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Seyfarth Shaw Opens Office in Shanghai

Seyfarth Shaw Opens Office in Shanghai

  Chicago-based labor and employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced on Wednesday their launch of a new office in Shanghai, China. The law firm intends the Shanghai office to function…

Bingham McCutchen Opens $22.5 Million Office In Lexington and Looking to Hire

Bingham McCutchen Opens $22.5 Million Office In Lexington and Looking to Hire

Kentucky is excited about the new Bingham McCutchen office that is opening in Coldstream Research Park in Lexington. The new center for consolidated operations will be a nerve center for…

Ogletree Deakins Launches its 44th Office

Ogletree Deakins Launches its 44th Office

On Wednesday, labor & employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart announced the launch of its 44th office, in Richmond Virginia. The 650-lawyer law firm has two headquarters…

Weil Gotshal Grudges the Loss of Two Partners

Weil Gotshal Grudges the Loss of Two Partners

          When D.C. office Quinn Emanuel snagged Weil Gotshal’s two litigation partners, Michael Lyle and Eric Lyttle, it seemed for some to be business as usual.…

Weil Gotshal Partner Nominated for Federal Bench in Manhattan

Weil Gotshal Partner Nominated for Federal Bench in Manhattan

Earlier this week, on Monday, the law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges announced that a law firm partner, Vernon Broderick has been nominated by the White House for federal bench…

Former Fried Frank Employee Confesses to Stealing $376,000 in Toner Cartridges

Former Fried Frank Employee Confesses to Stealing $376,000 in Toner Cartridges

  Anybody who buys toner cartridges for personal use or for the office knows how much they can cost: anywhere from $80 to $259. It was one man’s bright idea…

Ropes Continues to Fight Against Ex-Association Discrimination Suit

Ropes Continues to Fight Against Ex-Association Discrimination Suit

John Ray III continues to pile on new filings to an old and dead case. He was fired from Ropes & Gray in December of 2008 when they chose to…

Finnegan Henderson Loses Five IP Lawyers Who are Leaving to Start Their Own Boutique

Finnegan Henderson Loses Five IP Lawyers Who are Leaving to Start Their Own Boutique

The intellectual property law firm Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner is one of the largest, with 350 lawyers in nine offices worldwide, and also one of the largest in…

Snoopy Secretary Loses the Case that Her Boss Defamed her in Private Emails to his Wife

Snoopy Secretary Loses the Case that Her Boss Defamed her in Private Emails to his Wife

Things didn’t work out in court as a former Thompson Hine secretary had hoped. Valerie Medcalf worked as a legal secretary for George Walsh, but on August 2011 asked for…

Law Firm Under Fire For Keeping Male and Female Attorneys Apart

Law Firm Under Fire For Keeping Male and Female Attorneys Apart

Taking a page from Victorian England’s book of workplace etiquette, a Dallas law firm is coming under fire from an employee for their policy of banning a man and woman…