Roy Strom

February 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Winston & Strawn had a relatively stagnant financial year in 2016, as gross revenue increased slightly, to $823 million, while partner profits rose to nearly $1.83 million.

By Roy Strom

44 minute read

February 24, 2017 | Legaltech News

Claims against Chicago-based Johnson & Bell for allegedly failing to protect client information must be heard individually in arbitration.

By Roy Strom

10 minute read

February 24, 2017 | The Recorder

A federal judge ruled that claims against Chicago-based Johnson & Bell for allegedly failing to protect client information must proceed individually in arbitration, not lumped together as a class.

By Roy Strom

10 minute read

February 23, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Plaintiff Carrie Birkel claims Washington, D.C.-based Sidley partner Edward McNicholas lured her into a bogus investment after she won $10 million in a divorce.

By Roy Strom

7 minute read

February 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Growing up in suburban Denver, Joanna Horsnail lived what she called a charmed life in America's solid middle class. Then she joined Mayer Brown, and life started punching back. Hard.

By Roy Strom

28 minute read

February 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

On the same day that Fortress Investment Group announced its $3.3 billion sale to Japan's SoftBank, a unit of the investment giant partnered with Australian litigation funder IMF Bentham on a U.S. litigation funding finance vehicle worth up to $200 million. The move comes two months after two rival litigation financiers agreed to merge.

By Roy Strom

27 minute read

February 14, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Joseph Garcia pleaded guilty to wire fraud last year. Prior to that, the con man appears to have worked with Sidley Austin on a case that led to fraud charges against the firm and one of its prominent partners.

By Roy Strom

13 minute read

February 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer

In a sign of a legal market where clients are as untethered to law firms as ever, a survey of legal buyers' preferred Big Law brands has a new No. 1 for the first time in its six-year history. Jones Day topped the Acritas U.S. Law Firm Brand Index, released Monday, after ranking in second place for the previous five years to Skadden.

By Roy Strom

95 minute read

February 07, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The national labor and employment firm, already well-known in legal circles for being a pioneer in using business process improvements, is now looking to artificial intelligence to enhance its efficiency.

By Roy Strom

7 minute read

February 07, 2017 | Legaltech News

Seyfarth is partnering with Blue Prism, which says the partnership is the first use of the technology known as robotic process automation inside a major law firm.

By Roy Strom

7 minute read