Legal Industry Archive » January, 2014

Legal Industry - January, 2014

188 articles

• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Law Firms Race To Get On Top Of Data Breach Avalanche
• NY Commercial Court Seeks Veteran Attys For Refereeing Help
• NY Bar Punts On Protesting New Pro Bono Disclosure Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• Federal Court Sites Go Down Again, But No Hacking Link Yet
• Quinn Sanctions Show Law Firms Need Better Data Oversight
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned In Apple-Samsung Leak Row
• Dewey Trustee Seeks $1M In Clawbacks From 4 Ex-Partners
• GC Pay Down, But Legal Depts. May Be Hiring
• Pa. Judge To Be Reprimanded For Flashing Gun, Road Rage
• Houston Atty Sues Partners Over $22M Firm Dissolution
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Labarga To Become Fla.'s 1st Cuban-American Chief Justice
• Disgraced Reporter's Bar Snub Raises Transparency Issues
• Deans, Bar Urged Not To Butt Heads On Law School Fixes
• Strine Confirmed As Del. High Court's Next Chief Justice
• Judge Who Sold Religious Books In Court Faces Suspension
• Manhattan Commercial Division Threshold Tripled To $500K
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• Bingham's Staff Shake-Up Part Of BigLaw's Cost-Cutting Push
• Dewey Gave Bad Advice On Tax Shelter, $6M Suit Says
• Pa. Rep. Wants Judges To Reveal Party In Retention Elections
• Legal Ad Experts See Risk In Profusion Of Internet Come-Ons
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• Bankruptcy Judges Nab Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Goldberg Segalla Launches In Chicago With 6 Lateral Hires
• ABA Head To Call For More Study Of Law School Finances
• Calif. High Court Denies Disgraced Ex-Journalist's Bar Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• Hackers Fingered For Federal Court Site Outage
• Dewey's WARN Defenses Fall Flat, Laid-Off Workers Say
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• DOJ Can't Shake Former Judges' Retirement Pay Dispute
• Right To Choose Atty Key As Fallen Firms Seek Fees In NY
• Steptoe & Johnson Opens Office In Palo Alto
• Cyberattack Blamed For Federal Court Site Outages
• NY Ruling Bucks Trend Of Legal Malpractice Dismissals
• Cyberinsurance Options Grow For Law Firms
• Bingham McCutchen Cuts Staff Amid Major Reorganization
• Attys Misused $2M Of Trust Account Funds, Fla. Bar Says
• Conn. Law Firm Can Be Sued In Ariz. In Tax Shelter Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Husch Blackwell Cuts Staff, Spares Attys
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Falsifying Tennis Pro's Visa Docs
• Thelen Judge Approves Trustee's Deals With 3 Ex-Partners
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• $51M Back Pay For NY Judges Nixed By Appellate Court
• Arnold & Porter Opens Houston Shop With Hogan Attys
• Law Firms Dominate DC New Office Leasing In 2013
• Budget Slap May Force NY Judiciary To Make Tough Choices
• Marshall Dennehey To Absorb NY's Jones Hirsch
• Calif. Reneged On Pay Raise Vow, Appellate Judge Says
• Former Paul Hastings Litigator Disbarred For Bogus Resume
• Strine Asks High Court To Take Up 'Secret' Arbitration Case
• Arnstein & Lehr Moves To Larger Space In Fort Lauderdale
• Patton Boggs, Akin Gump Top Federal Lobbying List For 2013
• Blank Rome Absorbs 2 SoCal Firms, Opens in San Francisco
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Thelen Trustee, Robinson & Cole Settle Clawback Suit
• 4 Pitfalls To Avoid When Switching Law Firm Offices
• Gov. Cuomo Picks BofA Settlement Judge For Appellate Post
• GrayRobinson Expands Boca Office, Adds RE Partner
• Texas High Court Won't Oust Justice From GOP Primary
• Dewey Trustee Sues FedEx To Get Back Payments
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Susman Head Calls For Changes To Civil Jury Trials
• Pro Bono Privacy Brawl Brewing At Upcoming NY Bar Summit
• NYC Bar Panel Issues Guidance On Deals With Nonlegal Orgs
• Call For Participants: Law360's 2014 Editorial Advisory Boards
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Senate Clears 5 Circ. Court, 24 District Court Nominees
• McGuireWoods Sued For Libel By Chicago Firm
• Law Firms Hit Jackpot With NJ Internet Gambling Expansion
• Senate Sends $1T Federal Spending Bill To Obama's Desk
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Attys, CFOs More Open To Litigation Finance, Survey Finds
