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joshua — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:26:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 29th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s headlines.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan added two partners…

Dorsey & Whitney added leading PRC Practitioner Peter Corne as a Partner in its Shanghai office…

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP recently named ten new partners…

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joshua — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:32:56 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 22nd. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news.

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., promoted four attorneys to shareholder…

Ulmer & Berne LLP was recognized for strategic growth…

McDonald Hopkins added a lateral from Jenner Block…

Goodwin Procter Chairman Regina Pisa received the ACCESS First One Award…

Cleary Gottlieb announced plans to open an office in Brazil…

Sidley Austin added a partner in its Palo Alto office…

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joshua — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:45:56 +0000

Good morning everybody! Today is Monday, November 8th. Here’s a look back at Friday’s stories.

SolicitorsSearch.com released a report on the impact social media and social networking sites can have as a low-cost marketing solution for law firms…

The National Association for Law Placement’s (NALP) latest diversity statistics cited the recession as a likely factor in a ‘historic’ decline in law firm diversity…

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joshua — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:09:05 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, November 1st. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Law Students at Wake Forest University in North Carolina delved into an investigation regarding a twice-convicted murderer in South Carolina…

Alston & Bird reached an agreement to expand its office in Atlanta’s One Atlantic Center…

Greenberg Traurig was honored at the Chambers of Latin America Awards…

High-profile South Florida attorney Henry “Hank” Adorno is facing disbarment after the Florida Supreme Court suspended him from practicing law Wednesday….

Mario Mancuso, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security and senior Pentagon official, has joined Fried Frank as a partner…

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joshua — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:56:42 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 27th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Dinsmore & Shohl Welcomes New Partner Michael DiSanto to Corporate Department…

The publisher of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and other legal and business titles, is consolidating its legal research functions into a single organization…

Butzel Long Shareholder was named a recipient of the 2^nd Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor Award…

London-based firm Kennedy’s opened an office in Miami…

Poll conducted earlier this week by the New York State Bar Association revealed guarded optimism about hiring trends and demand for legal services in 2011…

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joshua — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:57:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, September 13th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories.

The ACLU will represent defense lawyers against U.S. Homeland Security…

According to a CT TyMetrix Inc. and The Corporate Executive Board survey, billing rates in Washington, D.C. are the second highest in the U.S….

The Quellos Group owners pled guilty to fraud and tax evasion…

The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was ruled unconstitutional in California’s 9th District…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan disqualified herself from 10 more cases…

Law School admissions officers survey tells prospective students how to prepare…

Burleson Cooke added nine attorneys to its Pittsburgh office…

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joshua — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:56:09 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, August 16th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Baron & Budd, P.C. will represent Louisianans in upcoming case against BP…

A survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association revealed the number of Fortune 500 companies with female general counsels reached an all-time high this year…

King & Spalding applied for government permission to open an office in Singapore…

Skadden added a partner in its Washington, D.C. Office…

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joshua — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:36:42 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, July 26th. Here’s a look back at Friday’s stories.

New Jersey-based firm Archer & Greiner named a new president…

According to NALP’s Jobs & JD’s report released this week, employment is down but salaries are holding steady for law graduates…

A partner in the Dallas firm of Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail was selected as one of the nation’s “Most Powerful Employment Attorneys…

Dinsmore & Shohl added three new associates to its IP practice…

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joshua — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:42:20 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, July 19th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories.

White & Case added two partners to its IP practice n Washington…

Shearman & Sterling ranked No. 2 worldwide in global M&A…

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joshua — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:36:47 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, July 12th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

Is Lindsay Lohan hitting rock bottom?…

Shearman & Sterling bolstered its financial regulatory practice group…

Jenner & Block was rated the nation’s top pro bono firm…

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joshua — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:23:09 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, July 5th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

The Elena Kagan hearings wrapped this week…

The historical, cultural, legislative and legal background of the The Pledge of Allegiance was reviewed…

Patton Boggs acquired the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group…

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joshua — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:09:46 +0000

Good morning! Today is Monday, June 28th. Here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories.

The St. Louis, Missouri firm Gallop, Johnson & Neuman advised companies considering mergers, tender offers, acquisition transactions and joint ventures to carefully examine any potential antitrust risks…

Major DC firms are still doing work pro bono despite downsizing and the current economic lag…

NALP predicted a weak jobs market for law grads…

Dewey and LeBoeuf Partner L. Londell McMillan received the prestigious Reginald F. Lewis Award…

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joshua — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, June 21st. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories.

