Month: January 2009

Harvard Law Names Interim Dean

With beloved dean Elena Kagan waiting for confirmation as the next US Solicitor General, Harvard Law School has tapped longtime…

One of our tipsters reports that a second managing partner in two months has resigned from the Boulder, Colorado office…

Haynes and Boone, a 508-lawyer Dallas-based firm, will not to give associates salary raises based on seniority, as management usually…

Some of our top stories for this morning: London-based Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy is the second to announce…

He goes by the username “Minerva,” after the Greek goddess of wisdom. He rose from anonymity in South Korea, for…

For the first time, a court hearing has upheld one of the Bush administration's programs of unwarranted surveillance. On Thursday,…

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a decade old case on Thursday, relieving the Dorsey & Whitney…

A tipster reports layoffs today at Detroit's Miller Canfield, in the corporate practice. We have no additional info at this…

The same day that Italy's Fiat announced it may acquire a stake in Chrysler LLC, 30 out of 40 in-house…

Akin Gump is laying off 65 staff across its US offices. No lawyers will be affected. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer…

The new firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, the result of the merger between Bradley Arant Rose & White with…

British author and lawyer Sir John Mortimer, the creator of legal television show "Rumpole of the Bailey," died on Friday,…