Legal Industry Archive » June, 2013

Legal Industry - June, 2013

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Calif. Gov. Gives Courts Extra $63M, Nixes Open Meeting Bid
• ALJ's Bias Claims Aren't Covered By APA, DC Circ. Says
• Firms Ignore Aging Partners At Their Own Peril
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Miles & Stockbridge Doubles DC Office Size Amid Expansion
• Stoel Rives Hit With $12.8M Jury Award In Malpractice Case
• US Bank Urges Dewey Judge To Allow $8M Equipment Claim
• Weil Layoffs Show New Market Pressures Cut Deep
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Fla. Gov. Elevates Trial Judge To Palm Beach Appeals Court
• Disciplinary Panel Affirms Pa. Judge's Ethics Suspension
• Pa. Supreme Court Nominee OK'd By Legislative Committee
• Obama Names 3 Nominees For District Court Benches
• Gov't Attys Can Advise On Sequestration Furloughs: NJ Panel
• BigLaw Attys Praise High Court's Gay Marriage Rulings
• Dubbed 'First Gay Justice,' Kennedy May Not Be Done Yet
• DOMA Win Pushes Paul Weiss Partner Into Limelight
• DOMA Opinion Performs Constitutional Balancing Act
• Prop 8 Standing Ruling Shakes Up Citizen Lawmaking
• Ginsburg, Scalia Find Common Ground Outside Of Opera
• Apple Says Hagens Berman Hid Atty Connection In IP Feud
• Goodwin Procter Lays Off 10 Attys, Closes San Diego Office
• NJ Chief Justice Promotes 2 Trial Judges To Appeals Court
• Sidley Austin's Ex-Real Estate Head Bilked Firm, Suit Says
• High Court Rules Legal Advice Can't Be Extorted
• Lawyers At Risk For Layoffs As Firms Embrace Technology
• More Firms To Do The Unthinkable: Slash Partner Pay
• GCs' Satisfaction With Primary Firms Continues To Drop
• NJ Watchdog Blasts Local Gov't Legal Spending
• Jones Day Beats Ex-Secretary's Discrimination Suit
• Butler Snow Opens London Office With US Tax Focus
• Suspended Pa. Judge Loses Pay In Misconduct Case
• Savvy Attys Use Summer Slump To Make The Hard Sell
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Fox Rothschild Expands Denver Practice With Lottner Rubin
• Highest-Paid In-House Lawyers Are In Securities, Health Care
• Texas Firms Stand Their Ground Amid Merger Mania
• Patton Boggs Sees Exodus Of 17 Partners
• Indicted Pa. Traffic Judge Wants Ticket-Fixing Charges Axed
• Weil Gotshal Lays Off 60 Associates, Slashes Partner Pay
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Weil Gotshal Hired In Calif. Ch. 9 Cases After Winston DQ
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Jones Day Lays Off 65 IT Workers
• NJ Senate Panel OKs Funding For Digital E-Court System
• Pa. High Court Could Rehear Cases With New 7th Justice
• Dentons Follows Curtis Mallet Out Of Kuwait
• Kenyon Hit Again With ITC Judge Royalties Contract Suit
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Alito Downplays Role Of Oral Arguments In High Court Cases
• Skadden Can Collect Disputed $4M Fee In Radnor Ch. 11
• Shearman Partner Among Obama's Latest Federal Judge Picks
• Law Firms Lose Out On Billions As GCs Take Work In-House
• Dewey Judge Signs Off On $17M In Legal Fees
• Retirement Policies Still Driving Out Star Attorneys
• BigLaw Jobs For New Grads Up Despite Overall Hiring Slump
• Indicted Texas Judge Agrees To Suspension In Removal Suit
• Shook Hardy, Seyfarth Among ACC's Value Champs
• Winston & Strawn Has Edge In Partner Feud
• More Criminal Trade Secrets Theft Suits On Texas Horizon
• Malpractice Claims Rise With Partners On The Move
• NJ Chief Justice Takes Aim At Delays In Criminal Courts
• Husch Blackwell Enters Texas With Brown McCarroll Merger
• Timber Co. Revives Debevoise Malpractice Claims
• NJ Judge Who Helped Girlfriend Denies Misconduct
• Siegfried Rivera To Merge With Miami's Hyman & Mars
• Indicted Texas Judge Can't Duck Civil Removal Suit
• Boutique Attys See Bright Future Ahead
• Thompson & Knight Debuts Cybersecurity Practice
• Howrey Settles With Dickstein, Novak Druce, Wilson Sonsini
• Ginsburg Says Glass Ceilings Still Exist For Female Judges
• Big Legal Malpractice Suits Jumped In 2012, Survey Says
• Winston & Strawn Sues Disgruntled Partner Over Legal Threats
• BigLaw Embraces Salesmanship To Land Clients
• Ex-FTC Chief Leibowitz Joins Davis Polk's Antitrust Practice
• Mills & Reeve Brings In DLA Piper Insurance Team
• NJ Assembly Panel Pushes E-Court Bill Forward
• NY Judicial Panel's Ex-Counsel Backs Diversity On High Court
• Cozen Can't Forgive Pol's Campaign Debt: Pa. Appeals Court
• Boutiques Face Fight To Keep Client Gains Post-Recession
• Plaintiffs Attys Will Find Way Around Driver's License Ruling
• Senate Confirms US District Judges For Pa., NM
• High Court Precedents Safe Despite Alito's Dire Warning
• Fewer Large Law Firms Have Female Leaders Than In 2012
• Locke Lord's Hong Kong Team Has New Home
• Pa. High Court Keeps Judicial Age Limits Intact
• Fla. Gov. Appoints 2 To Judicial Nominating Commissions
• Locke Lord Assigns 14 Attys To New TCPA Litigation Group
• High Court Shuts Down Atty Access To Driver's Information
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Calif. Rule Will Prompt States To Look At Raising Bar
• US Senate Confirms 2 Judges To Pa. District Court
• Dreier Creditors Fight $10M Claim From Ex-Partner In Calif.
