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The American Lawyer

Fried Frank Hires Goodwin PE Trio in London

The move comes just days after Simpson Thacher hired a Skadden disputes partner, showing that hiring activity at U.S. firms in London continues apace.
3 minute read

Law.com

White Box vs. Black Box Compensation Systems

Having a compensation system that clearly outlines partner expectations, provides the partners with the ability to validate the results by communicating the results back to them does more to build collegiality than an opaque system that, by its design, promotes distrust and ill will among partners.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$1.9M in Attorney Fees Awarded—But No Lawyer Sanctions

The court found the plaintiff's attorneys reasonably spent 3,291 hours litigating the breach-of-contract and trade secrets misappropriation issues.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Holland & Knight Managed to Keep its Transactional Lawyers Busy During a Slow 2023

While others jumped on trends that tend to provide exuberant highs during good times but extreme lows during slower periods, the firm stuck to its guns in more traditional spaces, helping boost its corporate practice last year.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Hires From Weil Gotshal in Germany

Gibson Dunn's German offices in Munich and Frankfurt already comprise over 55 lawyers. Rapp is the sixth partner to be promoted or hired by the firm in Germany in the past two years.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Feb. 9, 2024—Post & Schell, Cipriani & Werner, Knox McLaughlin

Post & Schell recently announced that the firm's principals have elected principal and co-chair of the firm's construction practice group, Mason Avrigian Jr., as a member of the firm's board of directors.
2 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Midsize Moves: Balch & Bingham Hires Adam and Reese Partner, Constangy Adds CDF Labor Law Partner

Balch & Bingham welcomed Phil Buffington to the firm's Jackson, Mississippi, office as a partner in the banking and financial services practice; Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete announced Thomas Song has joined the firm's Orange County, California, office as a partner.
1 minute read

The Recorder

LA Firms Held 'Front Row Seats' to Client Embezzlement, Suit Says

Am Law 200 firm Buchalter and Los Angeles stalwart Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara and Samuelian represented a Beverly Hills attorney who was removed from his role as trustee after an arbitrator found he embezzled $20 million.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Sidley, Milbank, Foley & Lardner and Simpson Land Defense Roles on SEC Action

The SEC, in charging the broker dealers and investment advisers, referred to "widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees to maintain and preserve electronic communications."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

If You Want To Be a Litigator, Pro Bono Isn't Just Your Professional Responsibility: It's Your Ticket to Success

In this article, Daniel Brown highlights the benefits of taking on pro bono work, emphasizing how pro bono can be the best way to gain the skills, expertise and confidence needed to become a litigator.
8 minute read

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