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National Law Journal

After a Half Century in the Legal Industry, Law Firm Mergers Are Just as Hard

Richard Phillips, the founder of K&L Gates' Washington office, shares what he learned by building his Washington practice in the 1970s and merging it with a Pittsburgh law firm.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

SEC Suit Targets 'Patent Troll' Owner, Big Law Alum

The agency took aim at a pair of Texas lawyers—one with ties to a notorious patent holder and another with Am Law 200 credentials—over an alleged scheme to cheat small business owners out of millions of dollars.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers: A Weekly Roundup of Laterals and Promotions

Laterals and new arrivals in this week's column.
61 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Supply of Law Grads Drops, More Struggle to Find Work

With fewer people finishing law school each year, a greater proportion of them should be finding work. Instead, even nonlaw jobs are declining for recent grads.
10 minute read

International Edition

The U.K.'s Modern Slavery Act Fuels New Practice in Asia

Law firms don't have to relegate their anti-human trafficking efforts to pro bono any more. A new reporting requirement has paying clients turning to lawyers for help in improving labor conditions and supply chain transparency in Asia.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Dewey Attorney Leaves DLA Piper for New Venture

John Altorelli, a corporate and finance partner who joined DLA Piper in 2012 after fleeing Dewey & LeBoeuf before the latter's historic demise, is leaving Big Law.
24 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Aid Names 'Servants of Justice'

The Legal Aid Society gave its 2016 Servant of Justice Awards to Patricia Hynes, former board chair of Legal Aid and former New York City Bar Association president; Roy Reardon, a partner at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett; and Daniel Kolb, senior counsel at David, Polk & Wardwell.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

IN BRIEF: DLA Piper to Shed 200 Jobs

DLA Piper plans to cut up to 200 support jobs in the U.K., with the bulk of those roles being moved to a new back-office operations center in Warsaw. Plus more in this week's column.
23 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Mylan Taps Cravath Again for Dermatology Deal

Three months after Mylan NV once again turned to Cravath, Swaine & Moore to handle another multibillion-dollar deal, the firm is at it again for the acquisitive generic drug giant.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lateral Hiring By US Firms in London Reaches New High

Research into recent recruitment trends by international firms in London has found that they brought in over 20 percent more partners in 2015 than the year before, with total partner numbers climbing by 6 percent across the group year-on-year.
102 minute read

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