Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue is down at Winston & Strawn… DLA Piper forms an alliance with a Brazilian law firm… Former Arnold & Porter chairman Michael Sohn joins Davis Polk… A former secretary sues Drinker Biddle over a pay dispute… Ex Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo hires [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Irell & Manella, a 220-attorney firm based in Los Angeles, earned a unanimous decision on behalf of Novellus Systems in Santa Clara County Superior Court. The lawsuit was originally filed against Novellus in 2002 by Linear Technology Corp, which was seeking $200 million in damages from Novellus and co-defendant Tokyo Electron Corp. The suit began in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, February 17, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… Lincoln Fabrics will pay $4 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. government… A couple wins a lawsuit against their former stockbroker… Profits are up and revenues are down at Shearman & Sterling… Profits and revenues are up at Irell & [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Irell & Manella reported that in the fiscal year 2009 overall revenue increased approximately 10% to $253 million. Profits per partner increased almost 27% t $2.49 million. Revenues per lawyer increased by 10% to $1.273 million. The partnership contracted in 2009 from 74 to 65. The firm was busy in almost every practice area including complex [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 7, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 7. Here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. Rose Walker has two new attorneys… The prop 8 trial in California will be broadcast via youtube…. Gibson Dunn received an award for best litigation firm… Archer & Greiner picked up a former D.A.… More law firm mergers are expected this year after [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Los Angeles based Irell & Manella gave its associates the good news last week. The firm is paying double the Sullivan & Cromwell scale, which is the Cravath scale with a little boost at the top. There are no performance reviews or subjective criteria, just a minimum number of billed hours. All [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Drinker Biddle first opened its doors in Los Angeles back in 2001 but the office never picked up steam and had dwindled down to one partner, two associates, and one of counsel. Now the firm is jump starting their LA presence with six new laterals, including four partners. George Caplan, Henry Shields, Kristopher [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 11, 2009
Greenberg Traurig LLP has added three new hires to its Los Angeles office. Allan J. Abshez joins as shareholder in the Environmental and Land Development Practice groups, where he will continue to work with Elizabeth Camacho, who joins as of counsel. Both come from Irell & Manella LLP. Cedric T. Chou joins as a shareholder in the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 4, 2009
A tipster informs us that three top partners are leaving Southern California’s Irell & Manella, an intellectual property litigation and general business litigation firm, to hang out their own shingle. The new firm, Kendall Brill & Klieger, consists of Richard B. Kendall, Laura W. Brill, and Robert N. Klieger. The partners intend to maintain a “strong relationship” [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Southern California’s Irell & Manella, an intellectual property litigation and general business litigation firm, has announced pay raises for its associates. As many of you know, in recent days, a number of traditional California based firms have announced increases to the base salaries paid to their associates… So, we are pleased today to announce an increase [...]
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