Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, February 24, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s stories… Curtis Mallet reports an increase in profits and revenues in 2009… Revenue is down and profits are up at Patton Boggs… Arnold & Porter report that revenue and profits increase… Honolulu law firms are the target of an email scam… Revenue and profits fall [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Samuel J. Buffone has left Ropes & Gray’s government enforcement practice group to become a partner in Washington D.C.-based financial services law firm BuckleySandler. Buffone had been with Ropes & Gray since 1992. According to a firm press release, Buffone brings over 35 years of experience representing individual and corporate clients in criminal and complex civil [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Christopher J. Austin, a 16-year veteran of Ropes & Gray, has joined Goodwin Procter’s Boston office. Austin previously was co-head of Ropes & Gray’s technology company and venture capital practice. In his new role Austin’s practice will focus on public and private technology and life sciences companies, venture capital funds and investment banks. “I have sat [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Arthur Cutillo, a former employee of the New York law firm Ropes & Gray, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan yesterday, along with six others charged in a $53 million insider-trading case. Cutillo is accused of illegally sharing information regarding mergers with an insider-trading network linked to the Galleon Group LLC hedge fund. Evidence [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, formerly Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General, has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in its Appellate and Supreme Court practice. Hallward-Driemeir began his legal career as an assoicate with Ropes & Gray so this is a bit of a homecoming for him. Hallward-Driemeier has handled appeals and Supreme Court litigation for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
In a year that has been notable for salary cuts, layoffs, associate deferrals and smaller bonuses, it should come as no surprise that promotions to partner are also down across the board. Profits are down, and firms are reluctant to increase the number of slices of the shrinking pie. Although not every firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, October 29th and here in Las Vegas it feels like winter has already arrived. As I write this, my house is being buffeted by gusts of wind up to 50mph. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories… Foley & Lardner has struck a deal with the NIH… McGuire Woods gets [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
We told you last week that Ropes & Gray is opening a new office in London. The office is being setup with two partners who moved from White & Case and two partners from the US. Now Ropes & Gray has a fifth partner in London. Jonathan Bloom, also formerly of White [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 23, 2009
Good morning everyone, and TGIF! An army reservist has won his summary judgement against SUBWAY… Ropes & Gray is opening a London office soon… WilmerHale laid off some of its staff… and there is a new class of partners at Sullivan & Cromwell…
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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