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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:56:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, March 4, and here’s a quick glance at yesterday’s news…

WlimerHale jumped on the spring bonus bandwagon…

Howrey lost another big batch of lawyers…

Sirhan Sirhan was denied parole…

UK firm Kennedys merged with its Portugese partner…

and pop star Prince is facing some unpleasant legal troubles…

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joshua — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:57:02 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 2, and this is a quick look back at this week’s news…

The partnership has approved DLA Piper’s merger with its Australian partner…

Congress has reached a deal to temporarily avoid a shutdown…

Democrats in Congress have introduced an ethics bill that would cover the Supreme Court…

Barnes & Thornburg is entering the LA market…

and Gibson Dunn had a record breaking year in 2010…

Morning Update

joshua — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:38:39 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 24, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories…

Linsday Lohan is back in court…

Rahm Emanuel is the new Mayor of Chicago…

The Justice Department will not defend DOMA in court…

and Linklaters is paying a spring bonus to US associates…

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joshua — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:30:26 +0000

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, February 23, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

Zuckerman Spaeder absorbed a Baltimore boutique…

Dickstein Shapiro expanded its IP practice in Southern California…

And Congress is considering suspending the Equal Access to Justice program…

Morning Update

joshua — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:55:57 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 21. Today we celebrate the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincolns and by extension 235 years of history. Here’s a quick look bat at Friday’s news…

DLA Piper is opening up in Miami…

UK firm Emmets is adding 100 positions…

and The California Bar Association is asking US News and World Report to add a diversity category to its law school rankings…

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joshua — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:27:37 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 18, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

White & Case reported 2010 numbers that look a lot like 2009…

Clifford Chance is moving into Australia…

and the Howrey exodus continued…

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joshua — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:53:30 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 11, and here’s a recap of yesterday’s news…

Fiancial reports for 2010 continue to trickle in, and yesterday we talked about Reed Smith…

The 2012 election cycle is already underway and two more senators have announced their retirement plans…

Cadwalader is going to court to defend itself against a $13 million malpractice claim…

and King & Spalding picked up a 14 attorney team from an Oakland firm…

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joshua — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:35:46 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 10, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

South Carolina is debating a law to punish inmates for belonging to social networking sites…

Locke Lord’s revenues were flat in 2010…

Proft and revenues were up at DLA Piper last year…

Dewey & LeBoeuf added a large bankruptcy team from an LA Boutique…

and Pillsbury picked up a real estate team from Orrick…

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joshua — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:40:46 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, February 8, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

Things appear to be calming down a little in Cairo…

More firms are reporting their 2010 numbers, we have information from Cadwalader and Dechert…

2010 was the slowest year for partner laterals since 2000…

and the January numbers are out from the Labor Department – the legal sector is expanding again…

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joshua — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:46:30 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 4, and as we head into Super Bowl weekend, let’s take a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

2010 was another good year at Bingham…

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge merged a local firm into its DC office…

Blank Rome picked up a seven attorney consumer financial services practice group…

The exodus from Howrey continued as eleven attorneys moved to Morgan Lewis…

and as civil unrest gains intensity in Egypt, major law firms are shutting down local offices for the duration…

Although not part of our normal news coverage, we have our eyes on Egypt today as the protests swell to record size and the US pressures Mubarak to step down.

Weekend Review

joshua — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:59:18 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, January 31, and here’s a quick look back at the end of last week…

Greenberg Traurig terminated a partner caught up in an SEC proceeding…

Kaye Scholer added a partner from Reed Smith…

Patton Boggs increased revenues and profits in 2010…

and DLA Piper is getting set to merge with its Australian partner, DLA Phillips Fox…

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joshua — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:34:13 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, January 25, and here’s a look back at Monday’s news…

WilmerHale’s 2010 numbers show substantial growth over 2009…

Terrorists attacked Moscow’s largest airport…

and Foley & Lardner picked up a former governor…

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joshua — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:02:36 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, January 24, and here’s a quick look back at the headlines from the end of last week…

Anderson Kill is opening a new office in Connecticut…

Wilmer Hale recruited a senior attorney from the Air Force…

Dewey & LeBoeuf picked up Howrey’s vice-chair…

and Kent Conrad will retire from the Senate in 2012…

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joshua — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:14:15 +0000

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, January 19, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s headlines…

