By Katelyn Polantz | April 20, 2017
Here's one way to get your name on the letterhead at an elite law firm: Earn half a billion dollars from a single client.
By Jenna Greene | April 19, 2017
These are not the best of times for the business of litigation. The market is stagnant, with clients shying away from bringing new suits, keeping more work in-house and pushing back hard on costs. In a Q&A, McKool Smith managing partner David Sochia, an accomplished litigator who has taken on the mantle of law firm strategist, shares insights on how to thrive.
By Brian Baxter | April 19, 2017
Kerrie Campbell, a litigator at Chadbourne & Parke who brought a $100 million gender bias suit against the firm, was expelled from its partnership Thursday. In a memo to all Chadbourne partners, Campbell sought to avoid such a fate, which came after 70 partners voted in favor of her exit. She was the only dissenting vote.
By James Booth | April 19, 2017
Annual partner reviews to be ditched in favour of more regular feedback
By Roy Strom | April 18, 2017
Anton “Tony” Valukas, a longtime partner and leader of Jenner & Block, will step down as chairman at month's end. Valukas, one of The American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievers, will not be replaced in the honorary role but remain a senior partner at the Chicago-based Am Law 100 firm.
By Anna Zhang | April 18, 2017
Patrick Sinclair is the latest former federal prosecutor to wind up in the Hong Kong office of a U.S. firm.
By Legal Week | April 18, 2017
All the details of the shortlisted candidates for this year's awards
By Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2017
A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday declined to temporarily block Chadbourne & Parke's partnership from voting to expel Kerrie Campbell, a partner in Washington, D.C., who is leading a $100 million gender discrimination action against the firm.
By Katelyn Polantz | April 17, 2017
The world's largest law firm by head count asked several U.S.-based partners to leave after it failed to meet its 2016 budget, multiple sources said.
By Lizzy McLellan | April 14, 2017
Amid an expanding arms race in Big Law over who has the most flexible workplace policy—at least on paper—some lawyers at smaller firms may be wondering what all the fuss is about.
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