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Debevoise Reports Revenue Up

New York's Debevoise & Plimpton announced that its 2008 gross revenue climbed 7.2%, while profits per partner fell nearly 3%.…

Two corporate lawyers recognized for representing private equity and venture capital funds, investment banks and Fortune 500 companies in a…

A ruling from Florida’s Supreme Court regarding the rates lawyers can charge on workers comp cases will pit attorney’s and…

Almost exactly one year after the California Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the right for gay couples to marry, many…

The legal job market in Minnesota seems to be getting tighter, as job ads in the state bar publication Bench…

The Alabama Supreme Court has decided not to place restrictions on the television and radio ads for lawyers and law…

Microsoft will soon be releasing its new operating system, Windows 7. To handle any regulatory issues that may arise with…

K&L Gates, Pittsburgh’s largest law firm, has opened a Singapore office, its 32nd location and its fifth in Asia. New…

Biglaw firm Ashurst is cutting staff hours. The firm has invited staff to take up to fifteen days unpaid leave,…

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris laid off at least five staffers and two attorneys last week. Harris blamed the…

Last week we reported that Latham & Watkins had cut 440 employees — 190 associates and 250 staff, the largest…

Frisco's Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold has hired J. Craig Williams and Joseph R. McFaul as partner and special counsel,…