Gibson Dunn scooped up four partners from Vinson & Elkins…

Dewey added seven new partners from several firms…

The FBI is looking for information related to an explosive device left along an MLK Day parade route…

and Joe Lieberman is the latest Senator to announce plans to retire…

Morning Update

joshua — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:24:53 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, January 18, and here’s a quick look back at recent news…

Dykema added a former AG to its roster in Michigan…

Two former Senatorsare joining forces at Arent Fox…

The number of part time lawyers in large firms is climbing…

And the ABA is considering allowing schools to not require the LSAT for admissions…

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joshua — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:47:59 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, January 12, and here’s a look back at the first half of the week…

Dewey & LeBoeuf has a new vacation policy…

Winston & Strawn expanded it’s IP team…

Covington & Burling added a former Washington DC Attorney General…

and merger talks between Reed Smith and Thompson & Knight are off…

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joshua — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:01:26 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, January 4, and here’s a quick glance back at yesterday’s news…

Troutman Sanders has a new managing partner…

LeClairRyan added 16 lawyers from Nixon Peabody…

Thonpson Hine has a new head lawyer in Cleveland…

and Martin & Churchill is closing up shop for good…

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joshua — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:46:04 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, December 29, and here’s a quick glance back at yesterday’s news…

GreenbergTraurig picked up a lateral from Locke Lord in Phoenix…

Barnes & Thornburg promoted a new partner…

Jones Day is holding firm on its policy of not paying year end bonuses…

And Brownstein Hyatt has a new COO…

Holiday Roundup

joshua — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:15:55 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, December 27, and here’s a look back at the pre-Christmas news…

Boies Schiller bucked the market rate for bonuses…

and Sidley Austin expanded its international arbitration practice in Switzerland…

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joshua — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:59:34 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, December 22, and after a brief hiatus we are returning to bring you a quick review of the week’s top stories.

King & Spalding is expanding its government investigations practice in California…

Jones Day has a new Partner In Charge of its Dallas office…

Fulbright & Jaworski is relocating its Austin office…

Covington & Burling picked up a former Bush appointee…

Quinn Emanuel announced its new partnership class…

And Cleary Gottlieb has a new managing partner…

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joshua — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:14:14 +0000

Good morning everyone and TGIF! Today is Friday, December 10, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines…

King & Spalding elected three partners to its policy committee…

Legal malpractice suits are on the rise, is the economy to blame…

In Canada, Miller Thomson is merging with regional firm Balfour Moss…

and Lamb McErlane has three new partners…

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joshua — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:02:19 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, December 7. It is the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Today is also release day for the latest WoW expansion so if your secretary called in sick today that may be why… For the rest of us, here’s a look back at yesterday’s news.

Arguments in the Prop 8 case are over…

Debevoise & Plimpton has a new partner…

Ruden McClosky laid off some staffers…

and Democrats met to discuss the compromise plan over the Bush tax cuts…

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joshua — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:54:55 +0000

Good Morning! Today is Friday, December 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories…

The US Senate is preparing to pass a new whistle blower law…

Cleary is moving into Hong Kong…

Collas Day and Crill Canavan are set to merge…

A new panel has been authorized to consider pay raises for New York judges…

And WilmerHale has named a new pair of managing partners…

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joshua — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:17:11 +0000

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, December 1, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news.

Miller Thomson is reportedly in merger talks…

It was another rough year for Pennsylvania law firms…

Not everyone is happy with the Hammonds and Squire Dempsey merger…

and Jones Day is opening a new office in Boston…

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joshua — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:55:09 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, November 16, and here’s a quick look back at Monday’s headlines…

Threats against social security judges have increased in both nature and scope…

The FDIC has filed a suit against Bryan Cave…

Venable picked up five attorneys from Wilmer Hale…

and Dickstein Shapiro added 12 attorneys to its M&A practice on the east coast…

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joshua — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:56:16 +0000

Good morning! Today is Thursday, July 22, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Lindsay Lohan lost another lawyer on her way to jail…

A UC Berkley report finds that law professors lean to the left…

Merger talksbetween Townsend & Townsend and Kilpatric Stockton have broken down…

Ulmer & Berne add three lawyers in Ohio…

and summer hiring among top law first is down significantly this year…

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joshua — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:36:08 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, April 8, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Altman Weil is predicting an increase in law firm mergers as the economy gets back on its feet…

