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Reed Smith Hires GE Digital’s Chief Compliance Officer

Xiumei Dong | April 26, 2018

Lewis Zirogiannis, who has spent nearly the past decade in-house at American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co., is making a return to Big Law.

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5th Circuit Blasts Lawyer Over Witness 'Gifts', Tosses $502M J&J Verdict

Scott Flaherty | April 26, 2018

The appeals court took a dim view of tactics that trial lawyer Mark Lanier used with respect to expert witnesses.

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Proskauer Partner Reveals Identity, Adds Claims in $50M Gender Bias Suit

Scott Flaherty | April 26, 2018

Proskauer partner Connie Bertram has revealed herself as the Jane Doe plaintiff who sued the firm alleging gender discrimination.

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With 8 Law Firms and Other Nassar-Related Expenses, Michigan State Faces Soaring Costs

Sue Reisinger | April 26, 2018

DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are just some of the legal giants that have been hired by Michigan State University to cope with the fallout from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.

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Dechert Adds International Trade Chair From Hughes Hubbard

Dan Packel | April 25, 2018

As headlines over sanctions and tariffs multiply, Hughes Hubbard partners F. Amanda DeBusk and Melissa Duffy are moving their practices to Dechert in D.C.

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Goodwin Procter Adds Pair of Lawyers in Boston, New York

Meghan Tribe | April 25, 2018

Goodwin Procter, a firm on a growth surge, has added two more partners to its ranks in two cities.

Q&A

Ian Samuel is Shaming Big Law—And It's Working

Vivia Chen | April 25, 2018

The Harvard Law School lecturer and co-host of the "First Mondays" podcast created a huge uproar when he tweeted that Munger, Tolles & Olson required that summer associates agree to arbitration in their employment contracts.

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Ropes & Gray to Elevate Real Estate Pro David Djaha to Managing Partner

Scott Flaherty | April 25, 2018

Djaha, who joined Ropes & Gray as a lateral partner in 2009, will assume his new role in 2020. The announcement comes a few months after Ropes & Gray named partner Julie Jones the firm's chair-elect. She, too, will assume her new role in 2020.

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Skadden’s Pat Fitzgerald Representing ‘Best Friend’ Jim Comey

Roy Strom | April 25, 2018

A pair who became best buddies at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan have officially reunited as a lawyer-client combo.

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For Better Outside Counsel Relationships, Tell Firms How They're Being Measured

Caroline Spiezio | April 25, 2018

"It feels like the law firms are going to do what we ask them to do, but oftentimes, we’re not telling them what we want," said one in-house ops leader at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual institute.

UK Regulator Confirms A&O Weinstein Investigation Amid Questions About 'Cozy' Relationship With Top Firms

Rose Walker| April 25, 2018

The firm is under investigation for an NDA, and the U.K. regulator is facing scrutiny for its relationship with top firms.

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Litigation Funder Lake Whillans Hires Former Bartlit Beck Litigator as Managing Director

Ben Hancock | April 24, 2018

Christopher Hagale brings expertise in accounting malpractice and trade secrets, and expands Lake Whillans' geographic footprint to the Midwest.

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With Help From New Law, This Legal Department is Firing its Outside Counsel

Roy Strom | April 24, 2018

Univar Inc. is working with Elevate and a new Elevate-affiliated law firm to find new ways of doing legal work that it claims will result in 50 percent savings for its $10.5 million legal budget. "Law Land is not special," said Univar's general counsel.

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Airline Bankruptcy Lands Lawyer CEO in Contempt

Scott Flaherty | April 24, 2018

A regional airline's bankruptcy case has put the CEO, an attorney and son of a prominent Louisiana lawyer and political fundraiser, on the hook for contempt.

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Amid Mueller Probe, Gregory Craig Retires From Skadden

Brian Baxter | April 24, 2018

The former White House counsel has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., as the firm’s ties to Ukraine’s former government continue to be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller III.

