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DLA Piper Appoints Vice Chairs for Chicago Practice Groups

DLA Piper has for the first time appointed vice chairs for some Chicago practice groups, seeking to aid those who chair large practice groups and provide additional leadership opportunities for…

World’s Law Offices Head To Dubai — Canada Stays Put

World’s Law Offices Head To Dubai — Canada Stays Put

In the past few years, international law firms have been opening up offices in Dubai. Now, US firms, like Weil Gotshal Manges, and Kilpatrick Stockton, have announced plans to open…

DLA Piper Freezes Associate Salaries

DLA Piper associates were greeted with this email on Friday: 2008 has indisputably been one of the most challenging economic periods in recent history. DLA Piper, because of its global…

Lawyers Raise $200,000 for Human Rights

Lawyers Raise $200,000 for Human Rights

An insurance company’s unusual “pyramid scheme” has raised siginificant funds for global human rights organizations. The legal department at Swiss insurance conglomerate ACE Limited created a novel program that leveraged…

Litigation Head Jumps Ship on Sinking USS Thacher Proffitt

Litigation Head Jumps Ship on Sinking USS Thacher Proffitt

Richard Hans, who left DLA Piper two years ago to join Thacher Proffitt & Wood, is heading back to his old firm as the new one faces merger or dissolution. Hans…

Rumor: More Layoffs Looming for DLA Piper? [Update]

Rumor: More Layoffs Looming for DLA Piper? [Update]

DLA Piper, the world’s largest law firm (by number of lawyers) which employs more than 3,700 counsel in 28 countries, may have to make more substantial layoffs. The firm has consistently…

Non-equity Partners In “Precarious Position”

At least two more law firms are considering following the lead of DLA Piper, requiring nonequity partners to buy into equity status, according to William Henderson of Indiana University law school.…