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The American Lawyer

Jenner's Environmental Chair Goes From Big Law to Boutique

After 24 years at Jenner & Block, E. Lynn Grayson is headed to a five-lawyer firm controlled by women in the Windy City.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Amazon's In-House Lawyers Help Free the Innocent in Pro Bono Project

How did members of Amazon's legal team get to work behind the scenes on wrongful conviction cases that look a bit like those chronicled in famous podcasts like "Serial" or documentaries like "Making a Murderer" or "West of Memphis"?
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 and How It Will Affect Nonprofits

When the first version of the bill that would eventually become the Tax and Jobs Act of 2017 emerged, bond professionals were alarmed. The original House bill took several shots at tax-exempt bonds, most notably eliminating the ability to issue “private activity bonds” on a tax-exempt basis.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Orrick Hires Six Andrews Kurth Public Finance Lawyers in Texas

Additional public finance lawyers are expected to join Orrick from Andrews Kurth soon.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Why the Office is no Place for Valentine's Day

OP-ED: Every employer should use the current heightened awareness to reinforce its commitment to prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace and reexamine its policies and procedures.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: DOJ Lawyer Sues Georgetown for Rejecting Him, Claiming Age Bias

George Mazza, 62, is a longtime senior counsel in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. But what he wants now is to get a Ph.D in theology from Georgetown. When the university rejected him, he sued.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Creating a New Crime: Cyber-Harassment

The inclusion of cyber-harassment in the Domestic Violence Statutes will enable victims of domestic violence to prove an act of cyber-harassment by producing the allegedly offending communication.
7 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Terry Brantley, on Averaging a New Lawyer a Month at Midsize Swift Currie

"Since July 2016, we have grown from 107 attorneys to 123 at present, an increase of 15 percent in the past 17 months."
6 minute read

Pro Mid Market

McNees Wallace: How One of Pennsylvania's Biggest 'Midsize' Firms Straddles Two Worlds

David Kleppinger, chairman of Harrisburg-based McNees Wallace & Nurick, discusses the "interesting position" of being a midsize firm in the national legal market while simultaneously being the largest firm in central Pennsylvania.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Posts Record Revenue and Income, Slight Drop in Partner Profits

With gross revenue of more than $1.64 billion and net income above $1 billion, Gibson Dunn continued a two-decade long streak of increases in key financial metrics.
5 minute read

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