Legal Industry Archive » September, 2013

Legal Industry - September, 2013

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• Dorsey & Whitney To Shutter Australia Outpost At Year End
• Fla. Judge Fights State Panel's Ethics Charges
• Rainmaker Q&A: Littler's Oscar De La Vega
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• 450 Ex-Dewey Partners Sued For $1.6M Over Broken Lease
• Texas High Court Rejects Attack On Lawyer Discipline Rules
• Worldwide Legal Spending Rose 3% In 2012, Survey Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Brad Rose
• Rainmaker Q&A: Paul Hastings' Martin Edelman
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Faruqi Says Sanctions Not Warranted In Sex Harassment Row
• Gov. Perry Names Texas Supreme Court Appointment
• Quinn Emanuel Says Fed. Ruling Bars NY Retaliation Suit
• Ashurst, Blake Dawson Create Global Firm With Tie-Up
• BigLaw Staff Cuts Continue At Wilson Sonsini
• Rainmaker Q&A: Kozyak Tropin's Harley Tropin
• Heller Ehrman, Greenberg Traurig $5M Deal OK'd
• Ex-WilmerHale Atty Among Latest Federal Court Nominees
• US Judiciary Bracing For Government Shutdown
• IP Associate Pay Stays High Above Peers
• Rainmaker Q&A: Conrad O'Brien's James Rohn
• Facing Charges For Quashing Evidence, Texas Judge Resigns
• Anderson To Fill Late Husband's Role As Harris County DA
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: WilmerHale
• MoFo Raids Hogan Lovells M&A Team In Berlin
• Dentons Draws On Current Partners For Houston Outpost
• GSK's Data Woes A Warning For Others, NY Judge Says
• W.Va. Judge Reaches Deal With Feds In Conspiracy Case
• Faruqi Drops $15M Claim Against Sex Harassment Accuser
• Pa. Judges Lose Mandatory Retirement Fight In Fed. Court
• Senate Confirms Hughes As Newest Fed. Circ. Judge
• Rainmaker Q&A: Labaton Sucharow's Dominic Auld
• NJ Judges In Hot Water For Dinners With Corruption Target
• Judge Becomes 1st To Rejoin Pa. Judicial Discipline Court
• Ex-Nixon Peabody Atty Gets 7 Years For $22M Ponzi Coverup
• Stinson Morrison, Leonard Street Crack Top 75 With Merger
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Williams & Connolly
• Obama Names 8 Federal Judge Nominees
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Dentons Former Chief Executive Howard Morris Resigns
• Bingham Takes Ex-Associate's Bias Suit To High Court
• Anapol Schwartz Can't Duck Gay Atty's Bias Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: David Goodman & Madole's Bret Madole
• Calif. Pro-Immigrant Push Could Catch On In Other States
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Paul Weiss
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Philly Judge Pleads Guilty In Grant Fraud Scheme
• Satellite Office Anxiety Pushes Attys Into Other Firms' Arms
• Texas Judge Cops To Abuse Of Office Charges, Resigns
• Texas Federal Judge Defends Nazi Commentary In Bias Case
• GCs Claim Broader Roles Beyond Law Depts., Survey Finds
• NJ High Court Bars Municipal Judge From Comedy, TV Gigs
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bickel & Brewer's William Brewer
• 1st-Year Associate Salaries Hold Steady, Survey Finds
• For Dallas Law Firms, Bigger Offices Are No Longer Better
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Paul Hastings
• CMK Debuts In Chicago With 10-Attorney Insurance Team
• Pa. Justices OK Axing County Jury Commissioner Posts
• 11th Circ. Says Disbarred Atty's Debt Not Dischargeable
• Lawyers Mobilize In Wake Of Navy Yard Shooting
• Ex-Jenner & Block Client Wants $4M Patent Fee Award Axed
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Patterson Belknap
• Sidley Austin Lures 8 Weil Gotshal Partners In Dallas
• Jury Lets Silicon Valley Law Group Off Hook For Malpractice
• Kirkland & Ellis Chases China Deals With New Beijing Office
• Ousted Collins O'Neal Partner Barred From Firm Business
• Firms Can Hire Students As Unpaid Interns On Pro Bono
• Quarles & Brady Elects Woman Partner To Top Chair
• Law Firm Should Pay $36M For Malpractice, Jury Told
• Hill Rivkins Accused Of Malpractice In $7M Verizon Feud
• Voter Apathy Could Doom Later Retirement For NY Judges
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Orrick Herrington
• Akin Gump Wants SAS' Fraud Claims Against Partner Tossed
• Dewey Trustee Seeks $1.2M In Latest Batch Of Lawsuits
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Insurer Slaps Edwards Wildman With $23M Malpractice Suit
• Law Firm Diversity Improving Slowly But Surely, Survey Says
• AT&T, Sprint Want Whistleblower's Overcharging Suit Tossed
• Howrey Trustee Settles Claim Against Paul Hastings