U.S.-based Mayer Brown and U.K-based Simmons & Simmons have reportedly reopened talks on a merger…

Sidley Austin’s international arbitration practice was named the best in the U.S. at the International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards…

A large group of attorneys from Nixon Peabody left to join the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP…

Duane Morris picked a new managing partner…

Many big law firms have been brought in to defend Florida oil suits…

Arent Fox LLP added nine attorneys to its NY City Office…

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joshua — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:05:05 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, June 14th. Here’s a quick recap of Friday’s stories.

For the second year running, Chambers honored Dechert LLP with the Award for Excellence in Product Liability…

McDermott Will & Emery was selected as Chambers’ Winner For Health Team Of The Year…

Chambers named Ropes & Gray number one in the field of intellectual property for 2010…

Greenberg Traurig received the Chambers award for its Real Estate Practice group…

Sidley Austin was honored by Chambers as the best in international trade…

Chambers presented Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom with its annual Award for Excellence in the Tax Category…

New York based Chadbourne & Parke LLP was honored by Chambers for Excellence in the Energy Projects category…

Chambers awarded Sullivan & Cromwell for its excellence in the field of Energy Projects…

Weil Gotshal’s Bankruptcy Group rated for excellence by Chambers…

Gibson Dunn received Chambers annual Award for Excellence in the Antitrust Category…

National labor and employment firm Fisher & Phillips LLP is increasing its associate pay scale…

Venable LLP was the recipient of the Chambers Annual Award for Excellence in the Advertising and Marketing Category…

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sara — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:14:39 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, April 19th, and here’s a look back at Friday’s stories…

New law grads face a difficult economic climate…

Associates at DLA Piper receive a 10% pay raise…

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto receive awards in two categories from Managing Intellectual Property Magazine…

An intellectual property lawyer from Haynes and Boone is nominated for the European Patent Office’s Inventor of the Year Award…

Recruitment levels are back to normal at Clifford Chance…

Dewey & Leboeuf has raised $125 million in a bond offering to refinance its existing bank debt…

The Oregon Supreme Court sides with the employer in a case involving medical marijuana…

Two partners leave Mayer Brown following layoffs…

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sara — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:03:02 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, April 5, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news…

Day Pitney add two attorneys to their Trusts and Estates practice…

Thompson Hine bolsters it’s practice with the addition of two partners to its IP practice group…

Justice Breyer defends references to foreign law in Supreme Court decisions…

The Justice Department has filed a claim against Kellog, Brown and Root alleging unjust enrichment and breach of contract…

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joshua — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:18:25 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, March 29, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news to start off the new week.

Jones Walker has opened a new office, in an unusual place…

A Minnesota law firm has uncovered documents linking the Pope to the sexual abuse scandals rocking the church…

Akin Gump acquired a liberal lobbying firm…

A telemarketing company has been found in violation of the Do Not Call Registry and banned from making any more calls…

DLA Piper has established a presence in Turkey…

Weil Gotshal led the legal world in Mergers and Acquisitions for the first quarter of this year…

Greenberg Traurig picked up 3 lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis in London…

A Pennsylvania court has refused to grant a divorce to a gay couple married in Massachusetts…

and President Obama announced another US Attorney nominee…

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sara — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:56:36 +0000

Good morning! Today is Monday, March 22, and here’s a quick look back at Friday’s stories…

Troutman Sanders opens a new office in Portland, Oregon…

Former Millberg partners Melyvn Weiss, William Lerach, David Bershad, and Steve Schulman move on with lives after serving their prison sentences…

The United States District Court in Alexandra, Virginia orders the U.S. Patent Office to reconsider a rejected patent extension filed by the Medicines Company for their drug Angiomax…

Former Democratic counsel on the House Judiciary Committee Brian P. Woolfolk joins the lobbying branch of Squire Sanders…

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joshua — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:54 +0000

Good morning! Today is March 15, the Ides of March, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news…

A former aide to Vice President Joe Biden has joined Holland & Knight…

The 9th Circuit upheld references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on currency…

Justice Ginsburg spoke out against judicial elections…

DLA Piper is facing a lawsuit for breach of fiduciary duty…

The UK’s Freshfields has added three partners on the east coast…

Darby & Darby is closing its doors after a hundred years in business…

Sidley Austin added two attorneys in London…

and Jenner & Block released a report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers…

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sara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:58:31 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, March 8, and here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news…

The Rosen Law Firm files a class action suit against Electronic Game Card,Inc….

