Minneapolis intellectual-property law firm Merchant & Gould is cutting 33 jobs, or 13% of its work force, citing the economic meltdown. The...
Crowell & Moring has added two new hires to its International Dispute Resolution Group. Pieter Bekker, formerly of McDermott Will & Emery,...
Todd R. Steggerda, former chief counsel to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the...
This morning’s top stories: Defunct law firm Thelen LLP is telling courts it couldn’t possibly pay its employees accrued vacation, or give...
King & Spalding announced today a significant expansion of its intellectual property practice with the addition of three new partners. The partners,...
Hogan & Hartson has confirmed it is extending a buyout offer to between 250 and 300 of its support staff. Staffers with...
Ladies and gentlemen, your top news stories: The ABA Journal notes that an unprecedented wave of law firm layoffs is leading to...
This morning’s top stories: CARPLS, non-profit that offers legal aid to low-income residents of Cook County, Illinois, is looking for unemployed lawyers...
James Asperger, head of the white-collar crime practice at Los Angeles-based O’Melveny & Myers, has left for Quinn Emanuel. Kenneth L. Wainstein,...
From The BLT: Jenner & Block managing partner Thomas Perrelli, nominated as associate attorney general, is not the only Jenner lawyer leaving...
Robert Colby, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s deputy director of the division of trading & markets, will leave the agency this month...
Pierce Atwood, the largest law firm in Maine, laid off 21 employees last week, including seven attorneys and 14 staff members, according...