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Illinois gaming law not ready to be implemented

Illinois gaming law not ready to be implemented

Lawyers in Illinois hoping to cash in on a recent law allowing video poker machines to be installed in bars may have to wait a bit longer.  The Illinois Gaming…

Baker & McKenzie Profits Down 17%

Baker & McKenzie Profits Down 17%

Baker & McKenzie reports its average profits per equity partner in fiscal 2008 fell 17%, to $992,000. Revenue was down 3.5% to $2.11 billion. The firm, which in April laid…

Chicago’s Cozen O’Connor is Recruiting

Chicago’s Cozen O’Connor is Recruiting

The Chicago office of Philadelphia’s Cozen O’Connor is recruiting, seeking to double its attorney workforce. Next year the office will move into a new, much larger space vacated by Skadden.…

McDermott Lawyers Get Bonuses; But Salaries Frozen

McDermott Lawyers Get Bonuses; But Salaries Frozen

McDermott Will & Emery associates have been paid their 2008 bonuses, with fourth years getting up to $60,000. However, the firm has announced that associate salaries will be frozen for…

Illinois AG Sees No Constitutional Problem Calling A Special Election

Illinois AG Sees No Constitutional Problem Calling A Special Election

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told the state’s legislature that she sees no constitutional problem with the Illinois General Assembly passing legislation to allow a special election for a U.S.…

More Layoffs at Chicago’s Neal Gerber

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a Chicago-based law firm with about 200 lawyers, cut nearly 10% of its attorneys. The firm eliminated 19 associates and partners. Last month the firm hired…

Much Shelist to Cut Partner, Associate Pay

Chicago’s Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, a business-law firm with about 80 attorneys, will impose a 10% pay cut for partners and associates until May 31, the end of…

Unemployed Lawyers Invited to Volunteer for Pro Bono Work

Above the Law is mocking an Illinois legal aid society for offering unemployed lawyers the chance to volunteer for pro bono work. CARPLS offers legal aid to low-income residents of…

Illinois Disqualifies 587 Attorneys

The Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, an agency of the Illinois Supreme Court, has booted 587 active attorneys from the state’s “master roll,” when they failed to file paperwork showing…

Defense Attorneys Say Blagojevich is Digging Himself Into a Hole

Defense Attorneys Say Blagojevich is Digging Himself Into a Hole

Defense lawyers are claiming that Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich’s recent high profile interviews will probably hurt him when his case comes to trial as any statement he makes regarding…

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