David Lat from Above the Law opines about the withdrawal of the law firm King and Spalding from representation for the Defense of Marriage Act. The defection has generated controversy…
On Thursday, Lime Wire decided to settle for $105 million dollars mid-trial. The company was ordered to shut down in October of last year for infringement of music copyrights. Before…
Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, from the Galleon Group, was convicted on 14 counts of insider trading on May 11. It was the largest hedge fund insider trading case in…
San Francisco Judge Edward Chen was finally confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the federal district bench in California after a protracted delay over his civil liberties record and controversial…
A team of six litigators has joined Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP in the firm’s intellectual property group. All join from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. John L. North…
Today, King & Spalding announced it will open an office in Moscow, and the firm has hired, initially, five lawyers from Hogan Lovells and White & Case. The Moscow office…
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has recently added two partners to its firm. Leading labor and employment attorney Wanda Holloway has joined as a partner in the Houston office, and Steven Fein…
Nationally renowned, high-profile criminal and civil litigator and trial attorney Abbe D. Lowell has rejoined Chadbourne & Parke LLP as a partner. He will split his time between Washington, D.C.,…
On Friday, May 6, a draft bill was released by two US Representatives, Joe Barton (R-TX) and Edward Markey (D-MA). It is aimed at putting new restrictions on companies that…
Following two months of legal job loss in February and March, April is giving many in the legal field more optimism since 1,500 new legal jobs were added in the…
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