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04-17-2013

King & Spalding Blocks Employees from Using Personal Email Accounts on Firm Computers

Atlanta-based BigLaw firm King & Spalding has blocked its employees from accessing their personal email accounts on firm computers.....[more]
04-16-2013

Shearman & Sterling Reduces Pay for High Earners and Boosts Pay for Lower Ranking Lawyers

Shearman & Sterling has decided to go against the current industry trend by reducing equity and pay for its high earners, but increasing them for the firm’s lower-ranking business generators according to a report by Reuters.....[more]
04-15-2013

Clients Demand and Receive Discounts Even as Lawyer Rates Keep Going Up

Lawyers demanding high hourly rates, including the $1,150 per-hour-lawyer are still around. Many lawyers are also increasing their hourly rates. However, clients are also increasingly demanding and getting discounts.....[more]
04-10-2013

Anonymous Blogger Wins Round In Legal Battle Against Cooley

A former law student from Thomas M. Cooley Law School has won some legal relief in a judgment from the Michigan Court of Appeals. The student, who was identified in court documents as only Doe 1, ran a blog that harshly criticizes the law school.....[more]
04-09-2013

Skadden Arps Ranks in the Corporate Scorecard of The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer’s “Corporate Scorecard” published in April 2013 lists Skadden Arps as Principal Counsel for M&A transactions by value in 2012. Skadden Arps ranked first among law firms in the role of Principal Counsel.....[more]
04-09-2013
04-03-2013

Ex-associate Suing Law Firm for Sexual Harassment Called ''Obsessed'' By Firm in $15 Million Counterclaim

Alexandra Marchuk, a former associate of the law firm Faruqi & Faruqi filed a lawsuit against the firm for sexual harassment last month in a federal court in Manhattan.....[more]
04-02-2013

Detroit and Pittsburgh law firms to merge, create a 300-attorney, 12-office law firm

Two well-known regional law firms are set to merge and create a regional behemoth. Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong is merging with Detroit-based Clark Hill.....[more]
04-01-2013

Only Half of 2012 Law Graduates Are in Jobs Requiring Bar Passage

Only 56.2 percent of the graduating class of 2012 had full time, long-term jobs that required bar passage as of February 15, 2013 according to the American Bar Association.....[more]
03-26-2013

DLA Piper Overcharged Me and Made Jokes About It Claims Former Client

Adam Victor, an energy executive who was running a power plant in Syracuse when he hired DLA Piper ....[more]