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January 12, 2009 | National Law Journal

Bar associations across the country said they're bracing for a possible drop in member dues and financial sponsors for events as law firms ratchet back spending in the face of the economic downturn.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

3 minute read

June 25, 2008 | National Law Journal

Corporate chief legal officers plan to hire more lawyers and do more corporate legal work in-house over the next 12 months, according to a new survey from legal consultancy Altman Weil Inc. Forty nine percent of responding chief legal officers plan to add in-house attorneys over the next year, up from 40% who indicated similar plans during last year's Chief Legal Officer Survey.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

2 minute read

March 20, 2008 | National Law Journal

The Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic has filed a petition in the nation's high court in which it challenges as "unprecedented" and unconstitutional a provision in the REAL ID Act giving the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security the authority to waive any and all laws necessary to expedite construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence.

By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

2 minute read

September 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

Eight attorneys from Chicago-based Freeborn & Peters have left their firm for Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. The departures cut the bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors' rights group firm in half, leaving three partners and five associates in the area.

By Lynne Marek / Staff reporter

2 minute read

August 19, 2008 | National Law Journal

In a surprise move, the insurance defense team from Florida's Fowler White Boggs Banker is splitting off to create a separate, 70-lawyer firm. The separation grew out of the firm's new five-year strategic plan, which focused on growing its corporate transactional departments. Robert Banker, who will lead the new firm, insists the split is amicable and related to the fact that the two practices were no longer compatible.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

3 minute read

October 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tapped Sherin and Lodgen litigator Frank J. Bailey to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. Bailey's appointment follows this year's departure of bankruptcy Judge Robert Somma, who resigned following a New Hampshire drunk driving arrest on Feb. 6.

By By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

2 minute read

April 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Corporate counsel and their law firm attorneys favor mediation over arbitration when resolving complex business disputes outside of court, according to a new survey by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution.

By Sheri Qualters/Staff reporter

2 minute read

October 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

A Northwestern University School of Law study shows that two types of tort law changes significantly reduced medical malpractice settlement payments.

By Lynne Marek/Staff reporter

1 minute read

July 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

Crowell & Moring added three restructuring and reorganization attorneys to its New York office. Thelen Reid partner Michael Blumenthal and of counsel Bruce Zabarauskas will be joining the office, along with Skadden Arps of counsel Steven Eichel.

By Leigh Jones / Staff reporter

1 minute read

July 08, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former director and corporate counsel at Citi Markets & Banking Scot E. Draeger jumped to Bernstein Shur in Portland, Maine. Draeger is also a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission senior legal counsel.

By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter

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