August 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Baker McKenzie's Revenue, Profits Nudge Up Amid Global UncertaintyThe firm's gains didn't match the increases it saw last year, but were viewed positively by management amid this year's geopolitical "turmoil."
By Roy Strom
19 minute read
August 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Williams & Connolly Denies Plans to Pursue Merger with Quinn EmanuelIn any deal, the two hard-charging litigation firms would have to overcome a significant gap in profitability.
By Roy Strom and Katelyn Polantz
64 minute read
July 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Polish Town Puts Mayer Brown Lawyer in Touch With Father's PastPaul Chandler's father, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, would never have reconnected with other survivors from Nasielsk, a small town in Poland, if not for a three-minute video shot in 1938 that resurfaced in 2009. Now his son, a counsel at Mayer Brown in Chicago, is helping Nasielsk remember its history as a Jewish community.
By Roy Strom
7 minute read
July 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Stoel Rives, a 'Proactively Modernizing' Firm, Lays Off StaffThe Portland, Oregon-based Am Law 200 firm, which employs nearly 800 people, announced Wednesday that it is laying off 17 administrative staffers as part of a strategic plan to revamp its operations.
By Roy Strom
11 minute read
July 25, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Kirkland Bankruptcy Star Basta to Leave FirmPaul Basta, a top restructuring partner at Kirkland & Ellis in New York and member of the firm's 15-person management committee, is preparing to leave the firm.
By Roy Strom
13 minute read
July 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer
DLA Piper Acquires 60-Lawyer Liner Firm in L.A.The deal with Liner LLP, a boutique known for representing entertainment industry clients ranging from film studios to Bill Cosby, boosts DLA Piper's presence in Southern California.
By Roy Strom
37 minute read
July 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Linklaters Associate Denies Wrongdoing in Insider Trading CaseA pristine start to a Big Law career has been derailed for a former editor-in-chief of Harvard Law School's International Law Review who joined Linklaters in 2015.
By Roy Strom
17 minute read
July 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Secretary Accuses Quinn Emanuel of Racial DiscriminationA former floating secretary who left the elite trial firm in 2015 claims he was subjected to racial slurs by a trial logistics director during the high-profile 2014 patent trial of Apple v. Samsung.
By Roy Strom
47 minute read
July 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Dorsey & Whitney Names First Woman Chair of Policy CommitteeKim Severson, a trusts and estates partner at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis and head of the firm's nonprofit foundation, has been tapped to serve as chair of its policy committee. Severson is the first woman to hold the firm in the firm's 105-year history.
By Roy Strom
19 minute read
July 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer
A Law Firm Famed for Lean Staffing Gets LeanerSeyfarth Shaw helped pioneer legal project management. Now it has plenty of rivals.
By Roy Strom
5 minute read
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