I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at one another, swinging leather briefcases and throwing blackberrys. In this corner, wearing a charcoal suit and a red power tie we have BigLaw, who wants to raise billing rates by 5%, and in this [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 8, 2009
Salt Lake City’s Holme Roberts & Owen has opened an office in Dublin, their third in the European Union, and the first US firm in Dublin. The office opened with 3 lawyers, 2 partners and an Irish lawyer, and plans to build a practice around corporate and commercial clients. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 28, 2009
When Mayer Brown laid off 45 lawyers and 90 staff in April, it promised “placement opportunities with pro bono organizations and corporate legal departments for some associates.” The firm has come through on its promise for nine former associates, who have been placed in year-long, in-house jobs at seven Mayer Brown corporate clients. The law firm [...]
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