In recent days, the law firm of Baker & McKenzie announced that Ricardo S. Martinez joined the firm as a partner in the Latin American finance and transactional practice in…
Camp Fiorante Matthews and Branch MacMaster, both Vancouver based law firms, have filed a class action lawsuit against Visa, Mastercard and some of the country’s largest banks, for allegedly…
Good morning everybody! Today is Thursday, November 18th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories. Lisa Murkowski won her bid to be returned to Washington as Alaska’s Senator… Boies Schiller…
The NY Times Dealbook is reporting that three associates, all female, were let go late last week by Boies Schiller. All three were part of a team that lost a major…
Citigroup, whose “CitiSelect” initiative operates much like a typical Biglaw summer associates program, has canceled the program for 2010, and will not be holding on-campus interviews. The program prepares 2Ls…
Apparently at least one law firm is growing as it rakes in the dough despite the recession. From The Blog of Legal Times: Crowell [& Moring] reports that gross revenue…
Revenue at 400-lawyer Quinn Emanuel Urquardt Oliver & Hedges was $441.9 million in 2008, up 15% from 2007. Profits jumped 10% to $260 million last year. Profits per partner, already…
Am Law 100 firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had a solid 2008, with both revenue and profits on the rise. Gross revenue reached $692 million, up 6.3% from…
Bernard Madoff, founder and president of a New York firm that invested funds for wealthy individuals, hedge funds and other institutions, has been charged with operating what he told employees…
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