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03-17-2014

Founding Partner of Boutique Litigation Firm Leaves to Float New Law Firm

William J. Ricci, a founding partner of boutique law firm Lavin O'Neil Ricci Cedrone & Disipio, is leaving the law firm with six other lawyers to form a new firm, the ABA Journal reported. Ricci, who had been with Lavin O'Neil for almost 30 years, is teaming up with John E. Tyrell to float the law f....[more]
03-14-2014

Buchanan Ingersoll Creates Florida Powerhouse by Acquiring Fowler White

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and Florida-based Fowler White Boggs completed their merger on March 14, 2014. The law firms announced that a vote from shareholders of both firms had affirmed their merger. Backed with Buchanan's national presence and Fowler's established practice in Florida, the new mer....[more]
03-12-2014

Reciprocity Rule to Be Removed from DC Federal Court

According to the ABA Journal, federal courts in Washington D.C., have initiated steps towards removing reciprocity requirements for out-of-town lawyers and make it easier for them to practice law in the nation's capital. This makes a significant difference, because at any given time there are more o....[more]
03-10-2014
03-05-2014

Peck Shaffer & Williams Merges with Dinsmore & Shohl

Peck Shaffer & Williams LLP has become a part of Charleston based Dinsmore & Shohl effective this March. The website of Dinsmore & Shohl announced the news "Top Bond Counsel firm joins forces with Dinsmore," with the subheading - Peck Shaffer & Williams is now a division of Dinsmore and Shohl LLP."....[more]
03-03-2014

Skadden Tops Acritas’ US Law Firm Brand Index Again

The Acritas' US Law Firm Brand Index 2014 is out and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom took the top spot for the third consecutive year. Jones Day, too, held the second spot for the third consecutive year while the rest of the firms in the list kept shuffling spots. The top five on the list this ....[more]
02-28-2014

NALP Survey Finds Most Part-timers in Law Firms Are Women but Percentage of Men Increasing

The recently released report of NALP from its NALP Directory of Legal Employers, finds a healthy trend of numbers of part-timers at law firms dropping for the third consecutive year. The NALP also found that while the major portion of part-timers in law firms constitutes women, the numbers of men wo....[more]
02-26-2014

Sidley Austin Considering Closing Office in Germany

Sidley Austin LLP is considering closing down its only office in Germany, its Frankfurt office. The law firm has taken the stance after a spate of partner exits left only one partner at Frankfurt and a few lawyers. The firm's management is reviewing whether it is justified to continue maintaining th....[more]
02-24-2014

King & Spalding Forms BECTELLA Global Law Firm Alliance

In a globalized economy scales of doing business have changed so much that even for the biggest businesses cooperation has become essential to survive and forge ahead in the competition. Law firms are no exception to the new styles of doing business.....[more]
02-21-2014

NALP Reports Lackluster Law Firm Recruiting for Entry-Level Associates

NALP, the association for legal career professionals reported recruitment for entry-level associates at law firms remaining flat for the fifth consecutive year. The annual report titled Perspectives on Fall 2013 Law Student Recruiting was created on the basis of a survey conducted across 123 U.S. la....[more]