Legal Industry Archive » February, 2014

Legal Industry - February, 2014

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• As Patton Boggs Seeks New Merger, Chevron Suit Looms
• Calif. Bench Sees Slow But Steady Boost In Diversity: Survey
• Leo Strine Sworn In As 8th Chief Justice Of Del. High Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• 1st Video Of Supreme Court Oral Arguments Posted Online
• Skadden's Ukraine Prosecution Report Unlikely To Harm Firm
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Fla. Bar Forms Task Force To Raise State Bench Diversity
• Fewer Attys Embrace Part-Time Work Policies, Survey Says
• Dentons Ups Tally Of Heenan Blaikie Hires To 46
• Quinn Emanuel Beats Retaliation Claim In NY Appeals Court
• How BigLaw Firms Can Cash In On Commodity Work
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Tax Reform Bill Threatens BigLaw With Accounting Change
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Could Face Billions In Damages
• K&L Gates' Equity Partner Profits Dipped 7.5% In 2013
• Attorneys React To High Court's Stanford Decision
• GCs Cut Ties With Some Firms In 2013, Report Shows
• BigLaw Firms Push Justices To Review Del. Arbitration Case
• Patton Boggs, Squire Sanders In Talks To Merge
• BigLaw Partners Form 1st Global Arbitration Boutique
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• High Court Says Law Firms Can't Avoid Stanford Ponzi Suits
• Female Attorneys: Here's How To Make It Rain
• Howrey Trustee Slaps Reed Smith With Clawback Suit
• Dinsmore & Shohl To Merge With Peck Shaffer
• No Litigator Pink Slips Despite End Of Big-Ticket Cases
• BigLaw Partner Ranks Still Crowd Out Women, Survey Says
• Shearman & Sterling Atty Confirmed As Federal Judge
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• Patton Boggs To Close Newark Office After Revenue Decline
• Senate OKs Conn. Federal Judge, Advances Ark. Nominee
• WellPoint Axes GC, Taps Morgan Lewis Atty As Replacement
• Dechert Must Reveal Billables From Coudert Paris Takeover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• 'Star Associate' Sues Ex-Firm, Reed Smith
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Influx Of Cost-Conscious GCs To Put Pressure On Firms
• Top DC Administrative Judge Says Ethics Claims Are Political
• Arnold & Porter Joins BigLaw Staff-Cutting Push
• Cadwalader Detaches Associate Bonuses From Billable Hours
• ABA Asks NSA To Explain Attorney-Client Privilege Policies
• Kasowitz Cuts 30 Jobs After Fiscal Crisis Cases Fade
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• MoFo Hands Out Non-NYC Associate Bonuses
• Bingham's Practice Changes To Spur More Partner Departures
• Ex-Howrey Partners, Trustee Forge Deal On Clawback Claims
• NSA Spying Leaves Law Firms Vulnerable To Litigation
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• New PACER App Allows Batch Downloading, Split Screen View
• General Counsel Turnover Highest In 13 Years
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Entry-Level Hiring At Firms Still Slim In Uneven Market
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• Ex-Dewey Partners May Unite On Clawback Discovery
• Baker's Move Into Myanmar Will Clear Path For More Firms
• Report Of NSA Spying On Mayer Brown Rattles Other Firms
• 5 Tips For Partners To Avoid Clawbacks When Firms Collapse
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• Klayman Says NSA Spying May Violate Atty-Client Privilege
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Sidley's Blown Deadline Shows Firms Need Careful Monitoring
• 5 Threats Keeping GCs Of Midsize Companies Up At Night
• 300-Plus Corporate Giants Back Discovery Rules Overhaul
• 5 Mistakes Law Firms Make With Laterals
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Ex-Del. Chancellor To Lead Search For Strine's Successor
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Jersey City Ripe Territory For Firms, Genova Burns Says
• NY Says Cut To Judges' Health Benefits Is Constitutional
• Judiciary Restores Private Federal Defense Attys' Pay
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• Longtime Justice To Retire From Calif. Supreme Court
• Baker & McKenzie Snags 13 Attys From Heenan Blaikie
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Cohen Milstein Joins Forces With Fla.'s Leopold Law
• DOJ Criminal Division Pick Lays Out Prosecution Priorities
• Strategy Officers To Play Key Role In Giving Firms An Edge
• Top NY Judge Proposes Pro Bono Student Work Program
• 11th Circ. Nominee Tells Sens. High Caseload Is Manageable
• Tax Overhaul Bill Could Wreak Havoc On BigLaw
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• DOJ To Lift Hiring Freeze After Budget Boost, Holder Says
• NJ Plaintiffs Attys Protest Shorter Malpractice-Suit Window
• ABA Delegates Approve 13% Hike In Membership Dues
• 9th Circ., DC Federal Judges Added To Surveillance Court
• DLA Ends Plan To Snag Canadian Attys From Heenan Blaikie
• Dewey Trustee Sues 5 More Ex-Partners For $2.5M
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Sedgwick To Move Back-Office Support To Missouri
• NJ Malpractice Reform Aims To Level Playing Field
• New Partners Must Build Online Brand, Marketing Pros Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• Lawyer Profits Rise, But Lower Demand Remains A Challenge
• DC Chief Judge Accused Of Using Office For Private Gain
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• DLA Piper To Snag Attys From Soon-Closing Heenan Blaikie
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• DLA Piper Shakeup Advances Global Integration Plan
• Overchuck Atty, 3 State Judges Floated For Fla. Fed. Bench
• Obama To Nominate Dechert Partner To 3rd Circ.
• Vinson & Elkins Partners Form Litigation Firm In Houston
• NY Bar Groups Back Judiciary's $1.8B Budget Request
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• DLA Piper Plans Top Leadership Changes
• Davis Polk Escapes Recruiter's $1.4M Hiring Fee Suit In NY
• Bass Berry Forms Gov't Contracts Group With Hogan Hire
• Cohen & Gresser Picks Dentons Atty To Lead New Paris Office
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-UBS In-House Atty To NY Office
• McDonald Hopkins Merges With Welin O'Shaughnessy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• Katten's Real Estate Chops Lured Bingham Crew, Atty Says
• Kagan Counts 6 Ginsburg Greatest Hits In Gender Bias Fight
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• Norton Rose Unveils Global Regulation Practice
• Heenan Blaikie Plans Restructuring After Atty Departures
• Akerman Opens Chicago Office With Ulmer & Berne Team
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• McCarter & English Scoops Up DC Energy Boutique