Rumors of Chief Justice John Robert’s retirement originates in a law school classroom…

Job losses in the legal sector continue to decline…

Industrial hog producers Premium Standard Farms are required to pay $11 million in damages by the Missouri State Court…

USC delays its Tax LLM program…

A group called “Keep America Safe” runs attack ads against Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department…

The D.C. Appeals Court reverses a wrongful termination suit against Reed Smith…

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sara — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:54:35 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, March 1, and here’s a quick look back at Friday’s news…

Profits and revenue decline at Debevoise & Plimpton…

Ogletree Deakins open a new office in Orange County, California…

Donchess & Notinger claim in a court filing that a bankruptcy case is creating a financial hardship for the firm…

Seyfarth Shaw releases details about it’s merit based plan…

Revenue and profits increase at Cahill…

10 lawyers leave McDonough Holland & Allen for DLA Piper…

Revenue decreases at DLA Piper…

U.S. firms scale back London recruitment according to a new survey…

Former University of Maryland law dean Karen Rothenberg is asked to refund $60,000 to the university…

Laurence Tribe accepts a position at the Department of Justice…

Freshfields unfreezes associate lockstep…

Obama nominates 4 U.S. Attorneys…

The Citizens United decision could lead to a constitutional amendment…

Congress considers a U.S. patent overhaul…

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joshua — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:02:05 +0000

Good Morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 22, and here’s a look back at Friday’s news…

Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels is suing WC&C for defamation…

A former Toyota lawyer claims the company destroyed evidence about rollovers…

Blank Rome posted increased revenues and profits last year….

The federal government and big tobacco are moving their fight to the Supreme Court…

A fomer US Attorney joined Sidley Austin…

A Washington Post article has people talking about Justice Obama…

Defense attorney for the suspect in the University of Alabama shootings says his client is legally insane…

Texas Governor Rick Perry is suing the EPA on behalf of his state…

Google gets hit with a class action law suit over privacy problems with Google Buzz…

Circulation for major Law Reviews is way down….

Paul Hastings had a drop in revenue and a drop in profits last year…

MoFo restores first year salaries to $160k…

and Dechert saw a drop in revenues and profits for 2009…

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joshua — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:28:03 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 15, and as the 3rd Monday in February it is also Presidents Day. For those of you not fortunate enough to have a three day weekend, let’s take a look at Friday’s news…

Tipsters tell us that Hawkins & Parnell is opening in Austin…

Colson Hicks is opening in Washingtonwith the help of a managing partner from Greenberg Traurig…

Sidley Austin finally told its associates what they would be paid in 2010…

So did Winston & Stawn, but it’s not good news…

Layoffs are coming in the Los Angeles courts…

The Senate confirmed a few nominees…

25 firms have formed a consortium to file a class action against Toyota…

Podhurst Orseck picked up a big lateral from Holland & Knight…

Harry Reid leveled a sharp criticism against the ABA judicial evaluation committee…

and former President Bill Clinton was released from the hospital…

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joshua — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:30:27 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 8, and it’s time to look back at Friday’s news…

Clyde & Co opened its third US office in New Jersey…

January was another bad month for the legal sector, with another 1,100 jobs lost…

Bernstein Liebhard abandoned its endeavor for Florida state pension work after admitting to inaccuracies in its application to the state committee…

Barnes & Thornburg added 5 laterals in Atlanta…

Mintz Levin’s consulting affiliate has a new senior vice president…

Several major firms in DC took a half day due to weather…

The Glover Park Group has a new managing director of its government affairs practice…

Cooley Godward picked up a team of energy lawyers from Alston & Bird…

Another partner has moved to Latham from White & Case…

Pomerantz is investigating Koss Corp. on behalf of its investors…

Fried Frank has new office space in DC…

Manatt named a new partner in LA…

and President Obama nominated two more US Attorneys…

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joshua — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:26:05 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 1, and I hope everyone had a great weekend. Let’s get the week rolling with a look back at Friday’s news…

Latham & Watkins picked up four from White & Case in London…

Goodwin & Procter’s profits and revenue were down in 2009…

Same story at Quinn Emanuel…

But Hughes Hubbard saw increases to both…

Vinson & Elkins thawed out salaries and issued bonuses…

McDonald Hopkins picked up an IP litigator from Kirkland & Ellis…

Lathrop & Gage settled a legal malpractice suit with the FDIC for $7.4 million…

A new study shows that female judges are still under represented across the country…

In California a federal judge will hear motions in a case asking for accommodations for a blind law student taking the bar exam…

And the former White House Deputy Counsel accused of attacking his wife is being sued by her…

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sara — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:46:11 +0000

Good Morning! Today is Monday, January 18th, and here’s a look at Friday’s top stories…

Employment law firm Ogletree Deakins opens an office in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the help of six new attorneys…

Seyfarth Shaw is laying of approximately 40 people, 20 lawyers and 20 staff…

K&L Gates tops $1 billion in revenue…

and as a result of a change in partnership, the firm previously known as KamberEdelson is now EdelsonMcguire…

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joshua — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:02:44 +0000

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Let’s get back to the grind with a look at what made headlines on Friday…

Cohen Seglias added five attorneys in its Pittsburgh office…

Abdulmutallab, also know as the Christmas bomber, has entered a plea of not guilty….

