Indian firm KS Partners expands partnership
Indian law firm Khaitan Sud & Partners (KS Partners) has boosted its insurance practice with the hire of Ashutosh Singh, former inhouse counsel of insurance firm Bajaj…
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Amarchand hires Delhi litigation partner from Luthra
Amarchand Mangaldas has boosted its Delhi litigation practice with the hire of partner Ajit Warrier from Luthra & Luthra. Ajit…
Indian firm Lakshmi Kumaran promotes one to partner
Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan has promoted its litigation practice head Anil Dutt to the partnership. Dutt joined the firm in 2011 from
Mintz Levin appoints new West Coast litigation head
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. is expanding its San Francisco practice with the hire of corporate and securities litigation…
DLA promotes 34 to partnership
DLA Piper has promoted 34 lawyers to the firm’s partnership globally, down 40 per cent from the 58 promotions made last year. Broken down by practice area, the litigation and…
Two Weil Gotshal partners want out
Litigation partners Michael Lyle and Eric Lyttle have left the Washington office of Weil Gotshal for Quinn Emanuel, and their former firm…
Indian firm Anand promotes 6 to partnership
Indian law firm Anand and Anand has promoted six lawyers to the partnership - two in the litigation practice, and four in the intellectual property practice. Litigation…
Petition seeks increase in pay for Indian judges
The Delhi High Court is hearing a petition seeking an increase in the salaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges in India. The petition was filed by Deepak Khosla, and the respondents are the Union of India, the…
Washington DC firm Lewis Baach to launch in NY
Washington DC-based international litigation firm Lewis Baach has launched in New York after the hire of white collar practitioners Adam Kaufmann and Arthur Middlemiss. The New…
Discrimination suit against Ropes & Grey continues
The suit against Ropes & Gray by one of the firm’s former IP litigation partners, Patricia Martone, is one step closer to determination after a hearing before U.S. District Judge…
Dewey estate goes after former partners
The Dewey & LeBoeuf estate has filed suit against 18 former partners who refused to contribute to a settlement plan. The claim describes the former partners’ attempt to claim moneys owed to them (profit…
New UK regulations squeeze personal injury lawyers
The Guardian has reported on a survey indicating that nearly a fifth of the personal injury law firms operating in the north-west of England are considering closing down. The figures come from a survey conducted by…
ABA to tackle law school employment data
Calls for more stringent appraisal of the postgraduate employment data released by law schools seem to have been heard and heeded by the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to…
UK law firm struggles without litigation funding
Northern England-based law firm Tandem Law is in trouble since its Cayman islands-based financial backers went in to receivership in December. Tandem Law specialises in Group…
Jacoby & Myers argues for reform of US legal industry
Jacoby & Myers has brought a suit challenging the rules of the US legal industry, arguing that non-lawyer investors should be permitted to put money in a law firm. Currently…