Dechert is paying year end bonuses that should, by now, look familiar to those following the industry. Like many of its contemporaries, the firm is matching the Cravath bonus scale,…
Wayne Whalen has stepped down as head of Skadden‘s Chicago office. Whalen has been with Skadden since leaving Mayer Brown in 1984 to help set up the Chicago office, which…
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 5, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. Three partners moved from Baker Hostetler to Cozen O’Connor… There was a gunfight in a Las…
Three partners, two from the antitrust practice and one specializing in immigration and trade, are making the jump from Baker Hostetler to Cozen O’Connor’s Washington D.C. office. Melissa Maxman, who…
As I sipped my morning coffee and skimmed news stories from this weekend I heard sirens wailing in the distance. Sirens in Las Vegas aren’t all that unusual – Nevada…
At the start of 2009 Arnold & Porter announced that it was freezing salaries but held out the hope that some or all of the difference might be paid out…
Last year Latham & Watkinshired away seven partners from Allen & Overy to help boost its China practice. Now, the firm has opened its third office in China, located in…
Good morning! It’s Monday, January 4. I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year. Let’s take a look back at the stories making headlines over the last several days… A…
Five security guards from Blackwater Security who were on trial for allegedly participating in a massacre in Baghdad in 2007 are free men today. The judge in the case, Ricardo…
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