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New York Law Journal

Faegre Drinker, Carlton Fields Add Former EDNY Prosecutors

Craig Heeren, formerly the deputy chief of the office's national security and cybercrime section, is joining Am Law 100 firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath as a partner, while former assistant U.S. attorney Brian Morris is slated to become a shareholder with Second Hundred firm Carlton Fields.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Vinson & Elkins Grabs 2 Cadwalader Securities Litigators, Including Global Litigation Group Chair

Jason Halper, chair of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's global litigation group, joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in New York on Monday, along with special counsel Sara (Bussiere) Brauerman.
3 minute read

The Recorder

'Social Inflation' in California Insurance Market Drives Kennedys' West Coast Expansion

U.K.-based law firm Kennedys has been rapidly growing in America since merging with insurance law firm Carroll McNulty & Kull seven years ago.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Midlevel Associates at Akin, Susman Godfrey Give High Marks to Firms in Survey

In the 2024 Midlevel Associates Survey, Texas-founded firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Susman Godfrey are among the highest-ranked firms, based on the survey of associate job satisfaction.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Robert Hur, Special Counsel in Biden Classified Documents Case, Rejoins King & Spalding

The former U.S. attorney caused an uproar when he declined to bring charges against the president but described him in a report as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Kirkland Associate Advances Suit Against Firm, as Gender Bias Claims Multiply in Big Law

"We continue to see women not being given opportunities, not being paid properly, and pregnancy accommodations not being provided for at respected and large law firms," one employment lawyer said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

For Troutman Pepper and Ballard Spahr, the Path to Growth Points Outside of Phila.

Rising costs and a lukewarm local economy continue to push firms with roots in the City of Brotherly Love to seek growth elsewhere, but some firm leaders remain bullish on their home city.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

On the Move and After Hours: Pashman Stein; McCarter English; Riker Danzig; Flaster Greenberg

Pashman Stein welcomes a bankruptcy partner and two associates; McCarter & English adds a tax and benefits partner; and more moves.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Latham & Watkins Secures Breach-of-Contract Damages in CoStar CRE Database Access Lawsuit

"We are delighted that the Court is entering a permanent injunction prohibiting Leon Capital and Tiltbot from engaging in further wrongdoing, and ordering that they pay $10,000 each time they access the database and $50,000 for each record they download in violation of that injunction," CoStar said in a statement shared by Latham & Watkins.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Underwriting' Laterals Stokes Tension Among Nonequity Partners

Although pay for equity partners is going up, "we are seeing some firms that are not raising compensation for nonequity partners or, in some cases, cutting comp," observed a recruiter.
5 minute read

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