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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:47:30 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 26th, and it’s Black Friday! Here’s a quick look back at the latest headlines.

Former Texas solicitor general Gregory Coleman died in a plane crash…

Milbank will pay associate bonuses on what is rapidly becoming known as the Cravath scale…

Skadden matched the associate bonus scale announced earlier this week by Cravath…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:43:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 19th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s headlines.

Greenberg Traurig announced that former Motion Pictures Associations of America IP Counsel Joseph Geisman joined its Intellectual Property and Technology Practice…

Prominent life sciences patent attorney Dr. Lauren L. Stevens joined Foley & Lardner…

Nixon Peabody expanded its presence in China through a new affiliation with Hong Kong firm Cheng Wong Lam & Partners…

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joshua — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:36:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 12th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Energy law firm Burleson Cooke added three attorneys to its growing Pittsburgh office…

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP partner Joseph K. Brenner was named chief counsel of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Howrey laid off 32 staffers across its 10 offices…

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joshua — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:54:21 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, September 24th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Reed Smith was brought on as U.S. corporate and securities counsel for China Sun Group High-Tech Co…

Quarterly revenue at Britain’s 100 biggest law firms increased by an average of 5 percent for the three-month period ending July 31…

Arnold & Porter acquired three attorneys from Sonnenschein…

Four Davis Polk partners were named ‘Top Lawyers’ in California…

Troutman Sanders appointed a new managing partner in its Washington, D.C office…

The Best Lawyers in America 2011® will feature 58 attorneys from Winstead PC…

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joshua — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:07:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, September 17th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote was ranked among the top firms in Pittsburgh by U.S. News & World Report…

The Latin Builders Association (LBA) named international law firm Greenberg Traurig its 2010 “Law Firm of the Year”…

Sidley Austin topped all law firms in the inaugural U.S. News “Best Law Firms Survey”…

DLA Piper added two attorneys to its San Francisco office…

Sidley Austin named former Clifford Chance partner co-head of its capital markets group in London…

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers released the 2010 Best Law Firms Rankings…

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joshua — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:02:41 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Friday, September 10th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Chambers USA recognized Monteleone & McCrory in the area of construction law in California…

Highly-regarded commercial trial and appellate attorney Thomas Gilbertsen joined Venable LLP…

Former Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer joined Akin Gump…

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joshua — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:35:44 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, September 3rd. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Dinsmore & Shohl added two new partners in its Columbus, Ohio office…

Grant & Eisenhofer added three attorneys to its antitrust practice…

Sidley Austin’s Thomas Cole was honored by the National Association of Corporate Directors…

Steptoe & Johnson opened an office, and acquired the energy practice group from Culbertson, Weiss, Schetroma and Schug…

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joshua — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:05:37 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Friday, August 27th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Many associates at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe received pay raises…

Sidley Austin added to its international trade and Latin America practices….

Former pitcher Roger Clemens will be arraigned Monday in on charges he lied to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs…

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joshua — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:17:15 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, August 13th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Baker McKenzie reported its revenues were flat but profits were up…

Ventricelli joined Capstone Advisory Group LLC as Managing Director…

The stay was lifted in California same-sex marriage ban…

Brinks Hofer laid off 18 workers this week…

Law Firm Best, Best, & Krieger was subpoenaed by the Attorney General’s office during its investigation of overpaid employees in the city of Bell…

A top compliance officer from BAE Systems joined Covington & Burling as a partner…

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joshua — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:27:36 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, July 16th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Cox Smith is opening an office in El Paso…

Squire Sanders & Dempsey has two new heads of personnel…

The co-chair of Murchison & Cumming’s employment practice was named a “Leading Employment Lawyer in California“…

Chief Counsel of the Division of Enforcement for the SEC is leaving to become a partner in the Washington office of Jones Day…

Curtin & Heefner added three partners to its practice…

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joshua — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:18:10 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, July 9th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Clifford Chance was the highest grossing firm among UK firms…

