Morning News Roundup for Wednesday
This morning's stories: US law firm mergers rose slightly in 2008 over 2007; and experts are predicting the trend will…
Month: January 2009
Simmons Relocates Partners to Dubai HQ
Simmons & Simmons is banishing two finance partners to the firm's Dubai office. Banking and restructuring partner Phillip Abbott, and…
IP Firm Oblon Spivak Seeks Patent Attorneys [Video]
From LawCrossing: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, a prominent intellectual property law firm in Alexandria, Virginia, is currently looking…
Littler Mendelson Adds Five Attorneys [Video]
From LawCrossing.com: Littler Mendelson PC has announced the addition of five respected and accomplished attorneys to its San Francisco office.…
Cadwalader Profits Plummet 30% in 2008
The American Lawyer reports that America's oldest law firm, Manhattan's Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, saw its average profits per equity…
Former PD Schiffrin joins Grant & Eisenhofer
Former public defender Richard S. Schiffrin has joined Wilmington, Delaware's Grant & Eisenhofer as of counsel. In 1987 Schiffrin founded a firm…
Jones Day Takes a Run for The Border
Cleveland's Jones Day, the nation's second largest law firm, is absorbing Mexico City's De Ovando y Martínez del Campo, to create…
Law Firm Mergers to Spike in 2009
According to a survey by consulting firm Hildebrandt International, US law firm mergers rose slightly in 2008 over 2007; and experts…
Morning News Roundup for Tuesday
This morning's top news: The Project for Attorney Retention is suggesting to struggling law firms that they cut associate hours rather than laying…
Government Lawyer Uses US Marshals as Chauffeurs to Sports Events
Joseph Band, who was a lawyer in the US Marshals Service's Office of the General Counsel, enlisted deputy marshals to ferry him…
Cox Castle Fires 10 in Los Angeles [Breaking]
According to a JDJournal insider, Cox Castle & Nicholson just let go ten attorneys from their LA office this afternoon. If…
Adult-Entertainment Law: Recession-Proof Jobs for Lawyers
From Legal Blog Watch: Looking for a recession-proof area of practice? ... The business of porn grinds on even in…