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02-16-2012
02-15-2012

Cybersecurity Act Could Result in Law Firms Reporting to DHS

The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 that Congress is considering right now could result in most of the major law firms and corporate legal departments having to report to the Department of Homeland Security.....[more]
02-14-2012

Facebook GC Among Top Earners in Company

A reading of the papers that Facebook filed with the SEC for its IPO shows that its general counsel is among the top earners in the company.....[more]
02-13-2012

Citi Report: PPEP Growth Was Only 3.3 Percent in 2011

A slowdown in the transactional activity in the second half of 2011 saw law firms report only a modest 3.3 percent growth in PPEP (Profits per Equity Partner). The figure for 2010 was 7.4 percent. But overall revenue did increase by 4.1 percent last year.....[more]
02-10-2012

Oracle Uses Dewey in $1.9 Billion Taleo Purchase

Oracle Corporation has used the services of Dewey & LeBoeuf as its lead outside counsel in its purchase of software firm Taleo. Oracle's $1.9 billion deal is said to be necessitated by rival SAP's purchase of a similar firm - SuccessFactors in December 2011.Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Keith Flaum worked....[more]
02-09-2012

DLA Piper Sees over $2 Billion in Revenue

A report from AmLaw says that law firm DLA Piper ....[more]
02-08-2012

Skadden Enters German Capital Markets

Skadden is close to entering the German capital markets. The law firm has recently hired a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling. Skadden already has offices in Frankfurt and Munich. The two new additions join the seven other partners Skadden has in Germany.....[more]
02-07-2012

Akin Gump to Lobby for HP on Capitol Hill

Hewlett-Packard has hired the services of law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lobby on its behalf in Washington D.C. The Palo Alto-based computer maker filed papers with Congress in which it mentioned that it was using the services of Akin Gump to advocate on its behalf on “government infor....[more]
02-06-2012

BLS Report Says 1,000 Jobs Added in Legal Industry

The January jobs report from the BLS says that around 1,000 jobs were added in the legal industry. The news comes as a major improvement when compared to the December 2011 jobs report which said that there were around 1,100 layoffs in the legal industry.....[more]
02-03-2012

Lateral Activity Saw Major Jump in 2011

Lateral activity among partners saw a major jump in 2011 according to a report from Am Law Daily. The report says that while 2010 saw a major slump in lateral activity, last year it was back to pre-recession levels. For the 12 months ending in September 2011, 2,454 partners left their current firms ....[more]