Sonnenschein added a veteran Exxon Lawyer to its Energy Practice…

Ogletree opened a Portland office…

Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan added two partners to its IP team…

A survey of nearly 700 women law firm partners revealed an “intense dissatisfaction” with the compensation gap between men and women…

A former Texas representative joined Greenberg Traurig’s Austin office as an of counsel in the governmental affairs practice group…

A shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa office, was appointed chairman of the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education…

Morvillo Abramowitz was recognized by Chambers & Partners for the 7th consecutive year…

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joshua — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:54:17 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, July 2nd. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

According to Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, leading consultants to the legal industry, law firm merger activity picked up during the second quarter…

Profits per partner were up 10 Percent at Allen & Overy…

Baker Botts’ Robert W. Jordan, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, returned as partner in charge of the firm’s Middle East offices…

The Los Angeles based firm Munger Tolles & Olson placed for the third year running at the top of the American Lawyer A-List…

Francis P. Barron, a partner from Cravath, Swaine and Moore, joined Morgan Stanley as its chief legal officer…

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joshua — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:48:04 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, June 25th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Crowell & Moring received the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Thomas L. Sager Award for Commitment to Diversity…

Proskauer Rose general counsel and former New York State Bar president Steven C. Krane died Tuesday in New York City…

U.K.-based attorney Andrew B. Harris left his position as private equity head at DLA Piper to take over as managing partner at the London office of Kaye Scholer…

Thorp Reed & Armstrong “parted ways” with seven of its attorneys and two administrative assistants…

Phillips & Cohen LLP represented whistleblower in Northrop case; company settled for $12.5 Million…

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joshua — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:16:37 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, June 18th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

President Obama selected Fried Frank partner Michael R. Bromwich to lead the administration’s efforts in targeting regulation corruption in the regulation and oversight of offshore oil drilling…

Jones Day laid off staff at its Dallas and Los Angeles offices…

CA based Mesa Law Group began offering clients a new Loan Modification & Finance Preparation Program…

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joshua — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:45:00 +0000

Good day everyone! Today is Friday, May 7. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

Erin Brockovich Joins Forces With Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. to Assist Victims of BP Oil Spill…

Foley & Lardner announced yesterday seven lawyers from Lovells LLP have joined the firm…

A challenge to the US Defense of Marriage Act began…

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joshua — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:45:20 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, March 26, and before we head into the weekend let’s take a look back at yesterday’s headlines…

All 60 members of UCI’s inaugural class have landed summer jobs…

Morris Manning & Martin has established a foothold in South America by forging an alliance with a Brazilian firm…

A federal judge has rejected a settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit brought by workers involved in the cleanup from 9/11…

Lady Gaga is facing a lawsuit brought by a former boyfriend and business associate…

Duane Morris is the latest firm to report good numbers for 2009…

California voters will get the chance to vote on an initiative legalizing marijuana…

A group of workers in Louisiana has won a large class action lawsuit for occupational hearing loss…

and Ropes & Gray has been hit with a plagiarism lawsuit…

Morning Roundup

sara — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:41:19 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, March 12, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center files a lawsuit against Trinity Law Associates for allegedly defrauding 30 Korean immigrants…

King & Spaulding reveals a new pay scale and bonuses…

Former U.S. Senators Lott and Breaux are in talks with Patton Boggs…

Snell & Wilmer opens a sports agency…

The Obama administration nominates two federal judges…

The Zeughauser Group reports that BigLaw hasn’t fared as badly as predicted…

Quinn Emanuel changes their name…

Howrey is cutting partners after a tough 2009…

White & Case promotes five to partner…

Morning Roundup

sara — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:54:08 +0000

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 by women and minorities…

The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel…

Chadbourne & Parke bolster their practice with five additions to their Mexico and New York City offices…

