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Crowell & Moring Hires Experienced Dispute Resolution Attorneys

Crowell & Moring has added two new hires to its International Dispute Resolution Group. Pieter Bekker, formerly of McDermott Will & Emery, joins as a partner to head Crowell’s Public…

Judge Resigns, Moves to Law Firm to Make More Money

Will judges, upset about recent pay freezes, start fleeing the bench for higher-paying law firm jobs? Texas State District Judge Len Wade is stepping down from the civil court bench…

Brooklyn Law School Freezes Salaries

New York City’s Brooklyn Law School has announced it will freeze faculty salaries, in order to keep 2009 tuition increases low. Dean Joan G. Wexler discussed the issue in a…

US Based Law Firm Baker Botts Reports 6.16% Increase in Revenue

US Based Law Firm Baker Botts Reports 6.16% Increase in Revenue

US Based Law Firm Baker Botts reported a 6.16 percent increase in global revenue during the most recent financial year. They garnered a 2007 revenue of $577.7 million and  soared…

ATL: Morgan & Finnegan Bouncing Cheques?

Tipsters are telling Above the Law that dissolving law firm Morgan & Finnegan is unable to cover cheques issued to departing employees under the WARN Act. Morgan & Finnegan severance…

Ex-Associate Accuses Firm of Gender Discrimination

Julie E. Kamps, a former associate with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, has filed a complaint with the US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, as well as the New York…

Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates

Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates

Japan’s Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation’s international legal community by declaring that all foreign lawyers, regardless of position, must be formally registered…

Massachusetts Lawyers Expect to Make Less This Year

Nearly 79% of Massachusetts Bar Association members who responded to an online survey believe the economic downturn will affect the entire legal profession, and about 49% expect to earn less…

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

This morning’s top stories: London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has informed staff that salaries for associates will be held at 2008 levels… Chicago’s 215-lawyer Chapman and Cutler has launched a New…

Winston & Strawn Bankruptcy Team Moves to Proskauer Rose

Winston & Strawn Bankruptcy Team Moves to Proskauer Rose

Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn to co-chair its bankruptcy group, attorney Jeff Marwil is leaving to join the Chicago office of Proskauer Rose. Two of Marwil’s bankruptcy…