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07-21-2014

Is Bingham Looking for a Merger

Rumors that Boston-based law firm Bingham McCutchen is looking for a merger is going hot. Last week, Casey Sullivan did an exclusive on Reuters claiming that inside sources say Bingham is under a lot of financial pressure and is seeking merger with another big law firm. This week, the Wall Street Jo....[more]
07-16-2014

Latham & Watkins Elects New Global Leader

International law firm Latham & Watkins announced on Monday that London Partner Bill Voge has been elected to serve as the new Global Chair and Managing Partner of the law firm effective from January 1, 2015. Voge did his BS from California State University and received his JD from the University of....[more]
07-14-2014

Pillsbury Overhauling Its Leadership

This month Pillsbury has made some major changes in its leadership for practice area operations. While the latest move was to appoint noted real estate attorney Scott E. Barat as the managing partner of the law firm’s North....[more]
07-11-2014

Dickstein Shapiro Public Policy Team Shifts Base to Greenberg Traurig

Andrew Zausner, recent Chair of Dickstein Shapiro’s Public Policy & Law Practice is joining Greenberg Traruig along with 12 other stalwarts including people like former Senator Tim Hutchinson, former Representative Albert R. Wynn, and former Representative Pete Hoekstra. Zausner is joining as Chai....[more]
07-09-2014

Seattle-Based Perkins Coie Announces First Washington-Based Managing Partner

Seattle-based international law firm Perkins Coie announced in a press release on Tuesday that the firm had elected John Devaney as its new Managing Partner. Washington Post stressed in their report that Devaney was the first Washington-based Managing Partner of the law firm in its history of 102 ye....[more]
07-07-2014
07-04-2014

Allen & Overy’s Global Survey Shows In-House Counsel Changing Work Models

Global law firm Allen & Overy’s recent research publication titled “Unbundling a market – The appetite for new legal services models,” focused on finding how, in the face of huge changes in the legal industry, companies and their General Counsel are innovating “the way they procure, use a....[more]
07-02-2014

In New York “Unfinished Business” of Dissolved Law Firms Stands Finished by NY Court of Appeals Opinion

Trustees of law firms are finding their positions tenuous on clawback claims as courts across the country in succession keep opining that trustees of dissolved or bankrupt law firms do not have any claim on “unfinished business” in hourly fee matters.....[more]
07-01-2014

International Law Firms Streamlining Head Count in Asia

UK law website The Lawyer published its report Asia Pacific 150 2014 on 30th June showing a large number of top law firms from US and UK streamlining headcount in the region. While most big law firms had reduced their headcount in 2013 year on year against 2012, some firms actually boosted their hea....[more]
06-27-2014

A Non-Lawyer Can’t be “Chief” in a Texas Law Firm

In a recent ethics opinion (Opinion 642) the Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas has ruled that under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, a Texas law firm may not use “officer” or “principal” in the job titles for non-lawyer employees of the firm.....[more]