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DLA Piper Acquires Former AIG General Counsel

Anastasia Kelly, who recently resigned as general counsel of American International Group reportedly over compensation issues, has joined DLA Piper…

A U.S. jobs survey indicates 26 percent of law firms expect to increase staff in the second quarter of the…

Lawyers for Civil Justice announced Tuesday it is working with the Judicial Conference Rules Committee on an ambitious program to…

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against 18 attorneys, law firms and companies, seeking repayment for payments made on…

The Association of Corporate Counsel's 10th annual Chief Legal Officer Survey finds that more chief legal officers plan on hiring…

The National Association for Law Placement published new statistics today showing that U.S. Law firms made a median of 7…

Gross revenue increased by 10% to $256.5 million at Jackson Lewis in 2009 and profits per partner increased by 3.3%…

Toyota Motor North America has asked Patton Boggs partner Rodney E. Slater to advise the company on North American quality and safety…

Wilkinson Barker Knauer, a Washington D.C.-based communications and technology law firm, has scooped up the communications law group from Morrison…

Fulbright & Jaworski has named James K. Dixon its new executive director and has also appointed two partners to serve…

Irell & Manella, a 220-attorney firm based in Los Angeles, earned a unanimous decision on behalf of Novellus Systems in…

Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp., has hired prominent Washington, D.C. based lawyer Brendan Sullivan to help…