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Rumors of Dewey Closure Swirling

Rumors of Dewey Closure Swirling

  The leader at Dewey & LeBoeuf are frantically trying to save the sinking law firm but sources from inside and outside the firm claim that the firm will close…

Vice Chair Morton Pierce Leaves Dewey

Vice Chair Morton Pierce Leaves Dewey

According to media sources, the last count of Dewey lawyers leaving the firm has crossed hundred. The previously reported extension from the bank syndicate did not work out to a…

McCarter & English Take on Tax Guru in Their Newark Office

McCarter & English Take on Tax Guru in Their Newark Office

McCarter and English LLP are taking on attorney Alan F. Kornstein at their Newark office where he partners with the Tax & Employee Benefits Group. He will bring his business…

Dewey: The Party is Over – Contractors Repossess Copiers, Caterer Asks Employees to Use Credit Cards

Dewey: The Party is Over – Contractors Repossess Copiers, Caterer Asks Employees to Use Credit Cards

The days following Monday’s advice from the Dewey management for partners to seek ‘alternative opportunities,’ things have been degrading fast at Dewey. Document and mailroom is apparently closed down and…

Quinn Emanuel One-Ups Sullivan Bonuses

Quinn Emanuel One-Ups Sullivan Bonuses

After Sullivan announced its bonuses, it’s jellybean spring lineup, Quinn Emanuel has announced theirs and it’s putting Sullivan in perspective. This is Sullivan’s layout (data from Above the Law).  …

Law Firm in Canada Sues 150 Law Firms and Solo Practitioners

Law Firm in Canada Sues 150 Law Firms and Solo Practitioners

In an extremely interesting game of turning the tables on one another, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is suing close to 150 law firms and lawyers all across Canada in…

Quinn Emanuel Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

Quinn Emanuel Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany

  The law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced recently that they have opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, according to a press release. This is the…

Monday Memo at Dewey Asks Partners to Seek “Alternative Opportunities”

Monday Memo at Dewey Asks Partners to Seek “Alternative Opportunities”

Setting off the latest episode in the Dewey drama, the management of Dewey issued a memo on Monday stating “All partners … are encouraged to seek out alternative opportunities.” One…

Sidley Austin Names New Managing Partner for D.C. Office

Sidley Austin Names New Managing Partner for D.C. Office

  It has been announced that Mark D. Hopson, the Management and Executive Committees member for Sidley Austin LLP, is taking over the role of Managing Partner for the law…

Helping Hand for Drowning Dewey

Helping Hand for Drowning Dewey

  “Word around the office is that the firm just secured an extension from banks,” it has been reported. “Anywhere from two weeks to a month, it’s unclear.” That means…