Reed Smith Enters the Legal Technology Market With GravityStack Subsidiary

Rhys Dipshan | April 24, 2018

The firm’s new U.S. subsidiary will incubate and license legal technology, as well as offer tech counseling and managed services to law firm and legal department clients.

Despite Anxiety-Inducing Trends, Am Law 100 Rose to the Challenge in 2017

Roy Strom | April 24, 2018

Last year was one of the best in recent memory for the financial fortunes of the Am Law 100, but few firms are able to rest easily given concerns about the industry's long-term outlook.

Editor's Letter

How We Put Together the Am Law 100

Jeanne Graham| April 24, 2018

A closer look at how The American Lawyer reports the Am Law 100 issue.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Profits Per Equity Partner

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Twenty-five firms had growth rates of at least 10 percent, up from 20 in 2016. Norton Rose led the way with a 32.3 percent leap in PPP. Two firms (Crowell & Moring and Jenner & Block) had double-digit declines, fewer than the five firms that saw double-digit declines in 2016.

Editor's Letter

From the Editor-in-Chief: Touche Law Firms, Touche

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Firms turned up their noses at market pressures in 2017, turning in a banner year with promises for a strong 2018 to follow.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Gross Revenue

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Thirty-one firms posted gross revenue over $1 billion in 2017, four more than in 2016. Eighty-five reported gains, up from 82 last year. Kirkland reported the biggest gain, 19.4 percent. K&L Gates had the steepest decline, 16.1 percent.

Analysis

Volatility Is Now a Fact of Life for America's Biggest Firms

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Rollercoaster performances from year to year are becoming the norm, especially at the top of the Am Law 100.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Compensation--All Partners

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Average Compensation–All Partners rose by 5.3 percent in 2017, compared with an increase of 1.6 percent in 2016. Seventy-nine firms posted increases, compared with 71 the previous year. Nineteen firms posted double-digit gains, while three posted double-digit losses.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Value Per Lawyer

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has led this ranking since the metric’s inception in 2005. At that firm, each lawyer contributed an average of $1.9 million in 2017, and it took an average of 5.3 lawyers to generate $10 million.

Analysis

The Super Rich Are Getting Richer

Christine Simmons | April 24, 2018

The richest of the rich continue to prosper and raise profits, a trend that appears to be accelerating as they pull away from the rest of the Am Law 100.

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The 2018 Am Law 100: Profitability Index

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Our Profitability Index metric looks at a firm’s ability to convert revenue into profits. This metric, introduced in 1985, seeks to demonstrate which firms best balance leverage and profit margin for the highest possible profits per partner.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Revenue Per Lawyer

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

For the Am Law 100 as a whole, average revenue per lawyer, the metric that we’ve long regarded as the most reliable measure of a firm’s financial health, increased by 3.2 percent, higher than the 1.5 percent increase at Am Law 100 firms in 2016.

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The 2018 Am Law 100 Ranked by: Profits Per Lawyer

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

Profits per lawyer is an alternate way of looking at firm profitability, and is intended to reduce the influence of factors such as leverage. A firm’s PPL is its net income divided by its lawyer count. Wachtell topped the list with a PPL of $1,897,000.

Analysis

Success in the Am Law 100 Is Being Driven by Management

Hugh A. Simons and Nicholas Bruch| April 24, 2018

Law firms, long thought to be bifurcating by size and profitability, have actually been separating based on something more simple over the past decade.

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DLA Piper, Quinn Emanuel Battle Over Documents in Al Jazeera Lawsuit

Miriam Rozen | April 24, 2018

As Al Jazeera fights defamation claims brought by a pair of major league baseball players, the parties are duking it out over discovery and "inadvertently disclosed" documents that DLA Piper says are privileged.

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With Chadbourne Suit Behind Her, Kerrie Campbell Continues Gender Equity Struggle

Scott Flaherty | April 23, 2018

Ex-Chadbourne & Parke partner Kerrie Campbell may have settled her gender bias case against the firm. But she's still fighting.

