By Susan DeSantis | March 5, 2019
"It's pretty self-evident and universally accepted that a five-judge panel is preferable to a four-judge panel," said New York State Bar Association president Michael Miller. "Unlike the challenges of solving the Byzantine court system we have, this is a problem that's easily solvable. We just need the governor to make the appointments to the appellate division."
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By John Q. Barrett | March 4, 2019
It is hard to predict what will happen next. One possibility is that name-shortening will continue to be the branding trend among great law firms. If so, even “Milbank” is choppable. “Mil” suggests money, but maybe enough. “M” would be very cool—it would make people think of James Bond's boss.
By Susan DeSantis | March 4, 2019
The Meet the Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions forum, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, will go on as scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight at the Second Department.
By Christine Simmons | February 27, 2019
While 2018 was another banner financial year for Milbank, the firm is less enthusiastic about the lack of diversity in its all-male new partner class last month.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Aimee Davis | February 27, 2019
Lawyers should not be encouraged to freeze their eggs simply so that they can devote all their time to churn out billable hours. The work-life balance will not be significantly less challenging if a woman has children in her 40s.
By Dylan Jackson | February 25, 2019
Holland & Knight and Akerman have added on multi-partner teams to each of their New York real estate practices.
By Christine Simmons | February 19, 2019
Cadwalader saw its first firmwide revenue increase in several years despite a 13 percent drop in London.
By Lizzy McLellan | February 19, 2019
Pepper Hamilton managing partner Thomas Cole said his firm was not targeting Rochester as a geographic region. It was the LeClairRyan group's substantive IP practice, and its presence in the health sciences space, that made the hire strategic, he said.
By Meredith Hobbs | February 15, 2019
New York remained a major focus for talent recruitment last year, with 15 lateral partner hires in its office there—one-quarter of the new-partner recruits.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 6, 2019
Project finance lawyer Eamon Nolan joined Vinson & Elkins in New York, coming from Linklaters' New York office.
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