Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, March 5, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… O’Melveny & Myers file a lawsuit against video game publisher Activision on behalf of game makers Jason West and Vince Zampella… Profits are steady but revenue is down at Drinker Biddle… A dozen companies pledge $30 million to law firms owned [...]
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
A former secretary at Drinker Biddle’s Washington office is suing the firm over an overtime pay dispute. Shawn Havrilla worked worked at the firm between 2006 and 2008. In a complaint filed last week at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia she contends that she was required to work over 40 hours [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, January 26, and here’s your morning roundup… A Pepper Hamilton Partner is the lead investor in a deal to purchase the Texas Rangers… Wilmer Hale’s numbers are out and per partner profits are up seven percent (guess they don’t mind that story leaking to blawgs) … Wilson Sonsini is thawing salaries and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, January 20, and here’s a look back at Tuesday’s news. Jones Walker picks up a former US Attorney… Gibson Dunn has launched an E-Discovery practice… Patton Boggs expanded its international arbitration group… Drinker Biddle announced its new merit based compensation plan… Mischon de Reya opened its doors in NYC… Jackson Lewis added six attorneys in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Drinker Biddle is moving to a merit based pay system, becoming the latest in a string of major law firms to abandon lockstep compensation. Under the new plan associates in their second year and beyond are broken down into four tiers. Each tier has a baseline salary but the firm is quick to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 10, 2009
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, the 10th of December, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. DLA Piper has brought in a new partner… Senate Democrats have reached a compromise on health care reform… Drinker Biddle picks up several lawyers in LA… and Uganda has human rights activists up in arms with its proposed legislation…
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Drinker Biddle first opened its doors in Los Angeles back in 2001 but the office never picked up steam and had dwindled down to one partner, two associates, and one of counsel. Now the firm is jump starting their LA presence with six new laterals, including four partners. George Caplan, Henry Shields, Kristopher [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 30, 2009
Drinker Biddle managed to avoid deferring its incoming associates this year by cutting salaries, as we reported back in May. Apparently that wasn’t enough, as sources are reporting more than twenty associates were laid off yesterday. So far, it appears litigators are safe, with most cuts coming from tax and corporate practice groups. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 10, 2009
In a year marked by layoffs, deferred start dates and low offer rates, this almost sounds like good news. Drinker Biddle made offers to 25 out of 37 summer associates, firm wide. While it’s certainly better than we’ve seen from some firms this year, it’s still a step back from last year [...]
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