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In-House and Law Firm Lawyers Form Diversity Council

Senior legal executives from The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, Wal-Mart and 11 more Fortune 500 companies, with the managing partners of…

A JDJournal tipster points us to Harvard Law School's announcement this week that the nation's second ranked law school will…

Covington & Burling, which likes to hire former Republican bigwigs, is bringing on two more Bush administration veterans. The firm…

Gardere Wynne Sewell, which laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff in March, has cut salaries for incoming…

Steptoe & Johnson has hired three lawyers from Los Angeles' McNamara, Spira & Smith, including founder Michael McNamara. McNamara joins…

Kirkland & Ellis has hired two top former Bush administration lawyers for its litigation practice group. Both are returning to…

Morrison & Foerster has informed 40% of its incoming associate class that their start date has been pushed to April…

On April 30th we reported that Mark Levy, a partner at Kilpatrick Stockton, committed suicide at the firm's DC office.…

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Dinsmore & Shohl has launched an office in Frankfort, Kentucky's capital. The firm has two other Kentucky footprints,…

Stearns Weaver has launched a new office in Tallahassee, Florida. The attorneys practicing in the new office will focus on…

Texas' Cox Smith Matthews has added two health care regulation experts to its Austin office, Kathy Poppitt and Catherine Greaves.…

A tipster informs us that three top partners are leaving Southern California’s Irell & Manella, an intellectual property litigation and…