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The American Lawyer

McKinsey Boosts Law Firm Consulting Power Through Longtime Citi Adviser

Dan DiPietro, a nearly 30-year fixture within Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group where he advised the nation's largest law firms on their financial outlook, has retired from his role as chair of that advisory arm to start his own consulting shop and lend his expertise part -time to McKinsey & Co.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Simpson Thacher and Kasowitz Benson Sued For Malpractice

The former CEO of Patriot National is blaming the law firms for its impending bankruptcy.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Holiday Food Deals Help Big Law Pad Year-End Bottom Lines

At least 10 large law firms are advising on four M&A deals announced within the past month involving major restaurant chains and snack companies.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Dutch Blockchain Company LegalThings Aims to Update Criminal Justice

LegalThings is an Amsterdam-based digital contracts company that's aiming to update how those accused of a crime move through the justice system by making the law accessible while making judicial record-keeping more open and secure.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cloud-Based Culhane Meadows Lures 5 IP Partners

After losing five partners to a brick-and-mortar spinoff, the virtual firm replenished its ranks with hires in Chicago, Dallas and New York.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Behind Big Law's Wall of Silence on Sexual Misconduct

As the #MeToo movement spreads from the entertainment sector to politics and the courts, will big law firms face their own reckoning?
14 minute read

The Recorder

Womble Bond Dickinson to Pick Up California IP Boutique

The firm is set to add 24 lawyers and patent agents from the California IP boutique Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman early in the New Year.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Jones Day Partner Resigns From Top Chicago Prosecutor Role

Chaka Patterson, a former Jones Day partner, has resigned from his post as a top prosecutor in Illinois following an internal review that uncovered work referred to his former firm at higher-than-normal billing rates.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Latham Picks Up Ex-Kirkland Litigators on Both Coasts

The firm hired trial lawyers Andrew Clubok in Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth Deeley in San Francisco, continuing a string of recent additions.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Goldman Sachs Taps S&C's Karen Seymour as Its New Co-GC

At S&C, a steady movement of its women partners to positions of power in the business world represents a source of pride and also strengthens the firm's relationships with financial services industry clients.
3 minute read

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