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Layoffs at Schulte Roth

Layoffs at Schulte Roth

Reports are trickling in, but it looks as though at least 13 associates at Schulte Roth have received pink slips today. We have reports that some of the layoffs at…

Court Denies Government Security to Blackwater Defense Team

Court Denies Government Security to Blackwater Defense Team

In an update to this story a court in Washington DC has ruled that the defense team representing a group of Blackwater security personnel accused of participating in a massacre…

Hackers Targeting Large Law Firms in Increasing Numbers

Hackers Targeting Large Law Firms in Increasing Numbers

The FBI has issued an advisory, warning law firms of “noticeable increases” in attempts to hack into their computer systems. The most common method is something called “spear phishing” which…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 17, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. The Chicago school district has been ordered to allow students immediate transfers in the wake of…

Chicago Schools Ordered to Allow Transfers

Chicago Schools Ordered to Allow Transfers

This is an update from Friday’s story. Following an emergency hearing today, a judge in Chicago has ordered the city’s school system to allow immediate transfers for any student that…

New Partners at Proskauer Rose

New Partners at Proskauer Rose

Proskauer Rose has elected four new partners. The four new partners are Sarah Cherry, a corporate lawyer in Boston, Baldassare Vinti and James Gregory in New York and Amy Covert…

Jackson Lewis Opens in Cincinnati

Jackson Lewis Opens in Cincinnati

New York firm Jackson Lewis has opened a new office in Cincinnati, with the help of five local attorneys. This marks the second office in Ohio for the firm, who…

Hogan & Hartson and Lovells to Become Hogan Lovells

Hogan & Hartson and Lovells to Become Hogan Lovells

Merger talks are still underway between US firm Hogan & Hartson and the UK’s Lovells, but one importnat hurdle has now been cleared. The partners of both firms have agreed…

Reed Smith Asks Non Equity Partners for a Tithing

Reed Smith Asks Non Equity Partners for a Tithing

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, or so the expression goes. Now Reed Smith is asking much the same of its non equity partners. Non equity partners are being asked…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone. It’s Monday, November 16, and here’s a quick look back at the recent news. Justice Sotomayor is the most active questioner on the Court, accoding to the…