June 14, 2016 | The American Lawyer
On U.S. Tour, Chinese Lawyers Soak Up Big Law LessonsTips ranged from better transparency to stronger management as lawyers from several Chinese firms visited with law firm leaders in New York and D.C.
By Julie Triedman
58 minute read
June 02, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Top Court Orders Mintz Levin to Face Gender Bias ClaimMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo must face a discrimination suit filed by a former female associate following a ruling this week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
By Julie Triedman
6 minute read
May 26, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Hulk Hogan Case Rattles Litigation Funding Firms“It's really nothing like what we do,” one litigation finance exec said of the revelation that billionaire Peter Thiel has backed Hulk Hogan's $140 million lawsuit against Gawker.
By Julie Triedman
5 minute read
May 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer
UK Legal Recruiter Sets Sights on US ShoresLondon-based RedLaw launched a New York office this week, becoming perhaps only the second large U.K. legal recruitment firm to make the jump to the cutthroat U.S. lateral market.
By Julie Triedman
34 minute read
May 24, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Report Sees Top Deal Lawyers Pull Ahead as Billing Rates SoarThe high and low ends of the M&A legal services market are becoming ever more stratified as billing rates for deal work dwarf other practices, according to a new survey by LexisNexis CounselLink.
By Julie Triedman
7 minute read
May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Big SuitsEpic Systems v. Tata Consultancy Services; O'Connor v. Uber; SunEdison Chapter 11; In re VW 'Clean Diesel' Product Liability Litigation; Prosterman v. Airline Tariff Publishing.
By Scott Flaherty, Ben Hancock and Julie Triedman
46 minute read
May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Hitting the FCPA JackpotCorruption cases are throwing off plenty of lucrative work for law firms.
By Julie Triedman
3 minute read
May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Beirut Bombing Victims' Families Close In On RecoveryWinning a default judgment against Iran for the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut was tough enough. Then the lawyers for the plaintiffs had to collect it.
By Julie Triedman
6 minute read
May 19, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Rift Among Rainmakers Complicates Dentons' Mexico DealThe legal giant's latest expansion effort south of the border involves a dispute between two former colleagues and offers clues about Dentons' other global affiliations.
By Julie Triedman
71 minute read
May 13, 2016 | International Edition
U.S. Plaintiffs Firms Notch a Win as South African Class Action Gets the Green LightHausfeld LLP and Motley Rice are playing big roles in litigation on behalf of more than a half-million South African miners sickened with silicosis and tuberculosis. On May 13 a court in Johannesburg ruled that the massive suit could move forward.
By Julie Triedman
16 minute read
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