Meghan Tribe is a reporter covering the changing face of Big Law, from lateral moves and work-from-home programs to diversity initiatives. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @TribeMeghan
January 03, 2018 | The Recorder
Sedgwick Diaspora Sees Four Law Firms Expand in CaliforniaAkerman, Duane Morris, Goldberg Segalla and Steptoe & Johnson have started off 2018 by making several lateral hires from the soon-to-be-shuttered Sedgwick. Goldberg Segalla has opened a Los Angeles office with its new recruit.
By Meghan Tribe |
5 minute read
January 03, 2018 | The Recorder
Sedgwick Chair Joins Shook Hardy in San FranciscoSedgwick leader Michael Healy has found a new home at Shook, Hardy & Bacon following the dissolution of the 85-year-old firm this month.
By Meghan Tribe |
4 minute read
January 03, 2018 | Legal Week
Former Paul Weiss partner among legal heavy hitters behind sexual harassment defence fundLegal defence fund raises more than $13m from over 200 donors including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep
By Meghan Tribe
5 minute read
January 03, 2018 | International Edition
Former Paul Weiss partner among legal heavy hitters behind sexual harassment defence fundLegal defence fund raises more than $13m from over 200 donors including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep
By Meghan Tribe
5 minute read
January 02, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Legal Heavy Hitters Line Up Behind 'Time's Up' LaunchMore than 300 women—including lawyers Anita Hill, Roberta Kaplan, Nina Shaw and Christina Tchen—are launching a campaign and a related legal defense fund designed to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
By Meghan Tribe |
6 minute read
December 29, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Seven Late-Year Bankruptcy Filings Leave Big Law Firms in the ColdChapter 11 filings in December by Aero-X Golf, Charming Charlie, Dextera Surgical, ET Solar, Hyperdynamics, PhaseRx and Rentech have left eight Am Law 200 firms awaiting payment on nearly $1.14 million in outstanding legal fees.
By Meghan Tribe |
7 minute read
December 28, 2017 | National Law Journal
Steptoe Partner Who Struck a Deal With Fidel Castro Dies at 90The Washington, D.C.-based firm has confirmed the death of John Nolan Jr., a former senior partner and Korean War veteran who once helped negotiate the release of over 1,100 prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
By Meghan Tribe |
4 minute read
December 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Paul Hastings Leader Tapped for Final Term as Firm HeadSeth Zachary, who has been head of Paul Hastings since 2000, was re-elected earlier this month to what will be his seventh and final term as chair.
By Meghan Tribe |
4 minute read
December 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Behind Big Law's Wall of Silence on Sexual MisconductAs the #MeToo movement spreads from the entertainment sector to politics and the courts, will big law firms face their own reckoning?
By Meghan Tribe | Hank Grezlak |
14 minute read
December 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Jones Day Partner Resigns From Top Chicago Prosecutor RoleChaka 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.
By Meghan Tribe
4 minute read
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