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90-year-old veteran prosecutor Morgenthau joins Wachtell ft.com Thu, Jan 21, 2010Mayer Brown: Banks to face heavy capital burdens under Basel II housingwire.com Tue, Jan 19, 2010Eckert Seamans expands in Richmond, Va. bizjournals.com Tue, Jan 19, 2010David Savner rejoins Jenner & Block in Chicago chicagobusiness.com Tue, Jan 19, 2010U.S. Attorney Dennis Vacco joins Buffallo firm Lippes Mathias wivb.com Tue, Jan 19, 2010Jones Day practice head James Baker joins Winston & Strawn abajournal.com Fri, Jan 15, 2010Lawsuits allege harm from Pfizer anti-smoking drug Chantix reuters.com Fri, Jan 15, 2010Ex-Mayer Brown partner Collins gets 7 years over Refco law.com Fri, Jan 15, 2010Cyber attack hits Los Angeles law firm that sued China informationweek.com Fri, Jan 15, 2010McDermott Will & Emery to cut associate salaries jdjournal.com Wed, Jan 13, 2010Latham & Watkins moves into Texas with Houston launch bloomberg.com Tue, Jan 12, 2010US law schools attract more older students yaledailynews.com Tue, Jan 12, 2010AIG asks ex-Lehman lawyer Thomas Russo to be next general counsel online.wsj.com Tue, Jan 12, 2010US legal sector loses 2,100 jobs in December law.com Sat, Jan 9, 2010Juan Reye joins Reed Smith as partner in real estate group reedsmith.com Fri, Jan 8, 2010Hughes Hubbard antitrust partner Robert Reznick joins Orrick orrick.com Fri, Jan 8, 2010Skadden is top global M&A adviser in 2009 businessweek.com Fri, Jan 8, 2010More than 80% of partners at large US law firms are men law360.com Fri, Jan 8, 2010Joseph Shenker suceeds Rodge Cohen at Sullivan & Cromwell dealbook.nytimes.com Tue, Jan 5, 2010Choate poaches IP lawyer from Boston rival Fish & Richardson choate.com Tue, Jan 5, 2010Longtime Skadden Chicago chief Wayne Whalen steps aside chicagotribune.com Tue, Jan 5, 2010Weil Gotshal pays associates bonuses of up to $50k abajournal.com Mon, Dec 28, 2009Fortress sues Dechert over Dreier Ponzi scheme loss online.wsj.com Wed, Dec 23, 2009US law firms cut bonuses for first-year associates bloomberg.com Mon, Dec 21, 2009Small design firm sues Microsoft over Bing name search.sys-con.com Fri, Dec 18, 2009Who's next? Wilmer freezes salaries and drops lockstep amlawdaily.typepad.com Thu, Dec 17, 2009Can a judge have Facebook friends? legalblogwatch.typepad.com Wed, Dec 16, 2009Sonnenschein cuts staff and drops lockstep pay for associates newsblogs.chicagotribune.com Wed, Dec 16, 2009Weil Gotshal's Lehman fees reach $127m law.com Tue, Dec 15, 2009Former client sues Paul Hastings for $55m law.com Tue, Dec 15, 2009