Discrimination suit against Ropes & Grey continues
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
The suit againstRopes & 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
The suit againstThe 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
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
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
Tandem Law is in trouble since its Cayman islands-based financial backers went in to receivership in December. Tandem Law specialises in Group
Northern England-based law firmJacoby & 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
WilmerHale is bringing a $5 million discrimination suit against the firm, alleging that the firm punished her for taking leave to adopt a child. Pamela
A lawyer formerly withA new survey shows poor recruitment prospects for transaction and finance lawyers working in Australia’s two biggest cities - Sydney and Melbourne. The report - a quarterly offering from recruitment firm Hays Legal
SNG & Partners has merged with Delhi firm SN Gupta & Co to form a combined entity with five equity and 17 non-equity partners. The SNG & Partners legacy firm
Mumbai firmThe system for judicial appointments in India is being challenged in the courts, with applicants seeking review of a 1993 decision upholding the primacy of the collegium system. The petitioner, Rajasthan-based Suraz
Hogan Lovells has hired a team of four arbitration and litigation lawyers in Moscow from rival firm Linklaters. The team is led by
Edwards Wildman Palmer has boosted its litigation and arbitration capacity with the hire of specialist John Yiu as a partner in Hong Kong. Yiu’s practice focuses
Quijano Cortina y de la Torre is representing Yahoo in its appeal against a $2.7 billion judgment handed down in Mexico. The suit concerns Yahoo’s failed partnership with Mexican company Worldwide Directories, which
Davis Polk & Wardwell has boosted its Hong Kong disputes practice with the hire of litigation partners Martin Rogers and James Wadham from
Clifford Chance is one of only six foreign law firms to have been granted Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licences by the Singapore government, and has consolidated its position