The Connecticut Law Tribune is reporting that Hartford’s Pepe & Hazard has begun merger talks with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter. Pepe & Hazard has 50 lawyers and 35 partners,…
Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple that garnered national attention for showing up to dinner without an invitation at last week’s state dinner for the Prime Minister of India have…
I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at one another, swinging leather briefcases and throwing blackberrys. In this…
Orrick presented its new compensation plan to its associates today, and there was much rejoicing. Unlike many firms that cut base salaries with discretionary bonuses, Orrick kept the $160k starting…
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday December 3 and this is your morning review. The New York Senate has rejected a bill that would have permitted same sex marriages… Two firms…
The New York Assembly keeps passing it, and the Senate keeps rejecting it. The vote was expected to be close but in the end eight Democrats, including two members of…
Two more firms have announced their bonus schedules and they’re a bit different from the Cravath scale. Sullivan & Cromwell is paying bonuses ranging from $7500 to $35,000 depending on…
Sidley Austin is opening an office in Silicon Valley and picking up four laterals in the process. Thomas DeFilipps is joining the firm from Wilson Sonsini and will be the…
The economic crisis in Dubai is creating a large amount of legal work for firms involved in the debt restructuring negotiations. Firms with deep roots in the country are getting…
Scott Rothstein, the Florida attorney whose alleged ponzi scheme has been chronicled here over the last two weeks, will be charged today with criminal racketeering according to a story from…
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