• Proskauer, Former CFO Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit
• Pa. High Court To Hear Duane Morris Malpractice Suit
• Convicted Former Pa. Justice's Law License Suspended
• Winston & Strawn DQ'd From San Bernardino Bankruptcy
• Pa. Gov. To Tap Appellate Judge For High Court Vacancy
• Boardrooms Mirror Law Firms In Excluding Women, Attys Say
• Calif. Bar Floats Beefed Up Training Rules For New Attys
• Patton Boggs Stiffed Disabled Atty On Pay, Suit Says
• 3 Tips On How To Prepare For The New Ch. 11 Fee Guidelines
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• 5th Circ. Judge's Misconduct Complaint Sent To DC Circ.
• Indicted Texas Judge Wins Delay In Suit Seeking To Oust Him
• Thelen Can't Claw Back Hourly Fees, NYC Bar Tells 2nd Circ.
• Greenberg Traurig Shareholder To Advise NY Court On Judges
• Ch. 11 Fee Rules Still Vex Bankruptcy Attys
• Fla. County Judge Faces More Misconduct Charges
• NJ Chief Justice Reveals Panel To Speed Up Civil Actions
• Curtis Leaves Kuwait As Dentons Votes On Departure
• Campaign Cash Linked To Pro-Business Rulings, Study Says
• No Law Firm Safe From GCs' Chopping Block
• Sandra Day O'Connor Slams Judicial Elections At Philly Bar
• Kasowitz Launches In DC With Ex-Lieberman Chief Of Staff
• Linklaters Can't Get Ex-Worker's Race Bias Case Tossed
• Howrey Creditors May Subpoena Arent Fox, Arnold & Porter
• Foley Launches Initiative For 'Next Gen' Manufacturers
• Pa. Senate Sends Gov. Bill To Ax Philly Traffic Court
• Philly Law Firm's Ex-Partner Seeks Access To Client Files
• Epstein Becker To Close 'Out Of Sync' Atlanta Office
• Nearly Half Of BigLaw Firms Slashed Atty Headcount In 2012
• Gardere Restructures Management As Part of Growth Plan
• Seyfarth Shaw Lands 8 New Partners For Australia Launch
• Young Orrick Leader Sends Strong Message With Staff Cuts
• Fla. AG Taps State Gov't Atty For Solicitor General Post
• Haynes And Boone Secures Chinese OK For Shanghai Office
• Howrey Creditors Target Arent Fox, Others Over Unfinished Biz
• NJ Assembly Panel OKs Fee Hikes For Court E-Filing System
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• CalPERS Fights To DQ Winston & Strawn In Calif. Bankruptcies
• Quinn Emanuel Urges Judge To Toss 'Gotcha' OT Class Action
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• New Orrick Chairman Cuts Executive, Staff Ranks
• False Evidence Disclosure Trumps Confidentiality: NYC Bar
• No Fair Warning, Claims Ex-Pa. Justice In Corruption Appeal
• Huntsman Names Ex-BASF Exec As New General Counsel
• 5 Tips For Summer Associates To Land A Permanent Job
• Fla. Adopts Standard Jury Instructions For Contracts Cases
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Unprofessional Attys Face New Complaint Process In Fla.
• Kasowitz Adds Ex-Sen. Joseph Lieberman As Senior Counsel
• 5 Tips For New Partners To Avoid Malpractice Pitfalls
• Coblentz Patch Appoints Finance Exec As New CEO
• 5th Circ. Judge Accused Of Misconduct Over Race Remarks
• Ex-Clyde & Co. Atty Hits Firm With $6M Wrongful Firing Suit
• Fla. Tort Reforms Could Face Legal Challenge
• Pa. House Passes 2nd Bill Dismantling Philly Traffic Court
• Davis Polk Owes $1.4M For 18 Hires, Recruiter Says
• Belt-Tightening Slips On GCs' Priority List
• 5 Tips For Lawyers Representing Lawyers
• John Edwards Plans To Open NC Plaintiffs Firm
• K&L Gates Deserves Sanctions For Paying Witness, USEI Says
• New Howrey Lawsuits Target 2 European Firms, Ex-Partners
• Pa. House Votes To Abolish Troubled Philly Traffic Court
• Obama Says DC Circ. Nominees Deserve Up Or Down Votes
• Cozen Lands 8 Hinshaw Attys For New Minneapolis Office
• Ex-Fumo Atty Contests Philly Daily News Libel Ruling
• Howrey Creditors Stake Claim To Profits From IP Client
• Texas BigLaw Locks Up Talent, Clients Amid Energy Rush
• Obama To Pick Akin Gump Atty, 2 Others For DC Circ.
• Law School Apps On 3-Year Plunge As Class Sizes Shrink
• NY Bar's New Chief Puts Law Student Aid At Top Of Agenda
• Lack Of Signature Dooms Recruiter's Suit Over Firm Merger
• Norton Rose, Fulbright Make High-Stakes Gamble
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360