Legal Industry Archive » August, 2013

Legal Industry - August, 2013

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Two Attorneys Charged In Link To Rothstein Ponzi Scheme
• Proposed Discovery Limits Set To Rock Federal Litigants
• Thelen Trustee Fires 6 More Clawback Suits At Ex-Partners
• Twitter's General Counsel Steps Down
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Covington & Burling
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Barclays Nabs Former US Treasury GC for Legal Lead
• 4 Tips For Putting A Price On Portable Business
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kirkland's Taurie Zeitzer
• Howrey LLP Settles With McDermott Will & Emery, Ex-Partner
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• K&L Gates To Lay Off Dozens Of Staffers
• Lower Pay, Fewer Ways To Rise Keep Female Attys Unhappy
• Pro Bono Firm of 2013: Cleary Gottlieb
• Indicted Texas Judge Jailed, Competency Questioned
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Terry Stalford
• Litigation Will Remain Firms' Top Revenue Generator: Survey
• Rainmaker Q&A: Buchalter Nemer's Manny Fishman
• Fla. Firm Lydecker Diaz Acquires Miami Litigation Boutique
• Gordon & Rees Continues Expansion With New Raleigh Office
• Farmers Names Ex-Barger & Wolen Partner As New GC
• Pa. High Court Retains Ability To Punish Judges, Group Says
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Bingham McCutchen
• Ex-K&L Gates Partner Gets 12 Years For $1.1B Fraud
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Michael Lipton
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bailey Brauer's Alex Brauer
• Pro Bono Firm of 2013: Arnold & Porter
• Akerman Senterfitt Takes New Office To Miami Entrepreneurs
• Reid Collins Opens Dallas Office With Diamond McCarthy Hires
• Fixed-Fee Riverview On Hiring Spree In Slow UK Legal Market
• Rainmaker Q&A: White And Williams' Maulin Vidwans
• Holland & Knight Hires 9 From Chadbourne To Enter Mexico
• Legal Departments Warm Up To Bringing Junior Attys In-House
• Obama Turns Up The Heat In 2-Year Law Degree Debate
• Lawyers' Use Of Mobile Tech in Court Spreads: Survey
• Fla. Judge Challenges State Panel's Ethics Charges
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Akin Gump
• Pa. Judicial Conduct Board Claims Sole Power Over Judges
• Thelen Trustee Hits 6 More Ex-Partners With Clawbacks
• No Wrongdoing Over Stripper Relationship, NJ Judge Claims
• Chief NY Judge Laments Bankers' Hours In Bankruptcy Court
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Scott Baena
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Fla. Attys Target Unprofessional Conduct Among Their Ranks
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Obama Says Law School Should Be 2 Years
• Law360 Picks 2013 Pro Bono Winners
• Texas Energy Boom Yields Few Summer Associate Slots
• Bernick Abandons Boies Schiller For Dechert
• Dechert Can't Avoid Suit Over Its Coudert Paris Takeover
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taylor English's Ilene Berman
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Stephen Kastenberg
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Dewey Trust Targets Ex-Clients Over $6M In Unpaid Fees
• IP Boutique Didn't Dissolve On Partner's Death, Judge Rules
• Patton Boggs Managing Partner Jumps to Morgan Lewis
• Boss Assumed I Was Gay And Harassed Me, Calif. Atty Says
• ABA Head Says 'Job Corps' Can Thrive Despite Cash Crunch
• Pa. Supreme Court Bans Appellate Staff From Practicing Law
• Rainmaker Q&A: Merchant & Gould's Daniel McDonald
• Outten & Golden Lures Lieff Atty To Lead New SF Office
• ABA Eases Regs Against Indirect Fee Sharing With Nonlawyers
• W.Va. Judge Pleads Not Guilty To Railroading Romantic Rival
• ABA Seminar Tackles Growing Concerns With Aging Lawyers
• Andrews Kurth Wants $10M Stanford Malpractice Suit Axed
• Former South Texas Judge Gets 6 Years For Taking Bribes
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Robert Sterne
• What Defense Attys Should Know Before Going Plaintiff
• 'Of Counsel' Loses Stigma As BigLaw Embraces Flexibility
• Calif. Senate OKs Bill To Let Noncitizens Sit On Juries
• NY Plan To Expand In-House Pro Bono Due Soon, Judge Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ford & Harrison's Aaron Zandy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Michael Switzer
• Ex-Faruqi Atty, Firm Trade Blows In Sex Harassment Suit
• Law School Applicant Pool Continues 3-Year Nosedive
• 2nd Circ. Judge Lands On Spy Court's Review Panel
• Ropes & Gray Still Faces Retaliation Claim In Race Bias Row
• Jones Day Inks Lease For 1st Fla. Office In New Miami Tower
• 11th Circ. Judge Barkett Takes Post At The Hague
• Private Federal Defense Lawyers To Take Pay Cuts
• Global 20: Mayer Brown
• Judge Wants Bar To Look Into Atty Acquitted In Bribery Case
• Temp Attys In Greater Demand At Law Firms, Legal Depts.
