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The American Lawyer

Jobs Report: Legal Industry Sees Slight Gain in Employment

The U.S Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the legal industry gained 100 jobs in May. But layoffs continue to loom, with at least one Am Law 200 firm confirming Friday that it planned to cut less than 10 support staff roles.
14 minute read

International Edition

Kirkland Asks Hong Kong Partner to Pay Back Bonus Before Leaving

Frank Sun had to write a $120,000 personal check to the Chicago-based firm before moving to Latham & Watkins.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Baker Botts, Bracewell Get Jolt From Utility Union

The Lone Star State firms are working with two other Am Law 100 firms in advising on Great Plains Energy Inc.'s $12.2 billion buy of Westar Energy Inc., the latest sign of consolidation in the utilities sector.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Jimmie Goes to Indy: Barnes & Thornburg Partner Heads In-House

Jimmie “Tic Tac” McMillian Jr., a litigation partner at Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis featured in a New York Times story last year about African American law partners, recently left the firm for a role with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Top Court Orders Mintz Levin to Face Gender Bias Claim

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo must face a discrimination suit filed by a former female associate following a ruling this week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil Prevails in Five-Year Hamptons Pro Bono Battle

The Am Law 100 firm has finally put to rest a dispute over whether a community of Orthodox Jews on Long Island's affluent East End can put up a nearly invisible boundary that allows them to perform certain work tasks on the Sabbath.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Litigation-Focused Jenner Seizes Wealth Management Opportunity

When Jenner & Block leaders contemplated starting the private wealth practice the firm announced last week, one proponent of the idea may have helped sway them more than others: Lester Crown, the 90-year-old Chicagoan and patriarch of one of America's wealthiest families.
30 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright Opens San Francisco Office

Norton Rose Fulbright adds 17 public finance laterals from Sidley Austin on June 2.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dewey Papers Allege Sources of DA's Interest in Firm Finances

Newly filed court papers in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case attempt to answer a central question dogging the indicted executives: Who pressed the Manhattan district attorney to investigate Dewey's finances amid its 2012 collapse?
17 minute read

Legaltech News

The 2016 Innovation Awards: Mayer Brown and Caterpillar, Pro Bono Innovators

Teaming up to create valuable digital resources for those suffering from gender-based violence, Caterpillar and Mayer Brown exemplify pro bono work in the modern age.
3 minute read

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