The next step in the ongoing federal health care legal fight will take place in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia this Tuesday, May…
Sidley Austin has announced its plans for the class of 2010. Some of the associates will be starting in January of 2011, with the remainder being deferred until January 2012.…
The government is investigating the health insurance company Humana over a mailer it recently sent out regarding health care reform. In the mailer, the company included some dubious claims that…
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded job offers to one-third of its 2009 incoming associate class.…
Northwestern University Law School will allow deferred graduates to postpone their monthly student loan payments until they start working. The school is also offering short-term medical insurance to grads. The…
Perkins Coie has cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff. Affected employees have been offered an expanded severance package that includes continuation of health insurance for the rest of the year.…
Chicago’s Schiff Hardin has announced it is taking steps to cut costs, in the hope of avoiding further layoffs. From the memo, signed by managing partner Ronald S. Safer: I…
Former Lakin Law Firm attorney Jeffrey Millar of St. Louis is suing the Wood River, Illinois-based firm for unpaid salary, class action fees and punitive damages in excess of $500,000.…
Fortune Magazine says DC law firm Arnold & Porter is not only the best DC law firm for which to work; it is the 21st best company to work for…
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