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04-03-2012

Law Firm Mergers Market Continues to Rebound in First Quarter

The market for law firm mergers continues to be strong with 14 law firm mergers announced so far this year. Another 11 mergers that were announced in the final months of 2011 have also been completed by now.....[more]
04-02-2012

Attorneys and Judges Debate About Cameras in Courtroom

Attorneys and judges from the D.C. courts had a debate on Wednesday over the role of cameras in the courtroom. The D.C. courts do not permit cameras in the courtroom just like the federal trial courts. Judges Royce Lamberth and Jose Lopez said the resistance to taped proceedings came from a fear of ....[more]
03-30-2012

Dewey Down by One More Partner

Dewey's partner exodus is still not over. One more partner has announced his departure, bringing the total number this year to 38. Eamon O'Kelly, specializing in antitrust litigation, has jumped ship and is now with ....[more]
03-29-2012

Pilot Program Set Up to Match Judges with IP Related Cases

Patent lawyers can now hope for a better result for their clients if a pilot project for patent cases is successful. In the pilot program, which will run for 10 years, a judge can refuse to preside over a patent related case within 30 days of being assigned to it. The case will then be reassigned to....[more]
03-28-2012

Dewey Changes Top Management in Face of Partner Departures

Dewey in the face of continuous partner departures and rumors of its finances being in bad shape is now changing its top management team. The firm leadership told its partners in a meeting on Monday that the current governing structure will be replaced with a five-member “office of the chairman”....[more]
03-27-2012

John Edwards Needs New Legal Team, Again.

Former senator and one-time VP and later Presidential hopeful John Edwards is changing his legal team once again. Edwards is under investigation by the FEC for violating federal campaign finance laws. The reason was his latest legal team's conflict of interest. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will n....[more]
03-26-2012

Six More Partners Quit Dewey

Another six partners have quite Dewey & LeBoeuf on Friday, bringing the total number of departures so far to 37 this year. All six partners will be joining Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, an Atlanta law firm which has 25 lawyers in New York. The partners who are leaving are: John Pruitt and Cynthia Sho....[more]
03-23-2012

Dewey to Delay Bonuses till May

Dewey will be handing out bonuses to its associates no later than May 31. The firm normally pays out by April 1. The amounts range from $7,500 to $42,500. The firm has said that this was necessary as part of its efforts to manage expenses while it renegotiated its credit line with its lenders.....[more]
03-22-2012

Leading Tech Firms Combine Forces to Fight Patent Trolls

Last month, eight tech industry firms joined forces to fight the menace of patent trolls. And they are going to do it the old-fashioned way, by setting up a lobbying group. The lobbying group will be called ITC Working Group and its focus will be on keeping patent trolls out of the International Tra....[more]
03-21-2012

LexisNexis to Acquire Law360

Legal research service firm LexisNexis has announced that it will be acquiring Portfolio Media, which is the parent company of newswire Law360. LexisNexis is itself a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier Group, a British publishing company. In a press release that it released on Tuesday, the firm said that L....[more]