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Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everybody! Today is Thursday, November 11th, and it’s Veterans Day. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories. Austin-based labor and employment shareholder Peyton Smith was named Winstead…

Winstead Names New Lateral Hiring Boss

Winstead Names New Lateral Hiring Boss

Austin-based labor and employment shareholder Peyton Smith has been named Winstead PC’s new firm-wide lateral hiring shareholder.  Smith succeeds in the role Dallas-based shareholder Kevin Sullivan, whom the firm said…

Hall & Wilcox Hiring, May Increase Pay

Hall & Wilcox Hiring, May Increase Pay

Melbourne, Australia’s Hall & Wilcox apparently has not heard that major law firms are shedding lawyers and freezing or cutting pay. The full-service commercial firm, which had its annual meeting…

Lateral Hiring Up 100% in London

Lateral Hiring Up 100% in London

Over five years, London firms’ hiring of lateral partners has almost doubled, from 42 hires in 2004 to 79 in 2008. The data come from a Legal Week study tracking…

Judge: Defunct Firm Can Sue Lowenstein Sandler Over Defections

Judge: Defunct Firm Can Sue Lowenstein Sandler Over Defections

Essex County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Donald Goldman has ruled that defunct law firm Ravin Sarasohn may sue Lowenstein Sandler over partner defections that killed the firm. The judge…

Adorno & Yoss Atlanta Hires 8 Partners, 5 Associates

Adorno & Yoss is expanding its Atlanta office at a time when many national firms are instituting hiring freezes or layoffs. The firm has added 13 lawyers — eight partners…

ABA Lowers Ethics Requirement for Lateral Hiring

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates voted yesterday to amend its Model Rule of Professional Conduct governing conflicts of interest stemming from lateral hiring. At the ABA meeting in…

Texas Firms Made Fewer Lateral Hires in 2008

The National Law Journal reports that lateral movements were down in Texas last year. Nineteen of the state’s 25 largest firms, listed on Texas Lawyer’s “The Texas 100″ poster published…