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01-08-2009

BCG News - 01/08/09

Approximately 20 lawyers from the Santa Monica, California-based affiliate of Dreier LLA, called Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George, have formed their own firm, while most of the remaining attorneys are looking to merge with another firm.This development comes less than one month after Marc Drei....[more]
01-07-2009

BCG News - 01/07/09

In a move that indicates the complex nature of the economic crisis on law firms, Sonnenschein has announced that they have both awarded larger bonuses to top performers and have frozen associate's salaries for 2009. The 'associate productivity bonuses' range from $10,000 to $70,000 and will result i....[more]
01-06-2009

BCG News - 01/06/09

Annual partner promotions are down among US firms due to mounting concerns about the economic downturn and the legal market's significant drop in workflow. Among the biggest examples, Weil Gotshal & Manges have had the biggest decrease, with promotion figures dropping by 35% from 20 in 2007 to seven....[more]
01-01-2009

BCG News - 01/01/09

On Tuesday a five-judge panel of the New York Appellate Division has voted to suspend a former Kirkland & Ellis attorney from practicing in New York for three years. Steven J. Lever was arrested in July 2004 for attempting to arrange a meeting ''to engage in an oral sexual act'' with someone he thou....[more]
12-31-2008

BCG News - 12/31/08

International Firm DLA Piper ....[more]
12-30-2008

BCG News - 12/30/08

Half of the lawyers from the troubled US firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, including its managing partner Paul Tvetenstrand, have been hired by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Sonnenschein scored 100 of Thacher's 195 lawyers, bringing the total number of lawyers at Sonnenschein to 800. This move comes....[more]
12-22-2008

BCG News - 12/22/08

Paul Hastings Associate Charged With Insider TradingMoFo Adds 10 to PartnershipPromotions Down at Dechert and Reed Smith....[more]
12-19-2008

BCG News - 12/19/08

Ex-Thacher Proffitt Partners Rally to Retrieve CashAllen & Overy Cut US Associate Bonuses in HalfDewey & LeBoeuf asked by Federal Judge to Explain Billing in Securities Case....[more]
12-18-2008

BCG News - 12/18/08

O'Melveny & Myers to Award Generous Associate BonusesLatham's Salary Freeze Might Launch TrendMillions in Unpaid Bills as Dreier LLP Files for Bankruptcy....[more]
12-17-2008

BCG News - 12/17/08

Philadelphia Law Firms Face New LayoffsEx-Foley & Lardner Associate May Sue Firm for Alleged DiscriminationClifford Chance ....[more]