The 9th Circuit recently put in place new rules that give federal judges in the circuit the option of allowing trials to be broadcast. Judge Vaughn Walker announced today that…
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, a global law firm based in Los Angeles, was named the best litigation firm in the United States in this month’s issue of The American…
Lynne M. Abraham, the former district attorney of Philadelphia, is set to join Archer & Greiner, P.C., as a partner based in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Abraham became the first…
Law firm mergers are expected to rise in 2010 after falling by 24 percent in 2009. There were 53 mergers last year that involved law firms with 20 or fewer…
The 9th Circuit thinks so. In a case that seems destined to find its way to the Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Cout of Appeals overturned a Washington state law…
Atlanta’s Rogers & Hardin has a new partner. Lori Gelchion, a corporate lawyer with a practice focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions and securities law has been made a partner. Gelchion…
Los Angeles based Irell & Manella gave its associates the good news last week. The firm is paying double the Sullivan & Cromwell scale, which is the Cravath scale with…
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, January 6, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. A federal judge has upheld most of a new law regulating tobacco companies and advertising……
A law signed in June of last year giving the FDA broad powers over cigarette and tobacco products has (mostly) survived a challenge in federal court. Several tobacco companies sued…
Raymond Mullady, formerly the chair of Orrick’s litigation practice in Washington DC, is moving to Blank Rome. Mullady will handle product liability and mass torts for Blank Rome in Washington.…
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