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Greenspoon Marder Opens LA Office With 6-Lawyer Group

Meghan Tribe | April 23, 2018

Fast-growing Am Law 200 firm Greenspoon Marder has set up shop in Los Angeles after adding four lawyers from local boutique Eisner Jaffe, as well as a former California judge and ex-solo practitioner.

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McIver Defense Promises to Appeal Jury's Guilty Verdict for Murder

R. Robin McDonald | April 23, 2018

The jury also convicted McIver of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and influencing a witness.

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New York's Elite Law Firms Still Lead the Pack on Profits, Revenue

Christine Simmons | April 23, 2018

Even if fewer of them achieved double-digit profit growth last year, the group is still the envy of the industry, according to reporting for The American Lawyer’s upcoming Am Law 100 rankings.

A&O, Clifford Chance and Clyde & Co Among Firms on Board as Barclays Launches First London Legal Technology Hub

Anna Ward | April 23, 2018

The bank plans to open its first center dedicated to legal-technology entrepreneurs.

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Hank Asbill's Jump to Buckley Sandler Marks Fifth Recent Jones Day Departure

Ryan Lovelace | April 23, 2018

Asbill's move from a firm with more than 2,500 lawyers to one with about 150 follows a three-partner team leaving Jones Day's bankruptcy group for Hogan Lovells and the former co-head of the firm's real estate practice leaving for Latham & Watkins.

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Stanford Law's Jeffrey Fisher, Veteran SCOTUS Lawyer, Joins O’Melveny as Special Counsel

Tony Mauro | April 23, 2018

Fisher, who has argued 35 cases before the high court, will maintain his position at Stanford and as co-director of its Supreme Court clinic, a position he's held since 2006.

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Hogan Lovells Snags Restructuring Leader From Jones Day

Lizzy McLellan | April 23, 2018

Richard Wynne, Bennett Spiegel and Erin Brady joined Hogan Lovells on Monday, each bringing with them a book of well known clients.

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Wisconsin AG Slams Award Given to Ex-Seyfarth Shaw Associate

Brian Baxter | April 20, 2018

Stephan Addison was one of two former Big Law associates accused of sexual assault in 2005. When the State Bar of Wisconsin recently gave him an award, that chapter of his life returned.

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New Book Digs Into Richard Nixon’s Time in Big Law

Meghan Tribe | April 20, 2018

“Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House” explores how a five-year stint at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander became a launching pad to the presidency.

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Fox Rothschild Grows Revenue 8 Percent, PPP Up 1.7 Percent

Lizzy McLellan | April 20, 2018

Managing partner Mark Morris said the firm had a strong 2017.

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Wells Fargo Turned to Sullivan & Cromwell Ahead of $1B Consumer Settlement

C. Ryan Barber | April 20, 2018

“We always try to play absolutely straight with the regulators,” H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chairman and a lawyer for Wells Fargo, told The American Lawyer last year.

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Proskauer Looks to Ditch Still-Pending Stanford Ponzi Suit

Scott Flaherty | April 20, 2018

Ahead of an upcoming Dallas trial, Proskauer's defense team filed a notice on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as part of an effort to escape claims from an official committee of investors who lost money in R. Allen Stanford's massive, long-running Ponzi scheme.

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New Yale Report Highlights Top 10 Law Firms for Women, Families

Meghan Tribe | April 20, 2018

An annual report by Yale Law School has identified the best firms for working women and families.

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Ex-Big Law Partner Dies After Life-Changing Assault, Robbery

Brian Baxter | April 20, 2018

Sanford Kaynor Jr. was left paralyzed and brain damaged following a 2012 shooting in New Orleans. He died Thursday.

Podcast

Paul Weiss Chairman Pipes Up About the #MeToo Movement

Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 20, 2018

The Careerist's Vivia Chen talks with Brad Karp about the power imbalance in law firms and how to change it.

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Law Grad Employment Rate Improves Thanks to Smaller Class

Karen Sloan | April 20, 2018

The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.

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What Does Kirkland's Lateral War Chest Buy? A Lot

Miriam Rozen | April 20, 2018

Kirkland & Ellis' latest hire once again shows off the firm's deep purse and lateral allure, broadens its practice strength, and chips away at a gender imbalance in its partnership.

