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Weil Gotshal Offers Big Bucks to Deferred Associates

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced it is deferring its incoming associates' start dates to January 2010, and is asking…

Former DHS Secretary Chertoff Joins Covington & Burling

Former Department of Homeland Security secretary and federal appellate court judge Michael Chertoff is joining Covington & Burling's white-collar defense…

Sokolove to Expand, Rebrand

The Law Offices of James Sokolove is changing its name to Sokolove Law LLC, as it rebrands and expands its…

IP Attorney Group Joins Merchant & Gould

Four attorneys specializing in intellectual property have left Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wisconsin to join Minneapolis' Merchant &…

Day Ketterer Expands into New Ohio Office

Ohio law firm Day Ketterer has added a Hudson office, its third in the state after Canton and Cleveland. The…

Ballard Spahr Defers Start Dates

Ballard Spahr has informed its incoming class that it is delaying 2009 start dates to September 2010. There will be…

Judge: Defunct Firm Can Sue Lowenstein Sandler Over Defections

Essex County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Donald Goldman has ruled that defunct law firm Ravin Sarasohn may sue Lowenstein…

CJA Attorneys Get Pay Raise

Attorneys working assignments under the federal will see their fees bumped up from $100 to $110 per hour, with funds…

McCarter & English Expands With Bio-Patent Team

McCarter & English has announced the addition of a 12-member life sciences patent prosecution team to its Boston office. Elizabeth…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Defers Start Dates to 2010

Dewey & LeBoeuf has shut offices and cut pay. Now the firm has deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming…

Akin Gump Wins Big in Lobbying Revenues

Am Law 200 firms Covington & Burling, K&L Gates, Dickstein Shapiro, and McGuireWoods were among the law firms that made…

Lawyers Leave Wachler to Start New Firm

Five lawyers from Royal Oak, Michigan-based health care law firm Wachler & Associates have left the firm, to found Health…