Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, March 2, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue and profits are down, while PPP is up at Dickstein Shapiro… Steptoe & Johnson open a new office in Beijing… According to Am Law Daily’s “Diversity Scorecard” diversity at major law firms declined in 2009… The NALP settles on a heavily [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
K&L Gates has a new office in Warsaw – new to them, that is. As of March 15, Hogan & Hartson’s 38 lawyer office will become a K&L Gates office, expanding K&L Gates Eastern European presence. This move comes as the Hogan Lovells merger, set to become official on May 1, draws closer. The combined firm will [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
Peter W. Smith has joined Thompson Hine as a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. Smith, who was formerly with Hogan & Hartson, joins the firm’s corporate transactions and securities practice. He will also work in Thompson Hine’s New York office. Smith’s practice focuses on companies in several fields, including telecommunications and media and entertainment. He [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
The merger between US firm Hogan & Hartson and the UK’s Lovells will take effect on May 1 of this year, and the two firms are making final preparations. Today, the firms released the names of the 12 partners who will sit on the board, with each firm nominating six lawyers based on geographic [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
President Barack Obama named five nominees for U.S. Attorney in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and New York on January 20. Stephanie Finley was nominated for the Western District of Louisiana. She has been assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District since 1995. Donald Washington, the current U.S. attorney, stepped down this week to join Jones, Walker, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Law firm mergers are expected to rise in 2010 after falling by 24 percent in 2009. There were 53 mergers last year that involved law firms with 20 or fewer employees, according to a report by Altman Weil MergerLine. The report said law firms’ “cautious approach” in 2009 came as a direct result of the ailing [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Good morning everyone. Today is Wednesday, December 23. We’ll be taking a break for a few days to celebrate Christmas so this is your last roundup until Monday… UC Irvine students who start next year will get a 50% scholarship for all three years… Quinn Emanuel announced bonuses… So did Wachtel Lipton… HBJ Gateley Wareing bought out [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 22, 2009
First a little background: Hogan & Hartson pays associates on a two tier system, where associates can choose to receive higher base salary but with a higher billable hours requirement, or take a lower base salary with lower expectations. This year, salaries were frozen at 2008 levels and in the spring, Hogan & Hartson [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Yesterday William Kahn was an associate at Hogan & Hartson, or an associate at what will soon be Hogan Lovells. Today Kahn is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw. With firms cutting back on partnership promotions, who wouldn’t want to make that kind of leap? Kahn has a mergers and acquisitions practice focusing on cross [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Last night the partnerships of both Hogan & Hartson and Lovells finished voting on the proposed merger and it has been approved on both sides of the Atlantic. As of May 1, 2010, the two firms will become one mega trans Atlantic entity called Hogan Lovells. Although the new name wasn’t announced until [...]
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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