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Nine Fish & Richardson Lawyers Move to Bracewell & Giuliani

Nine Fish & Richardson Lawyers Move to Bracewell & Giuliani

As we reported last month, Fish and Richardson is closing its office in Austin. Nine IP lawyers from that office have signed on with Bracewell & Giuliani, according to a…

Bloomberg Unveils its Legal Search Engine

Bloomberg Unveils its Legal Search Engine

Bloomberg has been working on a database to rival Westlaw and Lexis for at least two years and the big coming out party is scheduled for the end of the…

South Korea Opens Doors for Foreign Law Firms

South Korea Opens Doors for Foreign Law Firms

Under new laws, South Korea will permit foreign law firms to open offices. In order to qualify, the law firm must be from a country that has a free trade…

Kenneth Glazer Joins K&L Gates

Kenneth Glazer Joins K&L Gates

Kenneth Glazer, the former deputy director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, has taken a partnership at K&L Gates’ Washington DC office. While at the FTC,…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s news… Crowell & Moring is asking staff to voluntarily resign… Kelley Drye picks up two big names from Bryan Cave… DLA…

Voluntary Staff Layoffs at Crowell & Moring

Voluntary Staff Layoffs at Crowell & Moring

Crowell & Moringhas asked staff to voluntarily leave in order to bring them down to a four to one attorney/staff ratio. Anyone that voluntarily leaves by October 23rd will receive…

Two Big Names Move from Bryan Cave to Kelley Drye

Two Big Names Move from Bryan Cave to Kelley Drye

Dana Rosenfeld and Joan Bernstein have left Bryan Cave to join the Advertising and Marketing group at Kelley Drye. Rosenfeld will also chair the firm’s information security practice, and Bernsteins…

Bonus Season – DLA Piper Says Yes

Bonus Season – DLA Piper Says Yes

We don’t know yet how much, but DLA Piper has informed its associates that there will be bonuses this year. The total bonus will be between 5 and 50 thousand,…

2,000 Jobs Lost in September for the Legal Sector

2,000 Jobs Lost in September for the Legal Sector

Unless you live in a cave, by now you’ve probably heard that the latest numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that we lost another 263,000 jobs in…

First Monday

First Monday

Today is the first Monday in October and as always that means a new term has begun for the Supreme Court. This year’s docket is loaded with corporate law, but…