By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 22, 2024
King & Spalding hired a Bechtel Energy energy and construction lawyer as a partner in Houston, and Bracewell hired a lawyer with experience in energy transition tax credits as a partner in Houston.
By Hugo Guzman | January 22, 2024
Since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, "market power shifted decisively from law firms to the clients, rapidly moving from a sellers' to a buyers' market for legal services," a new report from Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law says.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | January 22, 2024
Slaughter and May recently formalized a reduced-hours trial, but American firms have typically reserved such accommodations for people with extenuating circumstances.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 19, 2024
Am Law 200 Phelps Dunbar's combination with 28-lawyer Farris Bobango is the latest tie-up between firms as mergers are playing out as a trend for 2024.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 17, 2024
Five energy litigators from Eversheds Sutherland in Houston jumped to Baker McKenzie's Houston office, attracted in part by the firm's extensive global network and its Texas strategy.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 16, 2024
A total of 24 lawyers from Houston trial boutique Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka have moved to Steptoe to open a Houston office for the Am Law 200 firm, a deal that provides benefits to clients of both firms.
By Jane Wester | January 16, 2024
During the first week of testimony in the trial, which began Jan. 8, a series of current and former Davis Polk professional development employees introduced jurors to the concept of a "time to go" conversation, in which associates are told they need to find a new job but are not fired on the spot.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | January 16, 2024
"It is so much easier to keep people happy when they can't see someone is making more than them even though they have more in originations," said Jeffrey Lowe, recounting the message he hears from firms with opaque compensation models.
By Patrick Smith | January 16, 2024
The lateral group, with a focus on FDA and regulatory compliance, will provide a boost to McDermott's health-care practice, particularly with M&A activity projected to pick up in 2024, the firm said.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 12, 2024
A Texas man who sued former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones, alleging violation of his constitutional rights, has added Jackson Walker, Kirkland & Ellis and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman in a suit connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Freeman.
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