We reported yesterday that embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was no longer using Chicago’s Winston Strawn to defend him against Federal charges....
On the ParalegalProfs blog, a report on law firms that outsource work to India: As outsourcing becomes more commonplace and corporate counsel...
The Daily Tabloids blog reports that the London office of New York’s Cravath Swaine & Moore has slashed its cost of living...
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a 75-attorney real estate firm with offices in Los Angeles and Chicago, is laying off eight attorneys and...
Over 70% percent of large law firms surveyed raised their billing rates this year, with one firm charging more than $1,200 an...
On Heller Highwater blog, a “a support site for the professional support staff of a global law firm in turmoil”: I’m not...
Law firm Dykema Gossett has increased the size of its Chicago office by 60% to 107,000 square feet, five months after 53 lawyers...
The ABA Journal reports: Law firms working on mergers and acquisitions typically get paid when and if a deal closes. That’s bad...
Law firm Holland & Knight LLP is buying the assets of lobbying firm MARC Associates and adding the company’s lobbyists to its...
Via Law.com: Atlanta-based King & Spalding is in talks to acquire most, but not all of Thacher Proffitt & Wood’s lawyers, according...
From The Duquesne Duke: [Duquesne University] President Charles Dougherty abruptly removed Donald Guter as Dean of the School of Law on Wednesday, while offering...
We hear from a reliable source that Boston’s Goodwin Procter is asking some associates to leave for “performance reasons” —  but it’s really a...