BestAttorneysOnline has compiled its list of top criminal defense attorneys…

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor adds her two cents to the dustup between the President and the Court at the State of the Union…

and Akin Gump is opening an office in Switzerland…

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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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joshua — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:53:27 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 24, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Simpson Thatcher is facing allegations of cover up related to its representation of PrediWave…

Days before the Hogan Lovells merger finalizes, 18 partners in Germany have left to form a new firm…

CSH partner Frank Albetta is moving to Raleigh as part of a firm wide effort to broaden its scope in North Carolina…

In Canada, Blakes has been named among Canada’s best diversity employers for the third time…

A former DLA Piper partner has been convicted of fraud in Singapore…

Baker Hostetler has been retained as outside counselby several state AG’s in their efforts to overturn the sweeping health care reform bill…

and Pepe & Hazard is merging with MDM&C…

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joshua — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:30:04 +0000

Good morning everyone! Anyone else ready for it to be Friday? Bad news, friends, it’s only Thursday, March 4. Here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

AIG’s former GC, Anastasia Kelly, has joined DLA Piper…

A survey of Big Law shows 26% of firms are poised to expand…

And another shows that corporation are looking to save money by expanding in house counsel…

Lawyers for Civil Justice is starting an ambitious review of the FRCP…

The DOJ has filed a $300 million suit against lawyers and insurance companies involved in a PCB contamination settlement…

Baker Donelson is forming a gaming industry group…

NALP reports that summer associate offers are at a 17 year low…

and Jackson Lewis had a good year in 2009…

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joshua — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:33:56 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 25, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news…

Morrison Foerster added a lateral in New York…

A former US Attorney joined up with Locke Lord…

Marc Daniel joined Arnold & Porter in Washington DC…

Latham & Watkins added one in Hong Kong…

Revenues dipped slightly while profits stayed flat at Arent Fox…

And speaking of Arent Fox, the firm picked up a lateral from Jones Day…

Jenner Block had a good year in 2009…

Jones Day picked up another California lateral…

Covington & Burling grow in Beijing…

Three Google executives have been convicted in absentia by an Italian court for privacy violations…

And Morgan Stanley’s chief legal officer has stepped down…

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joshua — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:25 +0000

Good morning! Today is Thursday, February 18, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines…

Citizens are nearly united against the Citizens United ruling…

Kilpatrick Stockton picked up a pair of partnersfrom Winston & Strawn…

The DoJ issued indictments in two noteworthy cases…

Another study shows fewer lawyers are making partner during the recession and recovery…

Latham & Watkins saw a decline in revenue in 2010, but per partner profits were up…

A pair of Chicago firms are moving into new digs…

Allen & Overy is opening up in Qatar…

Kaye Scholer has a new co-managing partner…

Gibson Dunn increased revenue and per partner profits last year…

While things remained steady at Greenberg Traurig…

Morning Roundup

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 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:31:16 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, February 4, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s headlines.

Woodcock Washburn has a new litigation chair…

Adams & Reese is expanding in Florida with an office in Tampa…

Sidley Austin has received an award for its work in life sciences law…

Thompson Hines promoted 10 law clerks to associates…

Foley & Lardner picked up a former managing partner from Nixon Peabody…

Jones Day added four lateral partners and promoted four more partners in California…

Greenberg Traurig opened a San Francisco office…

Akin Gump picked up threefrom Woodcock Washburn…

UMass is moving forward with plans for the state’s first public law school…

Cravath is holding a deferral lottery – first prize is the chance to start working…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water – Layoffs at Howrey…

and Dorsey & Whitney report 2009 decline in revenues and profits…

Morning Roundup

joshua — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:22:25 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, February 2, and here’s a quick peek back at yesterday’s headlines…

Ropes & Gray adds a former Assistant to the Solicitor General…

McDermott Will & Emery added one to its IP practice…

A forthcoming DoJ report will admonish but not sanction the lawyers who authored the “torture memos“…

UC San Diego is working on plans for a new law school…

DLA Piper hired Pfizer’s assistant general counsel…

Lateral moves were at a record high in 2009…

A Federal Court has ruled in favor of a blind law student trying to take the bar exam…

Jones Day has issued a memo in opposition to the NALP recruitment report…

Two more Paul Hasting lawyers moved to Haynes and Boone, bringing the total to six…

Chadbourne & Parke added one to its anti-trust practice…

Latham & Watkins added eight more from White & Case…

And Paul Weiss had record high profits in 2009…