By Scott Flaherty | September 27, 2017
When news broke this week that former Winston & Strawn intellectual property partner Constance Ramos has sued her old firm, she publicly landed among a group of female lawyers who claim in court that they faced sex discrimination in Big Law.
By Roy Strom | September 27, 2017
The record for mergers set in a year, 91 in 2015, will fall this year if there are 16 combinations in the fourth quarter. The last time there were fewer than 16 mergers in a fourth quarter was 2010, according to data compiled by legal consultancy Altman Weil. Last year there were 25 tie-ups toward years' end.
By Meghan Tribe | September 27, 2017
The Am Law 100 firm has become the latest in Big Law to unveil a parental leave policy designed to provide additional time off for working parents after a birth, foster or adoption. The new policy increases primary care giver leave for all U.S. lawyers to 20 weeks. Business services staffers will also get an increase, to 14 weeks.
By Tony Mauro | September 27, 2017
A reargument at the U.S. Supreme Court may sound easy, especially because the advocates have the benefit of knowing from the first time around what questions the justices might ask. But it is a lot trickier than that. Here are some tips and observations about rearguments from Orrick's E. Joshua Rosenkranz and Ahilan Arulanantham.
By Scott Graham | The Recorder | September 27, 2017
Irell & Manella's Andrei Iancu will be taking a multimillion-dollar pay cut if he's confirmed as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
By Joseph Evans | September 27, 2017
In its quest for global dominance, Dentons has announced a combination with Kampala Associated Advocates, the largest law firm in Uganda. The move follows nearly a dozen other combinations unveiled by the global legal giant in recent months.
By Katelyn Polantz | September 27, 2017
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr apologized Wednesday after one of its lawyers accidentally sent a Wall Street Journal reporter privileged documents detailing a history of whistleblower claims at PepsiCo.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 27, 2017
This ranking details how firms stack up when it comes to the all important revenue per lawyer metric.
By Meghan Tribe | September 26, 2017
Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico with a force unseen locally since 1928. The Category 4 storm made landfall with winds around 155 miles per hour, leaving the island without power and many residents scrambling for access to cash, gasoline or water. Among those trying to get back to work are lawyers at large law firms in San Juan.
By Lizzy McLellan | The Legal Intelligencer | September 26, 2017
The ex-chairman of the now dissolved Pennsylvania-based firm Nelson Brown & Co., formerly known as Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, wants…
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