Nell Gluckman

February 01, 2016 | Law.com

Of 16 high-powered New York real estate lawyers videotaped in an undercover sting by Global Witness, just one outright refused to help a purported foreign official funnel illicit funds into the U.S.

By Nell Gluckman

4 minute read

January 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A year-end report issued by Wells Fargo Private Bank's Legal Specialty Group states that 2015 was a difficult one to characterize. Firms that are typically considered peers showed a great deal of disparity in their financial performance.

By Nell Gluckman

3 minute read

January 27, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Having already hired a handful of litigators this week, Barnes & Thornburg dipped back into the lateral market Wednesday to snag four more partners for its IP practice from prominent Chicago-based boutique Brinks, Gilson & Lione.

By Nell Gluckman

4 minute read

January 26, 2016 | The American Lawyer

After adding four litigators in Atlanta and Minneapolis, Barnes & Thornburg hired product liability expert James Murdica in Chicago from New York's Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

By Nell Gluckman

3 minute read

January 25, 2016 | Law.com

A relatively new program at Latham & Watkins allows associates to refinance their student loans at very low interest rates. The program attempts to address the increasingly high cost of a law school degree.

By Nell Gluckman

6 minute read

January 22, 2016 | Law.com

The trustee of a company that ran for-profit schools and filed for bankruptcy in 2014 has sued Williams & Connolly and Duane Morris, alleging that the billing practices of the two Am Law 100 firms were unfair.

By Nell Gluckman

4 minute read

January 21, 2016 | The American Lawyer

All six partners at Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz—the trial boutique formed this week by star Paul Weiss litigator Beth Wilkinson—are under age 54. The goal, she said, is to give younger lawyers the kind of trial experience that can be hard to come by at a larger firm.

By Nell Gluckman

4 minute read

January 20, 2016 | Law.com

Star Paul Weiss litigator Beth Wilkinson has left the firm to launch a new litigation boutique along with high-profile hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Covington & Burling.

By Nell Gluckman

3 minute read

January 19, 2016 | Law.com

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which represented reporter Jason Rezaian before his release from an Iranian prison, was just one of the American firms praising the latest diplomatic breakthrough in U.S.-Iran relations.

By Nell Gluckman

5 minute read

January 19, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which represented reporter Jason Rezaian before his release from an Iranian prison, was just one of the American firms praising the latest diplomatic breakthrough in U.S.-Iran relations.

By Nell Gluckman

5 minute read