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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:20:47 +0000

Good morning! It’s Friday, January 8, and here’s a peek back at yesterday’s stories…

Two firmsin the Carolinas have merged…

California Governor Schwarzenegger has appointed three attorneys to state posts…

There are conflicting reports on the pace of law firm mergers in 2009…

Sedgwick picked up seven attorneys in California…

Jaffe Associates is now known as Jaffe PR…

Moore & Van Allen hired the former mayor of Charlotte…

Controversy is swirling around the legal protections offered to the Christmas bomber…

And some first years at Pillsbury are getting hit with a salary cut…

Daily Roundup

joshua — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:13:28 +0000

As we get closer and closer to New Years Eve, I want to remind everyone to be be careful and to have a fantastic and safe holiday. We want every single one of our readers back next year!

Here’s a look at yesterday’s news…

Ron Parraguirre is Nevada’s new chief justice…

A branch of Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attempted Christmas bombing…

Recruitment firm Sivin-Tobin has lost its appeal in its suit against Akin Gump…

Congress continues to be unsympathetic to the ABA’s appeal for debt relief for law students….

In house counsel at Fortune 500 companies have named Ulmer & Berne the “go to firm”…

And Mayer Brown announced bonuses, with no new surprises….

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:41 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, December 17, and here’s your snapshot of yesterday’s news…

John Schulman, top counsel for Warner Bros for 25 years, has joined MS&K…

Seyfarth Shaw picks up a lateral from Hogan & Hartson…

WilmerHale’s new partnership class is over 50% female…

The FTC wants a piece of Intel….

Dewey & Leboeuf match the Cravath bonuses…

and Simpson & Thatcher is the only firm that we know of paying bonuses to deferred associates doing public interest work…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:27:19 +0000

Today is Friday, November 13th, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news.

Foley & Lardner snag a prominent IP lawyerfrom Sheppard Mullin…

Baker Hostetler open an office in Chicago…

Intel and AMD have reached a $1.2 billion settlement…

and according to a survey from PWC, UK firms are feeling the pinch…

Anyone interested in the history of the superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th might enjoy this article…

Wednesday Roundup

joshua — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:07 +0000

Good morning everyone! Getting the day started early this morning with today’s look back at yesterday’s news.

Eckert Seamans snags four lawyers from Troutman Sanders and opens an office in Virginia.

Scott Rothstein is back in Florida. We will continue to update this story as it develops…

Winston & Strawn defers the already deferred….

and law blog abovethelaw.com has been sued…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:11:44 +0000

Good morning everyone! Here’s a quick look at yesterday’s news to start off your day…

A birther lawyerhas been fined by a federal judge in Georgia after a truly bizarre sequence of events…

A challenge to California’s Prop 8 has cleared an important hurdle…

The FTC has clarified its new guidelines, to the relief of bloggers…

Maria Shriver has been caught on film breaking the no cell phone while driving law…

and Greenberg Traurig has three new partners…

End of Week Roundup

joshua — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:42:48 +0000

Good morning and TGIF. To paraphrase Jerry Garcia, what a long strange week it’s been….

Here’s a look back at the highlights…

The two man firm of Singer & Deutsch opened a third office…

Marks & Clerk become the 2nd UK firm to grace our pages in August with some downsizing…

The Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party joined Barnes & Thornburg…

K&L Gates picked up 1/4 of Kelley Drye’s Chicago office…

The Dallas DA is leaving 4 vacancies unfilled…

Alston & Bird is keeping its summers on tenterhooks….

And we were pranked by an anonymous tipster… our apologies to King & Spaulding for what appears now to have been a false rumor.

Daily Roundup

joshua — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:15:42 +0000

Good Morning! Here’s a recap of yesterdays stories.

Haynes & Boone expanded, adding four new lawyers as of counsel…

Ball Janik opens shop in Seattle with a new governement contracts practice…

Skadden will make all its summer offers on one day in September….

and Chadbourne & Parke is establishing a presence in northern California…