Legal News

Massachusetts Challenges Defense of Marriage Act

Attorney General Martha Coakley of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in July of 2009 challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. The…

Jonathan Guest has joined McCarter & English as a partner in the firm’s Boston office's Corporate, Securities, and Financial Institutions…

Christopher J. Austin, a 16-year veteran of Ropes & Gray, has joined Goodwin Procter’s Boston office. Austin previously was co-head…

A judiciary rules committee in Maryland anticipates adopting a statewide policy next month banning people from taking communication devices such…

Munger, Tolles & Olson reported decreases in both revenue and profits per equity partner in 2009. Revenue decreased 4.5% to…

Over the past six weeks, the FBI has received complaints from six different law firms in the Honolulu area, reporting…

Arnold & Porter reported an increase in gross revenue in 2009, increasing 2% to $524 million. Overall head count at…

Patton Boggs reported a decrease in gross revenues in 2009. In 2008 the firm’s gross revenue was $348.5 million, declining…

Curtis, Mallet –Prevost, Colt & Mosle reported a rise in both profits and revenue for the second straight year. The…

Patton Boggs has added Rosemary Becchi as a partner in its Washington office. She is a former counsel to the…

As global development partner at K&L Gates, Janice Hartman has overseen the rapid expansion of a firm that was once…

Kirkland & Ellis reported that gross revenues increased by 2% in 2009, from $1.4 billion in 2008 to $1.428 billion.…