• Cash Crunch Could Keep 'Legal Job Corps' Grounded
• BigLaw Hiring Hits Dragging Down Entry-Level Chances: Prof
• Firm Expenses Outpaced Growth In 1st Half Of 2013: Survey
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
• Rainmaker Q&A: Lindquist & Vennum's David Melloh
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Howrey Strikes $41M Deal With BakerHostetler
• NJ Judiciary Approves Attorney Advertising Changes
• Global 20: Dechert
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Avoid A Data Breach Nightmare
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• W.Va. Judge Charged With Persecuting Romantic Rival
• Another DLA Piper Partner Departs Singapore Office
• IP Firm Finnegan Henderson Leaves Brussels for London
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kirkland's Sarkis Jebejian
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eric Steffe
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Greenspoon Taps Ex-Arnstein Atty To Head New Tampa Office
• NJ Sees More Attorney Sanctions In 2012
• Lack Of Rules Burden Attys Practicing Online, Expert Says
• Sequester Cuts 'Devastating' Judiciary, Chief Judges Tell Biden
• Dickie Scruggs Appeals Corruption Conviction To High Court
• Global 20: Jones Day
• Houston Litigation Boutique Says Ex-Partner Stole Clients
• Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Ordered To Pay Back Fees
• Charles Russell Opens 2nd Middle East Office In Qatar
• Rainmaker Q&A: Choate Hall's Paul Popeo
• To Tweet Or Not To Tweet? 5 Tips For Doing It Right
• Global 20: Allen & Overy
• Indicted Texas Judge Twisting Law To Duck Ouster, State Says
• Bloomberg Attack On Stop-And-Frisk Judge Riles Some Attys
• Jury Acquits Texas Atty In Judicial Corruption Case
• Baker Botts Ramps Up Energy Practice With New Rio Office
• O'Melveny Accused Of Lying In School Sex Abuse Case
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sayles Werbner's Dick Sayles
• Rainmaker Q&A: Faegre's David Gross
• ABA Pushes Back Law School Job Data Reporting Timeline
• Christie's Renomination Snubs Threaten NJ Court's Autonomy
• Greenberg Traurig Bumps 1st-Year Pay To $145K In South Fla.
