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Justice Nabs Four from Jenner & Block

From The BLT: Jenner & Block managing partner Thomas Perrelli, nominated as associate attorney general, is not the only Jenner…

British Law Firm Lovells to Aid in Madoff Securities Liquidation

British law firm Lovells LLP has been brought on to help in the search for missing investor assets from recently…

Dolmans Expands Employment Practice

Cardiff, UK law firm Dolmans is growing despite the economic meltdown, adding Jeremy Consitt as employment solicitor and Annemarie Phillips…

Did Lawyer Defections Kill Firm?

Nine years after a 14-lawyer exodus led to the demise of a prominent bankruptcy firm, the partners left behind are…

Clifford Chance to Cut Partners, Lay Off 106 Lawyers

Clifford Chance LLP, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, will cut its partnership ranks under a restructuring plan. The…

Buchalter Nemer Adds 5 Insolvency Attorneys

Five attorneys have joined various practice groups of Los Angeles' 150-lawyer Buchalter Nemer . Steven M. Spector, former counsel to…

SEC’s Colby Joins Davis Polk & Wardwell

Robert Colby, the Securities and Exchange Commission's deputy director of the division of trading & markets, will leave the agency…

Profits Up at Weil Gotshal

Gross revenue at Weil, Gotshal & Manges rose slightly in 2008. The New York-based firm brought in $1.23 billion, up…

Keker & Van Nest Partners Leave to Found Firm

Four partners at litigation boutique Keker & Van Nest are setting out to found their own firm, Durie Tangri Lemley…

Atlantic City Fires Municipal Lawyers, Hires Outside Firms

Mayor Lorenzo Langford of Atlantic City, New Jersey, has announced that two days after taking office in November, he fired…

Update: 30 Morgan & Finnegan Lawyers Move to Locke Lord

Last week we reported that Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, of Dallas and Chicago, had extended offers to the bulk…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Partner Named RNC Chair

On Friday, the Republican National Committee elected its first black chairman, former Maryland lieutenant governor and Dewey & LeBoeuf partner…