A former partner at DLA Piper’s office in Liverpool, England told a UK employment tribunal Monday that she was sexually discriminated against when the firm fired her after she became pregnant. Multiple reports out of England say Sarah Sweeney, a former real estate partner, dubbed the firm an “old boys’ club” in her testimony and that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
Good morning! Today is March 15, the Ides of March, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news… A former aide to Vice President Joe Biden has joined Holland & Knight… The 9th Circuit upheld references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on currency… Justice Ginsburg spoke out against judicial elections… DLA Piper is facing a lawsuit [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 12, 2010
The National Law Journal is reporting that software company George Sutton & Associates Inc. is suing DLA Piper for allegedly breaching fiduciary duty, unfairly charging more than $200,000 in legal fees and causing George Sutton & Associates to lose a $1 million business deal. In the complaint the company alleges that a DLA Piper associate [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Anastasia Kelly, who recently resigned as general counsel of American International Group reportedly over compensation issues, has joined DLA Piper as of counsel in its Washington D.C. office. DLA Piper Global Chairman Francis B. Burch Jr. explained the addition in a press release. “It would be difficult to identify another lawyer in this country with more complex corporate [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue is down at Winston & Strawn… DLA Piper forms an alliance with a Brazilian law firm… Former Arnold & Porter chairman Michael Sohn joins Davis Polk… A former secretary sues Drinker Biddle over a pay dispute… Ex Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo hires [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 2, 2010
DLA Piper, one of the largest legal service providers in the world, announced yesterday it will form an alliance with the law firm Campos Mello Advogados in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiroa. A February report by Zeughauser Group, a Newport Beach, California, legal consulting firm, stated thirteen law firms based in the U.S., U.K. and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, March 1, and here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news… Profits and revenue decline at Debevoise & Plimpton… Ogletree Deakins open a new office in Orange County, California… Donchess & Notinger claim in a court filing that a bankruptcy case is creating a financial hardship for the firm… Seyfarth Shaw releases details [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
DLA Piper reports that gross revenue declined by almost 14% in 2009 to just over a billion dollars. Revenue per lawyer and profits per partner decreased only 5%, due to reductions in the firm’s head count. The headcount fell by 89 associates (11.6%), 24 equity partners (10.1%), and 16 non-equity partners (4.3%), for a total [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
In the largest legal split in the Sacramento region in more than ten years, ten health care lawyers will leave McDonough Holland & Allen PC – the second-largest local law firm in Sacramento – for the Sacramento office of DLA Piper. Four secretaries and three paralegals are expected to follow. The people leaving McDonough are health care litigators with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, February 24, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… Curtis Mallet reports an increase in profits and revenues in 2009… Revenue is down and profits are up at Patton Boggs… Arnold & Porter report that revenue and profits increase… Honolulu law firms are the target of an email scam… Revenue and profits fall [...]
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