• Indicted Texas Judge Ducks Several Abuse-Of-Office Charges
• ABA Backs Safeguards For Attys' In-House Communications
• Sullivan & Worcester Partner Takes ABA's Top Spot
• Global 20: Davis Polk
• Pa. Superior Court Elects Bender As New President Judge
• Rainmaker Q&A: White And Williams' John McCarrick
• Rainmaker Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Edward Gates
• Global 20: Gibson Dunn
• Milbank Tweed Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• 5 Tips For Marketing Niche Expertise To Win Clients
• Investment Co. Sues Patton Boggs For Malpractice
• Arnold & Porter Atty Tapped As NYC Stop-And-Frisk Monitor
• Hillary Clinton Urges Attys To Fight Voter-Rights Setbacks
• Firms See Revenue Gap Widen In 2013: Survey
• $33M Of Warhol, Rothko Works Go To Dreier Ponzi Victim
• Hot Deals Market In Africa Drawing BigLaw Manpower
• Gov. Christie Won't Renominate NJ Supreme Court Justice
• Holder Calls For Sweeping Changes To Drug Penalties
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fish & Richardson's Tom Melsheimer
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Big Law Firms Are Most Vulnerable To Hackers: ABA Panel
• Global 20: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
• Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals Chief Settles Ethics Case
• Dewey Trustee Sues BofA, Shook Hardy, MetLife
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• NY Atty General Slams Jacoby's Nonlawyer Investment Suit
• Pa. Judges Say Forced Retirement Equals Age Discrimination
• Female Attys Must Strategize To Get Ahead, ABA Panel Says
• Day Pitney Will Lay Off Up To 40 Staff, Attorneys
• Paralegal Sues Bankruptcy Firm Over Wrongful Termination
• Rainmaker Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Ronald Schutz
• Rainmaker Q&A: Littler's Donald Prophete
• SNR Denton Bungled Partnership Dispute Case, Suit Claims
• 5 Tips For Crafting An Airtight Settlement
• Greenberg Alone Fouled Up Arbitration, Epstein Atty Says
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Consumer Law Giant Jacoby & Meyers Moves Into UK
• Discovery Pricing Citizens Out Of Courts, ABA Panel Says
• Sen. Coburn Urges Courts To Disclose Conference Spending
• Global 20: Norton Rose Fulbright
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Dorsey & Whitney Fee Litigation
• Rainmaker Q&A: McKenna Long's Peter Klee
• EEOC Charges Against Law Firms Skyrocket Post-Recession
• Apple Loses Bid To Disqualify Hagens Berman From IP Feud
• Legal Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Posts
• Global 20: Sidley Austin
• Rainmaker Q&A: BuckleySandler's Jonice Tucker
• Rainmaker Q&A: Schulte Roth's Howard Schiffman
• Ex-Baker & McKenzie Atty Gets 2 Years For $55M Fraud
• NJ Beefs Up Ethics Standards For Administrative Judges
• Drinker Biddle Atty Must Testify In Suit Against Bryan Cave
• Women Making Modest Gains In Firm Leadership, Survey Says
• Attys' Fee War Accelerates Between Firms In $1B Toyota Deal
• Law Firms Push For Environmental Sustainability
• Global 20: K&L Gates
• Pa. Judge Banned From Bench Over Ethics Violations
• Rainmaker Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Gil Menna
• 5 Tips For Keeping A Jury Engaged During A Complex Trial
• ABA Law School Task Force Outlines Long List of Woes
• Accused 'Porn Troll' Firm Prenda Law Dissolves
• Firms Bolster Security As Fears Of Shootings Grow
• 9th Circ. Says No-Show Witness A Mark Of An 'Ineffective' Atty
• Global 20: King & Spalding
• Pa. Supremes Can't Discipline Judges, Indicted Jurist Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Lindquist & Vennum's Frank Bennett
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Diversity A Business Necessity For Law Firms, Expert Says
• Bilzin Sumberg Partner Reappointed To Judicial Commission
• Capitol Ties Pay Dividends For Texas BigLaw Firms
• Billable Hour Critics Cheer Legal Fee Cut In Citigroup Case
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Patton Boggs, Akin Gump Top Lobbying Firms In 2nd Quarter
• Quinn Emanuel To Open 3rd German Office In Munich
• Global 20: Squire Sanders
• Nominations, Resignation To Reshuffle Pa. Fed. Judiciary
• Ethics Panel OKs Fla. Judges' Twitter Use In Re-Election Bids
• 2 Munger Tolles Partners Tapped For 9th Circ.
• Rainmaker Q&A: Cooley's Craig Dauchy
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Quinn Takes Outsider Approach To Associate Recruiting
• Blank Rome Picks Up Maritime, Energy Boutique In Houston
• Global 20: Baker & McKenzie
• Fla. Man Sentenced To 24 Years In Plot To Kill Judge
• NJ Judge In Hot Water Over Relationship With Stripper
• Senate Confirms USPTO's Chen To Fed. Circ.
• 8 Vinson & Elkins Attys Form Pipeline-Focused Boutique
• GrayRobinson Atty Named To Judicial Nominating Commission
• Indicted Texas Judge Charged With Felony Perjury
• Buchanan Ingersoll To Launch Fort Lauderdale Office
• Kirby McInerney Fees Cut By Over $25M In Citi Settlement
• Akin Gump Partner Moves 1 Step Closer To DC Circ.