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Drinker Biddle Acquires Employment Boutique in Chicago
Drinker Biddle & Reath's expansion mode didn't end with the acquisition of 170-lawyer Chicago firm Gardner Carton & Douglas in January. The firm announced Monday that it would acquire 13-attorney employment law boutique Connelly Sheehan Harris in Chicago, effective Feb. 1, 2008. The combination will continue the firm's growth in the area of human resource law, particularly on the litigation side. Drinker Biddle has been growing across the country, and will now surpass the 675-attorney mark.
Bungled Facebook IPO Costs NASDAQ $10 Million Penalty
Publication Date: 2013-05-29 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
The exchange agreed Wednesday to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission a $10 million penalty to settle charges related to "poor systems and decision-making" during Facebook Inc.'s rocky IPO and subsequent trading.
100 Largest Law Firms Alphabetically
The following is a list of the 100 largest law firms in Pennsylvania sorted alphabetically as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.AG Candidates Running in Shadow Of High-Profile Election Contests
Jim Eisenhower was among the many Democratic candidates for federal, state and local offices who shared the stage a week ago with presidential candidate John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton at a massive rally in Center City. But it was Eisenhower who managed to turn a few words with Clinton into a golden moment for his campaign to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general.
Reed Smith Disputes Claims of Growing Pains
In only a five-year span, Reed Smith has nearly doubled in size and profitability while making big splashes into the California and London markets with large mergers. The firm is now led by the dynamic Gregory Jordan, a 45-year-old Reed Smith lifer from the Pittsburgh home base who has accepted the mission of taking the firm to the next level. But changes such as these create casualties.The D. C. Metro Area's Largest law Offices
From the 150 biggest players in the Washington legal market, ranked by head count.Dechert Lawyer to Head SEC's Philadelphia Office
Dechert partner Arthur Gabinet has been appointed by outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt as district administrator of the SEC's Philadelphia office. Although he joins the SEC after a year of corporate implosions and Pitt's resignation, Gabinet said he is energized by the move into public life. The securities litigator will start his job Jan. 6.Invasion of the Lawyer Snatchers
The invasion of the Northeast's megafirms topped New Jersey's legal stories in 1999, a year that saw two venerable partnerships and dozens of smaller groups swept up in the tide of colonization. From the purchase of 110-lawyer Shanley & Fisher by Philadelphia's Drinker, Biddle & Reath to the defection of legions of lone lawyers, hardly a week passed without an announcement that a New York or Pennsylvania firm had gobbled up a partnership or a practice section.TRENDING STORIES
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