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Madoff Victims — Sue All You Want, The Money’s Gone

Madoff Victims — Sue All You Want, The Money’s Gone

Lawyers ramping up to try to recover client’s investment cash squandered by indicted New York investor Bernard Madoff aren’t expecting to get back very much. “There are going to be…

Client Sues Quinn Emanuel for Malpractice

Client Sues Quinn Emanuel for Malpractice

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is being sued over an allegedly botched $48.8 million settlement that netted the Los Angeles-based firm $12 million in contingency fees. Former client Todd…

Thompson Hine Elects 13 Partners

Thompson Hine LLP has elected 13 lawyers to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2009: Gary D. Blachman is a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice group in…

Sullivan & Cromwell Halves Associate Bonuses

Sullivan & Cromwell Halves Associate Bonuses

Just hours after we reported that Allen & Overy cut its associate bonuses in half, comes the news that New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell has informed its associates of the same…

Gunderson Dettmer Fires Half of First-Year Class [Video]

From LawCrossing.com: Legal blog Above the Law is reporting that Gunderson Dettmer has laid off a number of junior associates. While the firm has yet to respond to requests for…

O’Melveny & Myers Admits 15 New Partners

O’Melveny & Myers LLP has admitted 15 new partners to the firm, effective February 1, 2009. Members of the 2009 partner class are: Washington DC: Stephen D. Brody, Maritza U.B. Okata…

Merry Christmas! Allen & Overy Cuts Associate Bonuses in Half

Merry Christmas! Allen & Overy Cuts Associate Bonuses in Half

Allen & Overy has announced its year-end bonuses for its US associates, with lawyers seeing half of what they recieved last year. The Magic Circle firm’s US lawyers will take…

Cadwalader Announces Associate Bonuses

Manhattan’s Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has announced its associate bonuses: CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT — MEMORANDUM — 2008 ASSOCIATE BONUSES We are pleased to announce that the Firm will award…

Former Brown & Wood Partner Convicted in KPMG Case

Former Brown & Wood Partner Convicted in KPMG Case

A federal jury in Manhattan has convicted Raymond Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood, along with Robert Pfaff and John Larson, two former executives of BIg Four auditor KPMG,…

Baker & Daniels Cuts 22 Positions

Baker & Daniels LLP last week cut 10 jobs from its Fort Wayne, Indiana office, leaving 52 lawyers and 46 support staff. Managing Partner Tom Froehle said no lawyers were fired…