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The American Lawyer

Chadbourne Wants Kerrie Campbell to Leave the Building

Seven months after slapping a $100 million gender bias suit against Chadbourne & Parke, litigation partner Kerrie Campbell in Washington, D.C., could finally be on the outs. The firm said Wednesday that a partnership vote would determine her future at Chadbourne.
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Referee in Firm Breakup Rules Both Name Partners Consented to 9/11 Memorial Donation

Mark Zauderer supported Paul Napoli's claim, ruling that Marc Bern consented to the donation.
9 minute read

The Recorder

32 Firms Line Up to Fight 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine at Calif. High Court

From Akin Gump to Wilson Sonsini, law firms are protesting the principle that bankruptcy trustees can claw back profits from client matters that partners take with them from defunct firms.
83 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Obermayer Says Ex-Associate Can't Sue Over 'Intangible' Bonus Credits

In response to a former associate's lawsuit over bonuses, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel is countering that its associate bonuses are discretionary, and the credits it uses to calculate bonuses don't amount to "tangible" property.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firm Merger Mania Continues in First Quarter of 2017

Led by a strong wave of cross-border combinations, law firm merger activity in the first quarter of 2017 continued to accelerate as legal services shops gained growth and market share through acquisitions, according to reports by legal consultancies Altman Weil Inc. and Fairfax Associates.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Challengers Cast Soda Tax as City 'Power Grab' in Appeal

Philadelphia's newly imposed beverage tax is not a simple levy on sweetened drinks, but instead a “power grab” by the city that could have negative effects for the state tax structure, an attorney representing a group challenging that tax told an intermediate appellate court.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Judges Fete New Supreme Court Justice Lawson, 'A Model of Restraint'

Justice C. Alan Lawson was formally sworn in in the Florida Supreme Court chambers.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cleary Advises on Latin America Deals

In one of the deals, the firm advised two Chilean companies. In the other, it advised the Mexican government.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Insurance Industry Competition Spurs New Network's Creation

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a 482-lawyer firm with Philadelphia and New York roots, has formed a global insurance network with firms in Canada, Spain and the U.K. The move comes more than two months after insurance industry rival Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker launched its own international network.
31 minute read

The American Lawyer

Hogan Lovells Confirms Hire of Climan's Crew, But No Moves Yet

A team of technology transactions partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Silicon Valley led by M&A rainmaker Richard “Rick” Climan are poised to join Hogan Lovells. But the group is still listed on Weil's website and it remains unclear when their notice period will expire.
29 minute read

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