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UK Body Probes Dentons Over Dismissal of Ex-Human Resources Manager

Joseph Evans | April 20, 2018

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed an investigation of Dentons after an employment tribunal ruled against the firm for dismissing a former recruitment manager. The move comes the same week that Dentons suspended a Canadian partner in an unrelated matter.

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Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

Analysis

'Client Value' Roles Take Off as Partners Place Trust in Professionals

Lizzy McLellan | April 19, 2018

Law firm client relationships aren't just in the hands of partners anymore.

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Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity

Meghan Tribe | April 19, 2018

Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its new managing partner, making her potentially the first female black leader of a national law firm.

Analysis

Chinese Firms Are Coming for Your Partners - Again

Anna Zhang | April 19, 2018

Top Chinese firms like Han Kun and Fangda Partners are racing to hire away partners from global firms as they grow financially and seek more recognition.

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Survey Shows 27 Percent Pay Gap for Top Women Equity Partners

Miriam Rozen | April 19, 2018

Even "star" partners pay a big price for their gender, new research by Acritas found.

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Reed Smith Launches Tech Program for Select Summer Associates

Dan Packel | April 19, 2018

In a new twist on law firms' race to innovate, five summer associates in the United States and the U.K. will take on projects aimed at applying technology to legal services.

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Latham Opens Nominations to Replace Ousted Leader Voge

Anna Ward | April 19, 2018

Almost a month after the shocking exit of former global chair and managing partner William Voge, Latham & Watkins has started a succession process to replace him.

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Reed Smith Snags Steptoe & Johnson Trio for Pension Practice

Xiumei Dong | April 18, 2018

Reed Smith has hired a three-lawyer group for its public pension fund and tax wealth planning practices.

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In Latest Lateral Hire, Latham Lands a New Real Estate Leader

Brian Baxter | April 18, 2018

Two months after leaving Jones Day, Michael Haas has joined Latham & Watkins in New York as co-head of the firm’s global real estate practice.

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Plaintiffs Bar Looks to Cash In on #MeToo

Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

In an effort to capture legal work emanating from the #MeToo movement, plaintiffs firms across the country are registering website domain names and funding television commercials in their quest for big paydays.

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Katten, on Hiring Spree, Adds IP Litigator From Alston & Bird

Christine Simmons | April 18, 2018

Other Alston & Bird lawyers may join Deepro Mukerjee in his move to Katten Muchin Rosenman, which has already hired about 30 lateral partners firmwide this year.

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Cohen Leans Toward Big Law in Proposed Special Master Candidates

Colby Hamilton | April 18, 2018

Cohen's attorneys presented Judge Kimba Wood with a list of four names, all former prosecutors in private practice, while prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office sent over three of their own, all former magistrate judges from the Southern District of New York.

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Disbarred Ex-Law Firm Chairman Scott Rothstein Stuck With 50-Year Sentence

Catherine Wilson | April 18, 2018

A judge says federal prosecutors have the discretion to yank an offer of a reduced prison sentence.

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Robins Kaplan Reels in Litigation Duo to Expand Boston Base

Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

Robins Kaplan has become the latest large law firm to bulk up in Boston, bringing on business litigation partners Stephen Wald and Lauren Coppola from Rhode Island-based Partridge Snow & Hahn.

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Proposed Student Loan Cap Could Devastate Law Schools

Karen Sloan | April 18, 2018

Experts worry that provisions within the pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will exacerbate legal education's diversity challenges and put a J.D. out of reach of low-income students.

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Big Law Heads to Big Sky County, With a Stop in the Motor City

Meghan Tribe | April 17, 2018

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani announced this week two new offices in Detroit and Missoula, Montana.

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Federal Judges Say Firms, Clients Favor Male Litigators at Their Peril

Dan Packel | April 17, 2018

At a Reed Smith event, former SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin and current U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe highlighted the costs of ignoring gender diversity.