• Schulte Roth & Zabel Latest To Reduce Staff
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: O'Melveny & Myers
• Appeals Court Denies Jailed Texas Judge's Plea For Release
• Public Disclosure Of Pro Bono For NY Attys Put On Hold
• Sens. Stow Bluster In Wilkins' DC Circ. Confirmation Hearing
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morvillo Abramowitz's Elkan Abramowitz
• NJ Consumer Fraud Fee Ruling Puts Plaintiffs Attys On Guard
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Pa. Bar Blasts Appeals Court's Malpractice Damage Decision
• Duane Morris, Arent Fox Layoffs Hit Staff But Spare Attys
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Morrison & Foerster
• Indicted Texas Judge Loses Bid To Nix Removal Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Foley & Lardner's Jack Lasater
• Rainmaker Q&A: Orrick's Leah Sanzari
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Kirkland & Ellis
• NY Pols Have Little To Win Defying Disclosure In Graft Probe
• Steele's Early Departure Sparks Strine Succession Buzz
• Dickstein Lobbyist Accused Of Interfering With Congress
• Disbarred Atty Says Assessed Fees Should Be Dischargeable
• Law Firm Chiefs Brace For Sliding Profits, US Economy
• Ogletree Opens London Office, 2nd Outpost In Europe
• Rainmaker Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's MC Sungaila
• Dewey Trustee Sues Legal Staffing Co. For $1.5M
• In-House Counsel To Firms: Do More With Less
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Seeks Sanctions In Sex Harassment Suit
• Duane Morris Becomes 1st US Firm To Enter Myanmar
• Bristol-Myers Squibb GC Notches Corporate Practice Award
• 5 Tips For Fattening Firm Wallets In Lean Times
• GCs Name 5 Employment Powerhouses
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Keker & Van Nest
• GCs Crown 3 Firms That Lead Securities Pack
• 4 Firms Are Champions In Class Action Litigation, GCs Say
• GCs Name 7 Product Liability Players With Skills, Low Bills
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morvillo Abramowitz's Robert Anello
• 3 Firms Dominate In IP Litigation, GCs Say
• Howrey Hits 3 More Ex-Partners With Clawback Claims
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Jenner & Block
• Greenberg Accused Of Aiding RE Fund's Fraud Scheme
• Arnall Golden Gregory Shutters Miami Office After 18 Months
• Fees In Firm's Loan Default Weren't Excessive, Pa. Court Says
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Student Suit Against Law School
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Summer Jobs Data Sees Improved Legal Industry
• Former Coats Rose Secretary Slaps Firm With FMLA Suit
• GCs Forecast Soft Product Liability Market In 2014
• High-Stakes IP Work Continues Its Steady Climb, GCs Say
• GCs Brace For Employment Wars With Rise Of Social Media
• Rising Economy Will Boost Class Actions In 2014, GCs Say
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taft Stettinius' Robert Hicks
• Who Will Land Myron Steele?
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Herbert Smith Freehills Ditches Plans For Guinea Office
• Pillsbury Winthrop Cuts 35 Staffers Amid Changing Biz Needs
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Gibson Dunn
• Rainmaker Q&A: Faegre's Morgan Burns
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bradley Arant's Tom Trent
• Simpson Thacher Eyes M&A League Table Bump
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Norton Rose Fulbright
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Conner Assumes Chief Judge Seat In Pa.'s Middle District
• Skadden Closes Vienna Office, Partner Joins Austrian Firm
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fenwick's Cynthia Hess
• Rainmaker Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Bradford Kaufman
• Morgan Lewis Settles With Bankrupt Howrey For $1M
• Jailed Texas Judge Asks Appeals Court To Spring Him
• Immigrant In US Illegally Can Join Calif. Bar, High Court Told
• NY Lawyers' Group Says Judicial Cuts Jeopardizing Courts
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Fried Frank
• McKool Smith Atty Appointed To Texas 5th Court of Appeals
• Rainmaker Q&A: Foley & Lardner's Samuel Winer
• Rainmaker Q&A: Andrews Kurth's Kathleen Wu
• Trade Attys Leave BigLaw Pressure For Smaller Shops
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2013: Debevoise & Plimpton
• Former Pillsbury Atty Sanctioned Again For Ethical Breaches
• Hodgson Russ Snags Former NY Judge To Head ADR Practice
• Texas Chief Justice Says He'll Resign In October
• Rainmaker Q&A: DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner