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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:26:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 19. Let’s kick the weekend off with a look back at yesterday’s stories…

JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has been named in a plagiarism suit…

BuckleySanders brought on a new attorney as Counsel…

A school district in Pennsylvania has been accused of violating the privacy of its students in a stunning fashion…

Patton Boggs picked up a former Bristol-Myers executive…

Revenue and profits fell at O’Melveny Myers…

Fish & Richardson was honored by an IP magazine…

Cravath is facing a conflict of interest complaint…

Profits were up in 2010 for Sidley Austin, even as revenues fell…

Katten added a new partner to its health care practice…

Six attorneys left Venable for Arent Fox…

And Consumer Watchdog is urging the court to reject the settlement agreement in the Google Book case…

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Morning Roundup

joshua — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:13:49 +0000

Today is Wednesday, November 11. At 11 am on November 11, 1918, all fighting stopped in World War 1 and Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day Armistice Day. It wasn’t until Veterans started to return from World War 2 that the day became a day to celebrate all of our vets.

Here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Scott Rothstein was spotted and filmed having lunch and sounding upbeat…

Covington & Burling are freezing associate salaries…

Katten split its deferrals into three groups, with group number three losing their jobs…

Reed Smith cut associate salaries….

and the DC Sniper was executed by lethal injection last night….

In memoriam for Veterans Day:

Michael Cahill

Eduardo Caraveo

Justin DeCrow

John Gaffaney

Frederick Greene

Jason Hunt

Amy Krueger

Thomas Nemelka

Michael Pearson

Russell Seager

Francheska Velez

Juanita Warman

Kham Xiong

Katten Deferrals Split Into Three

joshua — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:59 +0000

Katten has split its deferred class of incoming associates into three groups. The lucky group will start in February, as re-scheduled. The second group is being pushed back to October of next year, a full 16 months after they graduated from law school, and the third group gets $50k and the door.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has offices in Chicago; New York; Los Angeles; Washington, DC; Charlotte, North Carolina; Palo Alto, California; and Irving, Texas; with an affiliated entity, Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP, in London, England. The firm has over 650 attorneys practicing in more than 40 areas.

Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:15:48 +0000

Good morning everyone. Before we jump into the Monday grind, here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news…

Katten moved up the start dates for some of its incoming associates…

Altman Weil says 3rd quarter law firm mergers are up…

David Shapiro, founding partner of Dickstein Shapiro, has passed away…

Wildman Harrold has rescinded offers to some of its incoming associates…

and Cooley Godward has let some staffers go…

Katten Moves Up Start Dates For Six Incoming Associates

todd — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:25:05 +0000

Half a dozen incoming associates to the Katten Muchin Rosenman law firm have reason to celebrate. On Friday, the law firm sent out a statement rescinding their March decision to hold off starting dates for six of their incoming associates. Initially, the associates were to start on February 1, 2010. However, due to what the law firm cited as “an increase in demand for [their] legal services in a number of core practice areas,” six lucky new comers will start their new positions this month.

The hires come in the areas of litigation and intellectual property, but are spread across all of the firm’s offices.

Four White Collar Litigators Move from Hunton & Williams to Katten

joshua — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:13:35 +0000

Katten Muchin Rosenman picked up four litigators today from Hunton & Williams. Three partners, Steven Solow, Whitney Ellerman, and Karl Heisler along with one associate, Kristine Rembach, are making the move to Katten’s Washington DC office. This marks the start of a new white collar litigation practice for Katten, which will be headed up by Solow and Ellerman. Solow will also chair Katten’s environmental litigation practice.

Katten has over 650 attorneys in 8 cities, including an affiliated office in London. The firm was formed by the merger of Katten Muchin Zavis and Rosenman & Colin in 2002.