David Quinto protects the trademark of the Academy Awards…

Governor David Paterson of New York turns to lawyer Theodore V. Wells Jr. for assistance…

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sara — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:50:07 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 26, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

A judge ordered the shutdown of debt settlement firm Allegro Law LLC…

Motley Rice LLC and Burke PLLC have joined forces to pursue claims for clients in the Kellogg, Brown, and Root, Inc., Burn Pit multidistrict litigation…

Jeff Roberts joins Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s London office as a partner…

Loretta Lau has joined Goodwin Procter’s Hong Kong office as a corporate finance partner…

Steve Betensky resigns as chair of White & Case’s global information technology practice…

Revenue and profits improve at Wiley Rein…

McGuireWoods sees increases in profits per partner and gross revenues but declines in net profits and revenue per lawyer…

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joshua — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:26:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 19. Let’s kick the weekend off with a look back at yesterday’s stories…

JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has been named in a plagiarism suit…

BuckleySanders brought on a new attorney as Counsel…

A school district in Pennsylvania has been accused of violating the privacy of its students in a stunning fashion…

Patton Boggs picked up a former Bristol-Myers executive…

Revenue and profits fell at O’Melveny Myers…

Fish & Richardson was honored by an IP magazine…

Cravath is facing a conflict of interest complaint…

Profits were up in 2010 for Sidley Austin, even as revenues fell…

Katten added a new partner to its health care practice…

Six attorneys left Venable for Arent Fox…

And Consumer Watchdog is urging the court to reject the settlement agreement in the Google Book case…

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Morning Roundup

sara — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:16:08 +0000

Good Morning Everyone! Today is Friday, February 12, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories…

Tim Carson leaves Saul Ewing and resigns from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission…

Morgan Lewis reports a large drop in profits…

Several firms have come out against the NALP recruitment plan…

Joseph Greenaway becomes the 15th Obama Administration judicial nominee to win Senate confirmation…

Former President Bill Clinton is admitted to Manhattan hospital where he receives two stents…

Two Senate Democrats unveil a plan to blunt the effect of the Citizens United ruling…

Morning Roundup

sara — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:44:23 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 5, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines.

Tycko & Zavareei filed a class action suit against Fifth Third Bank…

Pillsbury gave raises (sort of) and bonuses…

Gardere Wynne added four attorneys to their roster…

Morrison & Foerster hired Joe Calve as their Chief Marketing Officer…

Danna McKitrick attorney Ruth Binger was named a Top Small Business Lawyer by the St. Louis Small Business Monthly…

Revenues and profits were up at Bingham McCutchen…

Thor Hearne, a former national election counsel in the Bush administration, joined Arent Fox…

Littler Mendelson welcomed 4 new shareholders to the firm…

Neil Upton joined Greenberg Traurig to head its UK Energy Practice…

The former director of Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality joined Foley & Lardner…

Mintz Levin gave incoming associates the option to defer their starting employment date…

Alston & Bird hired a contractor to explore the construction of a new office building…

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joshua — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:45:07 +0000

Good morning everyone and TGIF! Today is Friday, January 29. Last night we were saddened to hear of the passing of Robert Joffe, the former presiding partner at Cravath, and extend our condolences to his friends, family and colleagues…

Here’s a look back at the other headlines from Thursday…

The Supreme Court of Nevada has blocked a planto pipe in ground water from the rural areas into Las Vegas on procedural grounds…

The EEOC is taking Kelley Drye to court for age discriminationin a case that could have deep repercussions…

Orly Taitz, queen of the birthers, is back – and talking about running for office…

Andrews Kurth is launching a fixed fee service to help small business get started…

Revenue is down at Reed Smith, but profits are up…

Robins Kaplan is opening in New Yorkwith some lateral moves from Lovells…

Joshua Sable has left Bryan Cave to be general counsel at an HR firm…

Andrews Kurth added three to its DC office…

Chabourne & Parke launch what appears to be the first practice specializing in alternative energy cars…

Nixon Peabody announced a pair of promotions…

And a former associate has brought a discrimination claimagainst Howrey…

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joshua — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:45:12 +0000

Good morning! Today is Friday, January 15, and here’s a look at yesterday top stories…

A study from Altman Weil predicts biglaw billing rates will rise this year…

The former COO of TARP has joined Cozen O’Connor..

