head, Partners Cough Up Funds
• Akin Gump Firing Not Due To Race, 2nd Circ. Says
• Pa. Sen. Introduces Merit Selection Bill For Appeals Judges
• Dewey Judge Skeptical Of Firm's Push To Toss Layoff Suit
• WilmerHale Axed Atty Over Adoption Leave, $5M Suit Says
• Justice Thomas Cracked Ivy League Joke, Transcript Affirms
• Kasowitz Defends Fees Request In Dewey Ch. 11 Case
• Rivera Would Face Steep Learning Curve On NY's Top Court
• Eckert Seamans Raid Creates Mass Tort Office In NJ
• Ex-Howrey Workers Win Class Cert. In WARN Act Case
• NY Commercial Judges Urged To Prod Litigants Toward Deals
• Fisher & Phillips Adds Squire Atty In Ohio Expansion
• GSK Says E-Discovery Co.'s CEO Is Holding Data Hostage
• Insurance Woes Can Trip Older Attys Leaving Full-Time Grind
• Dewey Says Ex-Workers Cutting Corners With Layoff Suit
• Boastful Atty Loses Appeal In $78M Kasowitz Firing Suit
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks Nix Of Mandatory Judge Retirement Age
• Obama Outlines Broad Goals In Second Inaugural Address
• Hausfeld Accused Of Ethics Violations In NCAA Suit
• Morrison & Foerster Expands Asia Presence Into Singapore
• Cuomo Donors' Largesse May Not Sink His Reform Efforts
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Win SCOTUS Review In Stanford Case
• Schiff Hardin Atty Fined By NY Ethics Panel
• JPMorgan, Trustee Object To Dewey Bankruptcy Fee Claims
• La. Firm Opens Regulatory Outpost In Baton Rouge
• Aussie Firm Opens In Singapore With Ex-Clifford Chance Atty
• Citibank Denied Win In Ex-Dewey Partner Loan Fight
• Ex-Pepper Contract Atty Drops Hacking Suit Against Partner
• Reed Smith Opens In Houston To Tap Energy Deal Market
• Atty-Client Rights Apply To Insurer In BofA Fraud Suit
• Ex-Thelen Partner Clawback Deal Paves Way For More Pacts
• Cuomo Taps CUNY Law Prof For High Court Vacancy
• LA To Proceed With Court Closures Amid Budget Woes
• Morgan Lewis, Nonprofit Strike Back At Sham Charges Suit
• Justice Thomas Breaks 7-Year Silence With Ivy League Quip
• NJ High Court Weighs Attys' Fees In Consumer Fraud Cases
• Call For Participants: Law360's 2013 Editorial Advisory Boards
• Boom Times For Law Firms Aren't Returning Soon, Study Says
• Covington & Burling Opens 3rd Asia Outlet In Shanghai
• US Petitions SCOTUS To Rule On Judge Salary Dispute
• Justices To Mull Legal Advice As Property In Extortion Case
• Foreign Lawyers Would Be A Boon For Texas: Task Force
• NY Bankruptcy Boutique Folds Into DelBello Donnellan
• New Budget Cuts Leave Calif. Courts' Fate Uncertain
• Houston Boutique Law Firm Boosts 1st-Year Pay To $170,000
• Wilson Elser Boosts Texas Ranks With Powers & Frost Merger
• NY Bill Would Make Lawyer Discipline Process More Public
• Incoming Pa. AG Names Ballard Spahr Partner As Top Deputy
• New Civil Litigation Firm NastLaw Launches In Philly
• Holder To Keep Attorney General Post: Report
• Atty Faces Suspension Under Fla. Bar's Foreclosure-Mill Deal
• High Court Weighs Atty Access To Drivers' Information
• Calif. Sued Over LSAT Disability Accommodations Law
• Suspended Pa. Justice Asks High Court To Halt Prosecution
• Probe Into NJ Judicial Politics Finds No Misconduct
• Howrey Creditor Defends Bid To Bring Alter Ego Claims
• Ford & Harrison Expands To West Palm Beach With Merger
• Dykema Opens Minneapolis Office With IP, Corporate Focus
• Low-Billing Partners May Be On Chopping Block In 2013
• Schiff Hardin Takes On DC Energy Firm Bruder Gentile
• Dewey Judge Gives Disclosure Statement The Green Light
• Arnold & Porter Signs 20-Year Lease For New DC Office
• Philly Atty Wants Ex-Firm Sanctioned In Settlement Fee Row
• Law Firm Merger Activity To Hold Steady In 2013, Expert Says
• Zuckerman Snags NY Federal Judge Barbara Jones
• Cochran Firm Asks Judge To Block Ex-Partner's Use Of Name
• Texas Firms' Newly Sleek Offices Take Cues From Tech Startups
• Immigration Law Firm Must Cut Ties With Discredited Atty
• Supreme Court To Review Judicial Interference In Plea Talks
• Patton Boggs Renews DC Office Lease, Plans Renovation
• Legal Employment Outlook Brightens In DOL Report
• Grads' Fraud Action Against Albany Law School Tossed
• Jones Day Lands Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice
• Quinn Emanuel Beats Ex-Atty's Race Bias Allegations
• Dewey Judge Postpones Approval Of Disclosure Statement
• Sidley Austin Seals Deal On New Houston Headquarters
• Obama Resends 33 Judicial Nominations To Senate
• Ex-Blank Rome Real Estate Litigator Joins NY Supreme Court
• Philly Atty Claims Ex-Firm Lacks Rights To Settlement Fees
• Texas-Based Beirne Maynard Moves Into La. With Merger
• Pepper Blasts Ex-Contract Atty's Hacking Allegations
• Rambus Doc Shredding In IP Row 'The Worst Type,' Judge Says
• Ex-Dewey Dubai Partners Cut Clawback Deal
• Top NY Judges Could See Retirement Age Bumped To 80
• Boastful Ex-Kasowitz Atty Wants $78M Firing Suit Revived
• Rutgers-Camden's Recruiting Email Deserves Sanctions: Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Issues Extra Bonuses To Some Associates
• NJ Atty Accused Of Bad Billing Can't Revive Defamation Suit
• Dickinson Wright Expands Ariz. Practice With Merger
• Weil Gotshal Extends Dallas Office Lease To 2028
• Justice Roberts Blames Obama, Congress For Judicial Vacancies
• IP, Energy Laterals Will Be Hot Commodities In 2013
• Law Firms Face Tepid Economic Outlook In 2013
• Litigators Fear Emboldened Obama Regulators In 2013