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Corporate Counsel

HP, Mandating Diversity, Will Withhold Fees From Some Firms

In-house legal departments regularly encourage, and in some cases require, that outside firms have some level of diversity in staffing legal work. Hewlett-Packard Inc. has taken this mandate a step further—saying the company will withhold invoiced fees from firms that do not meet diversity requirements.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Pushing Back Against Imaginary Voter Fraud with a Real-Life Lawsuit

To the Trump administration and its surrogates: consider yourselves warned. You'll have a fight on your hands if you try to take voting rights away.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cozen O'Connor, in Growth Mode, Sees Revenue Bump

Cozen O'Connor boosted revenue by more than 10 percent in 2016, as the firm continued to reap the benefits of acquisitions and lateral hires, as well as demand that bucked industry trends.
17 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sidley Recruits Ex-SEC Associate Enforcement Director

Stephen Cohen, who spent the past five years as associate director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined Sidley Austin as a securities and derivatives enforcement and regulatory partner in Washington, D.C.
23 minute read

National Law Journal

Crowell & Moring Sees Big Lift in Profits, Revenue

Profits per partner were up a whopping 40 percent in 2016.
20 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Law Firm Love Story: Tale of Two Partners

Luke and Allison Sizemore see advantages in the personal and professional crossover as attorneys at Reed Smith.
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fish & Richardson's Revenue and Profits Up After 'Really Strong Year'

A significant increase in contingency fee income helped Fish & Richardson continue its growth in 2016, with the firm posting solid gains in both revenue and profit.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Drone Group Airs Concern About Trump's 2-for-1 Regulatory Rollback

For many businesses, President Donald Trump's order to cut two existing rules for every new rule was a welcome harbinger for an era of fewer regulations. But the fledgling commercial drone industry—still sorting out the rules federal regulators rolled out in August—isn't so sure Trump's 2-for-1 plan is a good deal.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alston & Bird Boosts Revenue, Head Count

Several big litigation matters and a steady stream of transactional work power the firm's solid gains.
20 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Brand Survey Shows Client-Led Shakeup

In a sign of a legal market where clients are as untethered to law firms as ever, a survey of legal buyers' preferred Big Law brands has a new No. 1 for the first time in its six-year history. Jones Day topped the Acritas U.S. Law Firm Brand Index, released Monday, after ranking in second place for the previous five years to Skadden.
94 minute read

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