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Law Firms Dealing With Mandatory Retirement Policies

Law Firms Dealing With Mandatory Retirement Policies

The recent discrimination suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Kelley Drye & Warren because of its mandatory retirement policy has brought the controversial mandate back into focus.…

Marketing Heavyweights Set for Harvard Club Forum

Marketing Heavyweights Set for Harvard Club Forum

The chief marketing officers of DLA Piper, Greenberg Traurig and Morrison & Foerster are slated to serve as co-chairs of a law firm marketing and business development forum to be held…

Perkins Coie Opens Office in Dallas

Perkins Coie Opens Office in Dallas

Today, the firm of Perkins Coie announced it has opened an office in Dallas, Texas. According to the press release at the firm’s website, the new Dallas office will allow…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, April 19th, and here’s a look back at Friday’s stories… New law grads face a difficult economic climate… Associates at DLA Piper receive a…

Two Partners Leave Mayer Brown Following Layoffs

Two Partners Leave Mayer Brown Following Layoffs

Mayer Brown, which last week let go of 28 associates and 47 staffers, saw its ranks continue to thin this week with the loss of two partners. The first is…

Oregon Supreme Court Sides With Employer in Pot Ruling

Oregon Supreme Court Sides With Employer in Pot Ruling

In what one legal expert called “a shot across the bow” of medical marijuana supporters, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employee could be fired for drug use…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Opens Eyes With $125 Million Bond Offering

Dewey & LeBoeuf Opens Eyes With $125 Million Bond Offering

In what it describes as “a rare action by a U.S. law firm,” Bloomberg is reporting that Dewey & LeBoeuf has raised $125 million in a bond offering to refinance…

Recruitment Levels Get Back to Normal at Clifford Chance

Recruitment Levels Get Back to Normal at Clifford Chance

In another sign the legal jobs market is improving, Clifford Chance has re-invited students from last year’s recruitment drive in England to re-apply with the firm. According to LegalWeek, Clifford…

Intellectual Property Lawyer from Haynes and Boone Nominated for Inventor of the Year Award

Intellectual Property Lawyer from Haynes and Boone Nominated for Inventor of the Year Award

Steven Chen, an intellectual property lawyer from Haynes and Boone, LLP has been nominated for the European Patent Office’s Inventor of the Year Award for his work on powerful chipsets…

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Awarded Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property magazine

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Awarded Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property magazine

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) magazine has recognized Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in two categories in its recent 2010 North American Awards. The firm received an award for Firm of…