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Daily Business Review

Self-Generated College Major Formed Groundwork for Legal Career

Bilzin Sumberg managing partner John Sumberg dropped plans to teach and wound up with a real estate-focused law practice.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Offit Kurman Prevails in Phila. Lawyer's Fee Lawsuit

An arbitrator has found in favor of Offit Kurman in a fee dispute involving a Philadelphia lawyer who was dismissed from the firm in 2012.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suit Alleging Conflict Against Brach Eichler Headed for Trial

A legal malpractice trial that was set to begin Oct. 24 against Brach Eichler was postponed after a judge denied the firm's summary judgment motion in a suit alleging it advised one party during the formation of a strategic alliance and then represented the other side in allegedly improperly terminating that alliance.
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | October 24, 2016
New arrivals and lateral moves in this week's column.
49 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Cravath Leads on Time Warner, Tobacco Mega-Mergers

Christmas has come early to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm is advising British American Tobacco on a $47 billion cash-and-stock bid for the remaining stake in cigarette giant Reynolds American it doesn't already own. Meanwhile, another longtime Cravath client, Time Warner Inc., has agreed on a $108.7 billion sale to AT&T.
74 minute read

The American Lawyer

Trump's Campaign, Already a Boon to Lawyers, Could Serve as Litigation Fund

Donald Trump's presidential campaign saw its monthly legal bills hit $500,000 in September, a sum that's almost half of what former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney accrued in all of 2012. And come November, any unspent funds in Trump's campaign coffers could be sent to his personal foundation, or used for litigation battles.
41 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cooley Comes Up Empty in Two Bankruptcy Cases

The Am Law 100 firm is owed a collective $1.57 million in fees from Implant Sciences Corp. and Sotera Wireless Inc., two companies that recently filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware and San Diego, respectively. A handful of other firms are also owed money by the debtors.
23 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Midsize Firm Leaders Fight Gender Pay Gap With Data

In a legal market still plagued by gender-based pay inequity, midsize and small firms have the ability, and some say responsibility, to carefully track how partner compensation is determined and make sure it is not affected by gender bias.
22 minute read

Daily Report Online

Carlock Copeland Veteran Takes Med-Mal Team to Weathington Firm—And Other 'On the Move' News

Dan McGrew has left Carlock, Copeland & Stair after 32 years to join medical-malpractice boutique Weathington Smith—now renamed Weathington McGrew—bringing a six-person litigation team of three lawyers and three staff.
30 minute read

The American Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie Bags 10-Lawyer Swiss Team

Baker & McKenzie, which has had a presence in Switzerland for more than 50 years, has hired a 10-lawyer team from local firm Froriep to bolster its presence in the country's financial services center of Zurich.
80 minute read

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