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SEC Discloses Deals With Ex-Dewey Leaders Sanders, DiCarmine

Christine Simmons | April 17, 2018

The agency's case against former Dewey executive Stephen DiCarmine now appears to be over. But that's not the case for other Dewey leaders.

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Discovery, Mediation Scheduled in Proskauer Gender Bias Suit

Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2018

The two sides of a $50 million gender bias suit brought against Proskauer Rose by a female partner at the firm will discuss the potential of a settlement under a mediation process set out by the court's local rules.

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Judge: Perkins Coie's Work for Clinton Should Limit Firm's Role in Arpaio Case

Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

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Ex-Dorsey, Ogletree Partner Disbarred in Washington

Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2018

Carllene Placide, a former Big Law immigration and labor attorney, was disbarred in Washington, where the state's highest court criticized her for improper conduct surrounding her representation of non-firm clients.

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Dentons Canada Partner Suspended After Fatal Hit-and-Run

Meghan Tribe | April 17, 2018

Shane Stevenson, a corporate partner with Dentons Canada, has been suspended from the firm following a fatal hit-and-run that killed a teenage girl in Edmonton.

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Cooley Scoops Up Veteran Wilson Sonsini Corporate Partner

Xiumei Dong | April 17, 2018

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has lost four corporate partners in the Bay Area within the past month.

Does Geographic Growth Pay Off?

Marcie Borgal Shunk| April 17, 2018

A new regional analysis of law firm geographic profiles and growth reveals the payoff from being a truly national or international law firm just may not be what it once was.

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A&O to Launch Firmwide Rollout of New Performance Evaluation Scheme as Firm Targets More 'Honest' Feedback

Rose Walker| April 17, 2018

The Magic Circle firm becomes the latest to scrap annual reviews in favor of ongoing feedback

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Paul Weiss Sponsors Play About Civil Rights Trailblazer

Meghan Tribe | April 16, 2018

A. Pauline "Pauli" Murray, a former associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, is the subject of a new Broadway production.

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Sheppard Mullin Launches Dallas Office

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 16, 2018

The firm's new Dallas office has a total of 18 lawyers, with more on the way.

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Longford Bags Jenner & Block Partner While Spending From $500M Purse

Roy Strom | April 16, 2018

After a decade in Big Law, Justin Maleson is joining the increasingly lucrative world of litigation finance.

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Goodwin Bulks Up Life Sciences Group With Cross-Border Dechert Hires

Scott Flaherty | April 16, 2018

Goodwin Procter announced the addition of a trans-Atlantic transactions team in its life sciences group. Meanwhile, White & Case said it had hired away a debt financing partner from Goodwin in New York.

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Cohen Claims Morgan Lewis, Squire Patton Boggs Records in Seized Materials

Christine Simmons | April 16, 2018

Records related to both global legal giants could be contained in materials seized last week by federal law enforcement officials in raids on Michael Cohen's home, hotel room and office.

Slideshow

What 10 Legal Department Luminaries Have Said About Outside Firms

Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

Here are some of the quotable (and occasionally controversial) statements those in legal departments have made about their outside partners.

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Newt Gingrich Leaves Dentons, Eyes Relationship With New Law Firm

Ryan Lovelace | Meredith Hobbs | April 16, 2018

Gingrich, who joined Dentons' public policy and regulatory group in 2015, said he has been in talks with "various other global law firms."

Procurement and The New Legal Buy/Sell Dynamic

Mark A. Cohen| April 16, 2018

Procurement's expanding role in the legal industry is changing the way legal services are bought and sold.

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Mayer Brown Taps Ex-London Leader as New Managing Partner

Rose Walker| April 16, 2018

Real estate and property expert Jeremy Clay has been named the Am Law 100 firm's new global managing partner.

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Cooley Adds to East Coast Bench With Two 'Insurtech' Pros

Meghan Tribe | April 16, 2018

Heidi Lawson and Greg Hoffnagle are leaving Mintz Levin to join Cooley as the latter seeks to build out litigation, regulatory and insurance expertise in Boston and New York.

