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Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Stuart Levy joins Sughrue Mion as of counsel in the firm’s electrical/mechanical practice group in Washington, DC. Levy spent 37 years at…

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 8 to Consumer Finance Group

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 8 to Consumer Finance Group

Florida’s Akerman Senterfitt has brought on eight attorneys for its Consumer Finance Litigation practice group. Charles Townsend joins from Bank of America as a Shareholder in Dallas. He was a…

Nomura Lays Off 10 In-House Lawyers

Nomura Lays Off 10 In-House Lawyers

Japanese industrial and financial conglomerate Nomura has cut up to 12 legal positions in London. The firm took over dissolved Lehman Brothers’ European and Middle East equities & investment banking…

Proskauer Rose’s Profits Fall 10% in 2008

Am Law 100 firm Proskauer Rose’s profits per equity partner dropped 10% in 2008 to $1.4 million. Revenues increased marginally, by 1%, to $634 million. Revenue per lawyer dipped slightly…

Clifford Chance to Cut Partners, Lay Off 106 Lawyers

Clifford Chance to Cut Partners, Lay Off 106 Lawyers

Clifford Chance LLP, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, will cut its partnership ranks under a restructuring plan. The firm has asked partners to contribute £60 million ($87 million),…

Profits Up at Weil Gotshal

Gross revenue at Weil, Gotshal & Manges rose slightly in 2008. The New York-based firm brought in $1.23 billion, up 4.75% from 2007. But revenue per lawyer was down 2%…

South Korean Blogger Jailed Without Bail

South Korean Blogger Jailed Without Bail

He goes by the username “Minerva,” after the Greek goddess of wisdom. He rose from anonymity in South Korea, for accurately predicting the current economic crisis. He even predicted the…

Cleary Gottlieb Clearly Did Well in 2008

New York-based international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton saw both revenue and profits per partner rise in 2008. Gross revenue rose 8% to $965 million, and profits per…

Sidley Austin Charges $1100 Per Hour in Tribune Bankruptcy

Sidley Austin Charges $1100 Per Hour in Tribune Bankruptcy

Sidley Austin lawyers are asking as much as $1,100 an hour for bankruptcy work on Tribune Company, surpassing the rates charged by Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the Lehman Brothers…

Paul Hastings Associate Charged in Insider Trading Scheme

An associate of  Los Angeles’ Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker was charged in a $4.8 million insider trading scheme involving a former Lehman Brothers representative and his wife, who worked at…

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