White & Case has launched a arbitration practice in Singapore…

Dickstein Shapiro is abandoning lockstep compensation…

and the UK’s Appleby opened an office in Guernsey…

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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…

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joshua — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:45 +0000

Good morning and TGIF! It’s Friday, December 11, and here is a quick look back at yesterday’s news.

There’s new leadershipat Weil Gotshal…

Former Congressman George Nethercutt has joined a Spokane firm…

Two more firms have announced their bonuses, and they aren’t the same ol’ thing…

and end of the year stories have begun with a common theme….

Friday Roundup

joshua — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:37:46 +0000

Hello everyone! Thanks to a minor electrical problem this isn’t so much a morning roundup as an early afternoon one.

Pepe & Hazard is reported to be in merger talks…

The couple who gained notoriety for crashing the state dinner has retained counselfrom Dewey & LeBoeuf…

BigLaw wants to raise rates, and corporate America doesn’t want to pay…

And Orrick is moving away from lockstep in a big way….

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…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:45:55 +0000

Good Morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 6, and here’s a look back at the last few days.

Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan opened its 13th office…

Goodwin Procter laid off 21 of its second year associates…

Hogan & Hartson picked up a former government regulator…

Dickstein Shapiro laid off more attorneys and staff…

and same sex marriage has been defeated at the polls in Maine…

Halloween Roundup

joshua — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:59 +0000

Good morning everyone! It’s October 30th and here’s your look back at yesterday’s news.

Jones Day gets one of its partners back…

Kaye Scholer is not extending its deferrals, sort of…

Foley Hoag tests the limits of corporate spin…

and we’re one step closer to the largest ever merger between a US and a UK law firm…

Tomorrow night is all hallowed evening, better known as Halloween. Here is the History Channel’s writeup on the history of the holiday.

Friday Roundup

joshua — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:55:40 +0000

Good morning everyone, and TGIF!

An army reservist has won his summary judgement against SUBWAY…

Ropes & Gray is opening a London office soon…

WilmerHale laid off some of its staff…

and there is a new class of partners at Sullivan & Cromwell…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:41:11 +0000

Good morning everyone! Here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories…

Foley & Lardner have confirmed the layoffs we first reported last week…

Sidekick users are getting their data back after all, but lawsuits are still on their way…

Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group bidding on the Rams…

and Justice Ginsburg spent another night in the hospital…

Friday Roundup

joshua — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:36:14 +0000

Good morning everyone and TGIF!

The blawgosphere was rocked yesterday by the newsthat Hogan & Hartson has entered merger talks with Lovells…

But somewhere around the edges, some other news snuck in. The DOJ has begun investigating IBM for antitrust violations…

and Holme Roberts & Owen opened a new office in Dublin…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:06:54 +0000

Good morning one and all. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

Schulte Roth has sent out offers to its summer associates…

McDermott Will & Emery picks up two well known faces…

The American Lawyer put out this years Global 100…

and Carlton Fields picks up four new lawyers…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:36:27 +0000

Good morning everyone. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

Justice Ginsburg was hospitalized yesterday evening…

Arent Fox has revoked some of its offers for new associates…

There are upcoming changes to the FRCP you should be aware of…

Skadden sent out its offers for 2010 summer associates…

Justice Sotomayor will throw out the first pitch at this Saturday’s Yankees game… school…

Orange County is offering those arrested for a misdemeanor a get out of jail free card…

and DePaul accidentaly sent an email to everyone that had ever applied to its law