Law Firm News

Partner who overheard lawyer discuss client merger is indicted for alleged insider trading abajournal.com Fri, Jul 17, 2015Allen & Overy rolls associate bonus into salaries with £20k hike in base pay legalweek.com Fri, Jul 17, 2015We want to be the best, so we don’t hire Ivy League law grads, says small-firm chief abajournal.com Thu, Jul 16, 2015Slaughter and May unveils 89% autumn trainee retention rate legalweek.com Thu, Jul 16, 2015Morgan Lewis hires DLA Piper funds head legalweek.com Thu, Jul 16, 2015Shearman scoops US State Department lawyer for its London international arbitration practice legalweek.com Thu, Jul 16, 2015Lawmaker’s son hired despite drunken advances on partner’s wife at law firm party, witness says abajournal.com Wed, Jul 15, 2015WilmerHale to close City and Oxford offices in move away from transactional work in the UK legalweek.com Wed, Jul 15, 2015Linklaters takes lead on £2.8bn pension risk deal legalweek.com Tue, Jul 14, 2015Firm leader faces ‘preposterous’ grand larceny case in removal of cameras outside home of client, 93 abajournal.com Tue, Jul 14, 2015Greenberg Traurig launching German office with more than 50 lawyers from Olswang abajournal.com Tue, Jul 14, 2015Cover-up claim about GM ignition-switch issues is ‘reckless and outrageous,’ law firm says abajournal.com Tue, Jul 14, 2015Homeless man was once a BigLaw lawyer and the chief justice’s Harvard law classmate abajournal.com Tue, Jul 14, 2015Dewey & LeBoeuf executives cooked the books, former law firm finance director testifies abajournal.com Mon, Jul 13, 2015China detains or queries 100 lawyers, activists and others in sweep targeting human rights law firms abajournal.com Mon, Jul 13, 2015China detains or queries 100 lawyers, activists and others in sweep targeting human rights law firms abajournal.com Mon, Jul 13, 2015Paid $650K in bonuses, 2 lawyers formed new firm and ‘wiped out’ senior lawyer, suit says abajournal.com Mon, Jul 13, 2015Lawyer who had firm pay his personal expenses in lieu of a paycheck pleads guilty to tax evasion abajournal.com Thu, Jul 9, 2015Law firm owes $35M to car dealers because it also represented government in GM talks abajournal.com Thu, Jul 9, 2015Clifford Chance PEP dips 2% against static revenue as firm cuts Ukraine base legalweek.com Tue, Jul 7, 2015Mayer Brown to enter Hong Kong association with PRC firm legalweek.com Tue, Jul 7, 2015Law firm mergers continue at a blazing pace, survey says abajournal.com Mon, Jul 6, 2015Law firm mergers continue at a blazing pace, survey says abajournal.com Mon, Jul 6, 2015Weightmans merges with Leeds firm Ford & Warren legalweek.com Mon, Jul 6, 2015King & Wood Mallesons loses two City partners to Mishcon and Fried Frank legalweek.com Mon, Jul 6, 2015Man is arrested in law firm bombing; Winnipeg police warn lawyers to watch for suspicious packages abajournal.com Mon, Jul 6, 2015Osborne Clarke reveals 7% rise in UK PEP legalweek.com Sun, Jul 5, 2015'He wasn't everyone's cup of tea' – partners react to Linklaters' Davies departure legalweek.com Fri, Jul 3, 2015Ashurst loses nine lawyers to Paul Hastings in the US legalweek.com Fri, Jul 3, 2015Insurers hacked tens of thousands of legal files to get an edge in worker’s comp cases, lawsuit says abajournal.com Thu, Jul 2, 2015