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O’Melveny & Myers Sees Revenues, Profits Drop

Los Angeles-based O'Melveny & Myers announced that profits per partner were down more than 7% to $1.5 million. Gross revenues…

Perkins Coie has filed a breach of contract suit against former intellectual property associate David Xue. According to court documents,…

The National Law Journal reports that public universities and law schools are making their faculty and staff take unpaid time…

Crowell & Moring has added two new hires to its International Dispute Resolution Group. Pieter Bekker, formerly of McDermott Will…

Will judges, upset about recent pay freezes, start fleeing the bench for higher-paying law firm jobs? Texas State District Judge…

New York City's Brooklyn Law School has announced it will freeze faculty salaries, in order to keep 2009 tuition increases…

Nearly 79% of Massachusetts Bar Association members who responded to an online survey believe the economic downturn will affect the…

Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn to co-chair its bankruptcy group, attorney Jeff Marwil is leaving to join…

New York City's White & Case reports it profits per equity partner fell by 5% in 2008 to $1.6 million.…

Chicago's 215-lawyer Chapman and Cutler has launched a New York office with three partners. The firm hired its first new…

Todd R. Steggerda, former chief counsel to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner…

London's Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP LLP informed staff yesterday that salaries for associates will be held at 2008 levels. The…