International offices have played a significant role in boosting revenues over the last year, cushioning firms as economic conditions in the U.K. have deteriorated. Firms including Allen & Overy, Clyde & Co, Simmons & Simmons and Norton Rose all reported
Before he had a chance to review the indictment alleging his client was at the center of a corrupt court system in Georgia, Harry Dixon Jr. on Friday laid out a familiar argument on behalf of former Judge Brooks Blitch
Lawyers won't have to be slaves to the billable hour for much longer, according to the panel of experts participating in "Flexing the Workplace," a roundtable discussion held in the New York offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell and sponsored
Five years ago, Kenneth Thompson, Douglas Wigdor and Scott Gilly left the security of large-firm life and did what others do when hanging out a small-firm shingle: They sublet offices within someone else's commercial space. But earlier this month Thompson
Crowell & Moring has recruited to its New York office the former chairman of the bankruptcy practice at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner. Michael V. Blumenthal will be joined by counsel Bruce J. Zabarauskas, also formerly of Thelen Reid,
Lawyer Terry Christensen, who faces federal wiretapping conspiracy charges, did not ask celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano to wiretap his opponents in a high-profile child support case, as federal prosecutors maintain, Christensen's lawyer told a packed courtroom during opening statements in
A written attorney fee agreement that specifies only hourly rates butthat is not ambiguous cannot be modified by evidence that the partiesagreed orally to cap the fees, the Texas Supreme Court held in a Houstonlawyer's almost decade-old case against a
The Arizona Legislature still plans to use former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr for a U.S. Supreme Court appeal despite uncertainty about how much it will cost and where the money is coming from, a legislative spokesman said Friday. House Speaker
Nearly a decade after a series of employment decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court left countless plaintiffs outside the protections of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act, Congress appears on the verge of undoing much of the high court's handiwork.
Chi Yang faced prison time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and restitution when he agreed to plead guilty in connection with fraudulent sales made by his biotech company. Then federal Judge Saundra Armstrong, in what observers call
At LegalTech West Coast 2008, attendees paced the exhibit floor searching for answers to control electronic data discovery costs. Consultant Ari Kaplan examines a recent survey of corporate counsel to glean their best practices in securing the greatest value for
An intense patent fight with rival Synopsys cost Magma Design Automation$12.5 million to settle last year. But an explosive declaration in thecase that caused Magma's stock price to plunge will cost the companyeven more. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer gave
A growing number of employers are adding a controversial element totheir job applications: a waiver that says employees can sue the companyonly within six months of a particular incident. That waives theirrights to any contrary statute of limitations provided under
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- President Fatmir Sejdiu, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, and Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni left on Wednesday (July 16th) for their...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission (EC) is expected to impose financial sanctions on Bulgaria for failing to curb corruption and to warn So...