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Orrick Poaches V&E Energy Partner and Office Head in Tokyo, Hughes Hubbard M&A Dealmaker in NYC

Dan Packel | April 15, 2018

James Atkin was Vinson & Elkins’ Tokyo office managing partner before moving to Orrick.

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Kirkland Takes Two From Cravath in Latest Lateral Raid

Brian Baxter | April 14, 2018

Sandra Goldstein, a top partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and a former head of litigation at the firm, is headed to Kirkland & Ellis with Stefan Atkinson in New York.

Investigation

Prosecutors Say Cohen Under Investigation, Rebut Privilege Claims

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

Documents disclosed in the Southern District of New York show that Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the subject of a criminal inquiry into his personal business dealings. He also received a $500,000 "alliance fee" from Squire Patton Boggs.

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Law Firms Rarely Have Policies About Lawyers Recording Phone Calls

Miriam Rozen | April 13, 2018

The legality of recording phone calls without permission is one thing. The ethics of doing so is another.

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Power Company's Legal Malpractice Suit Against Greenberg Traurig Gets Tossed

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

NextEra Energy Inc. claimed it was damaged in the form of legal fees paid to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and trial and appeal fees "amounting to millions of dollars."

Q&A

Thinking of Ditching Big Law for a Startup? Read This First

Xiumei Dong | April 13, 2018

Andrew Dick, Catherine Krow and James Lee all put Big Law careers behind them to become entrepreneurs. The Recorder caught up with the trio to discuss some lessons they've learned.

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Allen & Overy Faces Skepticism Over O'Melveny Merger as Doubts Emerge Among Partnership

Rose Walker| April 13, 2018

Partners are expressing reservations over a U.S. tie-up, as O'Melveny talks leave some unconvinced.

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China Hacks on US Corporations Rising, With Law Firms, GCs Prime Targets

Ian Lopez | April 13, 2018

While China has been largely compliant with an agreement with the U.S. to not hack for intellectual property, new data indicates M&A info and contracts are viewed as fair game.

Analysis

The Law Firm Disrupted: The Most Bedeviling Aspect of Law Firm Change

Roy Strom | April 12, 2018

What the fast greens of the nation's most historic golf course can teach us about the pace of legal industry change.

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AP Article on Another National Enquirer 'Catch & Kill' Trump Story Notes Role Played by Boies Schiller

Scott Flaherty | April 12, 2018

But the firm says it did not try to undermine The Associated Press story and its role was very different from its representation of Harvey Weinstein.

Q&A

Ex-Chadbourne Partner Kerrie Campbell Is Ready to Talk

Vivia Chen | April 12, 2018

With her pay discrimination suit behind her, the former Big Law partner has strong opinions about women in the legal profession and the #MeToo movement.

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Deadline for The American Lawyer Awards Approaching

Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 12, 2018

Check out the categories in our American Lawyer Awards for which submissions are due week. Some exciting new opportunities for those in the industry to show how they are revolutionizing the way legal services are delivered.

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These 'Dishonest' NY Lawyers Led to $10.6M in Victim Payouts

Christine Simmons | April 12, 2018

Reimbursements last year from the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection included millions of dollars related to ex-law firm leader and imprisoned Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier and former prominent New York personal injury lawyer Stuart Schlesinger.

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Hogan Lovells Scraps 'Broken' Review System for Associates

Ryan Lovelace | April 12, 2018

When it comes to performance feedback from their law firms, lawyers "have different expectations than I had many years ago when I was a young associate," CEO Stephen Immelt said.

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Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks 'Waiting, Dying' to Testify in Aborted Investigation

Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

Katherine Ku spoke as part of a discussion called "Making the Future #NOTMeToo" about how women can ward off and respond to sexual harassment in the legal profession.

Analysis

Lawyers on Alert Over Russia Work as Tensions Turn Up Scrutiny on Client Connections

Joseph Evans | April 12, 2018

Lawyers at global law firms are being extra cautious about their work for Russian clients.