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Morning Roundup

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…

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…

Morning Roundup

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, 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…

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, 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

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.