• Challenge To Justice's Primary Bid Reaches Texas High Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• GCs Hire Operations Pros In Push To Rein In Costs
• Holland & Knight Takes 5 Hinshaw Partners In Portland
• Hogan Lovells Expands In Brazil With Capital Markets Pro
• Jaffe & Asher Loses Bid To Toss Sexual Harassment Claims
• Houston GOP Judicial Candidate Sues For Spot In Primary
• House Passes $1T Federal Spending Bill
• Top NY Court To Eye 'Unfinished Business' In Coudert Case
• NJ Bar Group Tells Congress Tax Reforms Will Hurt Law Firms
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• US Tax Court Nominees Pledge Sensitivity, Impartiality
• Budget Plan For Judiciary Restores Most Sequestration Cuts
• Calif. Chief Justice Seeks $1.2B For Courts
• New Fellowship Program Targets Returning Women Lawyers
• Herrick Joins Handful Of Firms With Women At The RE Helm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Fed. Law Clerk Hiring Plan Nixed, Clerkship Access Boosted
• Former Christie Supreme Court Pick Gets Lower Judgeship
• Calif. Can Bar LSAT Score 'Flagging,' Appeals Court Says
• New Steptoe Chair Eyes Multipronged Strategy To Pump Biz
• Senate Confirms Final DC Circ. Nominee
• BigLaw Profits Projected To Jump 5% In 2014
• Temp Atty Says Skadden Work Not Exempt From OT Laws
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Dewey Continues Clawback Spree With $12M Adversary Suit
• Weil Loses Corporate Governance Pro Gregory To Sidley
• Kasowitz Latest To Fall In Line With Cravath Bonus Scale
• San Antonio Defense Atty Accused Of Witness Tampering
• Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Calif. Gov.'s Budget Seeks $105M Boost In Court Funds
• Dewey Trustee Sues Two Ex-Partners For $1.3M In Clawbacks
• Senate Advances 3rd Contentious DC Circ. Nominee
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Fla. Gov. Scott Fills 2 Trial Court Vacancies
• Cadwalader Taps New Chairman, Managing Partner For 2015
• Wilson Elser Relocates To Downtown Houston
• Strine Leaves Big Shoes To Fill On Chancery Court
• NY Judge Could Face Censure For Misuse Of Staff
• Recruiter Asks Texas High Court To Block Web Defamation
• Silence On Court Funding, Fracking Draws Out Cuomo Critics
• Duane Morris Expands Asia Strategy With 1st China Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Bryan Cave Keeps $2M Win In Row Over Ties To Arbitrator
• Ex-Dewey Partners Say Trustee Stalling Claims Objections
• Law Firm Merger Mania May Be A Mistake
• Buchanan Ingersoll In Merger Talks With Fowler White Boggs
• Strine Tapped To Lead Del. Supreme Court
• Pa. High Court Updates Rules To Curb Conflicts Of Interest
• NY Lawyer Group Says Another Lean Year Will Damage Courts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• Obama Renominates 54 Judges After GOP Lets Picks Lapse
• New Year Mergers Begin With Tie-Ups In 4 States
• Pa. Superior Court Elects New President Judge
• Chicago Firm Split Creates New Insurance-Focused Outfit
• Hiscock & Barclay Picks Up Elmira, NY's Davidson & O'Mara
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Ashford Still Obama's Pick For Tax Court
• Law Firms Jump On Bitcoin Bandwagon With Virtual Fees
• Courtroom Humor Has Risks But Also Benefits For Attys
• NYC's New Top Atty Faces NYPD Civil Payout Headache
• Wilson Elser Grows Gov't Practice With New Hartford Office
• Pa. High Court To Hear Cozen Suit Over Pol's Campaign Debt
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Calif. Immigrant Atty's Win Cuts Path For Other States
• Another Disciplinary Action Against Former Pillsbury Atty
• Christie Eyes High Court Nominee For Lower NJ Judgeship
• 9th Circ. Rolls Out Live Audio Stream Of Oral Arguments
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• Texas Personal Injury Atty Killed In Shootout With Police
• Roberts Calls On Ghosts, Angels In Plea For Court Funding
• Susman Godfrey Kicks Up Associate Bonuses With Late Fees
• Former Dewey Chairman Takes Middle East Appointment
• Immigrant In US Illegally Can Join Bar, Calif. Justices Say
• Looper Reed Loses Name Partner In Dispute Over Firm Growth
• Quinn Loses Bid For Quick Appeal In Contract Atty OT Suit
• UK Legal Market Breaks Annual Firm Merger Record
• New Mayor Taps Dorsey Veteran For Top NYC Legal Job
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law Firms Eye Outposts In Africa, Latin America In 2014
• How To Woo Corporate Counsel In 2014
• Law Firms Face Sluggish Economic Outlook In 2014
• Litigators Say ACA, Shaky Economy Will Spur Suits In 2014
• Privacy And IP Laterals In Demand For 2014