Philadelphia’s Dechert has become the latest Am Law 100 firm to announce a decline in revenues and profits for 2008. Profits per...
In December we reported that Epstein Becker & Green canceled bonuses for 2008. Now they’re canceling employment for 2009. The firm has...
Perkins Coie has filed a breach of contract suit against former intellectual property associate David Xue. According to court documents, Xue left...
Chicago’s 215-lawyer Chapman and Cutler has launched a New York office with three partners. The firm hired its first new attorney for...
This morning’s top stories: Defunct law firm Thelen LLP is telling courts it couldn’t possibly pay its employees accrued vacation, or give...
San Diego, California’s Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has cut 12 attorneys and 15 staff positions. The cuts came in San Diego...
King & Spalding announced today a significant expansion of its intellectual property practice with the addition of three new partners. The partners,...
Dallas, Texas-based Am Law 200 firm Haynes and Boone is absorbing San Jose, California intellectual property boutique MacPherson, Kwok, Chen & Heid....
Last week we reported that Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, of Dallas and Chicago, had extended offers to the bulk of the...
The Bay Area’s Fenwick & West laid off 36 staff yesterday, and is freezing associate salaries for the upcoming year. But unlike...
In December, we noted merger talks between K&L Gates and Bell Boyd & Lloyd. As of today, the merger is official. From...
Revenue at 400-lawyer Quinn Emanuel Urquardt Oliver & Hedges was $441.9 million in 2008, up 15% from 2007. Profits jumped 10% to...