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National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: Stevens Recalls Clashes With Scalia, Dentons Doubles Down

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens recalls his clashes with the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Dentons doubles down on demanding payment from ex-McKenna partners. And Rosemary Collyer is named the new presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers: A Weekly Roundup of Laterals and Promotions

Lateral moves and new arrivals in this week's column.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

As Attitudes Change about Prison Sentencing, Lawyers Answer the Call

President Barack Obama appears to be ­steadfast in his determination to commute lengthy sentences of nonviolent inmates who, under current policies, would have received far shorter sentences. Govern­ment officials have pledged to accelerate the pace at which clemency applications are considered and granted. But there is another important story that needs to be told, and that is the historic response from the nation's legal profession.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cadwalader Sees a Second Down Year

Key metrics fell again, but the firm says it is positioned for future growth.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Husch Blackwell Tacks On 150-Lawyer Wisconsin Firm

Husch Blackwell stands to grow more than 25 percent larger with the addition of 150 lawyers from Wisconsin's Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Eric Holder: No Apologies for Return to Big Law

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Friday "I am not ashamed" to have returned to private practice after resigning last year, asserting he will continue to advance the justice reform issues he espoused in office as a private attorney. "You can be a public interest lawyer wherever you are," Holder told students at Georgetown University Law Center at a public discussion with National Public Radio's Michel Martin. "I hope you will be a public interest lawyer wherever you are."
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Schools Need More Than 'Warm Bodies'

What should a law school's mission be? Most deans would rather not ask that question.
4 minute read

International Edition

Spotlight: Locke Lord Finds Its Way in Hong Kong

It has taken five years for Locke Lord's Hong Kong office to break even. Now what?
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Latham's Alice Fisher Passes MP Reins to Mike Egge in D.C.

Alice Fisher, a former U.S. Justice Department Criminal Division chief, has handed the management reins at Latham & Watkins' D.C. office to Mike Egge. An antitrust lawyer, Egge became the firm's Washington managing partner at the beginning of March. Fisher's deputy managing partner, James Barker, ceded his job to Melissa Arbus Sherry, an appellate attorney.
3 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Confirms China Launch and Deloitte Review as Lockstep Debate Rumbles On

Firm brings in the Big Four auditor to review its business services function as new managing partner Gideon Moore sets out his aims.
14 minute read

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