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Status: Incarcerated

Status: Incarcerated

Inmates in most prisons have very little contact with the outside world.  They are barred from owning cell phones, and if they have access to computers, it’s heavily restricted and…

Revenue Flat for Locke Lord in 2010

Revenue Flat for Locke Lord in 2010

Locke Lord Bissell &Liddell is reporting flat revenues for 2010 but an 8.5% increase in net income.  Profit per partner was just under $1 million, but because 2009′s ppp was reported…

Revenue and Profit up at DLA Piper

The US wing of DLA Piper made a clean sweep of the financial pages with revenues, profit per parter, profit margin and revenue per lawyer all ticking up in 2010. …

Dewey Picks up Bankruptcy Team from LA Boutique

Dewey Picks up Bankruptcy Team from LA Boutique

Bruce Bennett is leaving the firm he helped found, Hennigan Bennett & Dorman, and moving to Dewey & LeBoeuf.  Bennett and Michael Hennigan founded the bankruptcy boutique, which will now…

Pillsbury Gets Five From Orrick

Pillsbury Gets Five From Orrick

Pillsburyhired a five lawyer real estate team away from Orrick in New York, including the only two real estate partners in Orrick’s NYC office.  The partners, Marc Shapiro and Jill…

The Legal Teams Behind the AOL-HuffPo Deal

The Legal Teams Behind the AOL-HuffPo Deal

In a surprise move late Sunday night (so surprising most HuffPo employees learned about it on the news), AOL purchased The Huffington Post for $315 million and put HuffPo founder…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone!  Today is Tuesday, February 8, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Things appear to be calming down a little in Cairo… More firms are…

Egypt Report

Egypt Report

We have some fresh news out of Cairo, from DLA Matouk Bassiouny.  First the good news – everyone is safe and in good health.  The Cairo office is open again with limited…

Revenue Down, Profits Up at Cadwalader

Revenue Down, Profits Up at Cadwalader

For the fourth consecutive year, revenues are down at Cadwalader.  That’s the bad news.  The good news is that profits per equity partner ticked up slightly for the second year…

Partners Sit Tight in 2010

Partners Sit Tight in 2010

After a fast start, the lateral market for partners cooled substantially in 2010, with the lowest number of partner laterals among major law firms since 2000.  The low numbers are…