A NALP commission on summer recruitment has issued its reportfor pulbic comment…

The White House said the that State of the Union Address will not preempt the season premier of Lost…

And a former deputy counsel to the President has been arrested for the attempted murder of his wife…

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joshua — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:30:30 +0000

Good morning! It’s Monday, January 4. I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year. Let’s take a look back at the stories making headlines over the last several days…

A federal judge has dismissed a case against several former employees of Blackwater Security…

Legal fees in the Madoff bankruptcy case are piling up….

Hastings College of Law has a new dean…

Congressman King of New York is pushing for a military trial for the Christmas bomber…

Nokia is going after Apple for allegedly violating its patents…

and Kramer Levin is matching the Cravath bonuses…

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joshua — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:51:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, December 28, and here’s a look back at the news from last week.

Kirkland & Ellis paid out bonuses…

Newly released records detail Rothstein’s non profit activities…

Cravath confirmed that no new partners will be named this year…

A dozen lawyers have left Dickstein Shapiro….

A federal appelate court has upheld a large judgement against Microsoft….

and Weil Gotshal’s bonuses are out…

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joshua — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:38:24 +0000

Good morning everyone! As we wind our way closer to Christmas, we’ll continue to bring you what news there is, but anticipate a bit of a slowdown. In the meantime, it is Monday, December 21, and here’s a look back at Friday’s stories…

Holland & Knight is abandoning lockstep….

and so is Kelley Drye, while also freezing salaries and paying bonuses…

The Ninth Circuit has approved limited televised coverage of trials…

and two more firms have announced their bonuses, sort of…

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joshua — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:33 +0000

Good morning everyone! As we head into Thanksgiving week, things have slowed down a bit. Here’s a look back at the end of last week.

Seyfarth Shaw has redeferred half of its incoming class and cut salaries for all first years…

Wilkie Farr and Simpson Thatcher have both put out their bonus schedules….

Scott Rothstein has made a written request for disbarrment….

Skadden has also settled on bonuses, and they look very familiar…

and I mused ahead on the trial and likely conviction and execution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.

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joshua — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:35:44 +0000

Good morning everyone. It’s Monday, November 16, and here’s a quick look back at the recent news.

Justice Sotomayor is the most active questioner on the Court, accoding to the National Law Journal…

A group of students and parents is suing the Chicago school district in the wake of the violent death of a student…

Now that Intel and AMD have come to terms, we look at the law firms behind the battle…

and Greg Craig is stepping down as White House chief counsel…

For my fellow skywatchers, tonight the earth will pass through the debris of the swift-tuttle comet, treating us to what is commonly referred to as the Leonids – a bright and colorful meteor shower named for the constellation Leo. For best times to view and more information, check this link.

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joshua — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:47 +0000

Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terriffic weekend. Here’s a look back at Friday’s news (and a small weekend update) to get your week started.

A judge has vacated the $1.2 billion default judgementagainst PepsiCo…

Cleary Gottlieb announced its year end bonuses…

Greenberg Traurig added five attorneysfrom Ballard Spahr…

and Latham & Watkins promoted 23 to partner…

Over the weekend we got an anonymous tip that in addition to letting go of 21 second year associates, Goodwin Procter also laid off around 30 staffers, including secretaries who had been there for over 20 years.

Monday Morning Roundup

joshua — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:45:38 +0000

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Let’s get back to the news…

It was a strange week last week. We capped the week with a story late Sunday about Falcon Heene, better known as the balloon boy, and his family. Charges may be brought against father Richard Heene…

On Friday we told you that President Obama has nominated another ambassador from the ranks of Big Law…

and we brought you the story of the Louisiana Justice of the Peace that refused to license an interracial couple to be married…

Last week was a week for unusual news all around, and here’s a quick hit of some of the quirkier stories…

Sidekick users are getting their data back after all, but there are still lawsuits on the way…

Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group bidding on the St Louis Rams…

and a prominent birther attorney has been fined $20,000 by a judge in Georgia…

Monday Roundup

joshua — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:42 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thanksgiving in Canada and Columbus Day here in the states, so some of you might be enjoying a three day weekend. For the rest of us, here’s a look at Friday’s news (and a bit from the weekend too)…

McDonald Hopkins picked up four attorneys in Detroit…

A tipster helped us update our story on layoffs at Foley & Lardner…

Nixon Peabody has been laying people off on the sly…

A report indicates that spending on outside counsel will continue to decline…

and the offer rateis in for Fenwick & West, and it ain’t pretty….