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February 21, 2011 |

Case Summaries

The following state and federal court opinions were issued from Jan. 13 through Feb. 10. Practice areas addressed in these cases include admiralty law, business law, appeals, family law, contracts, bankruptcy and torts, among others. Subscribers have access to the full text of these opinions online and can receive Texas Lawyer's Daily Case Alert, which includes the very latest opinions issued by state and federal appellate courts in Texas. To sign up to receive the Daily Case Alert in your inbox each day, click here.
22 minute read
October 20, 2010 |

The Plight of the Law Library

It's been five years since sweeping changes in court funding left public law libraries strapped for cash. And although many have adapted to shrunken budgets and operations, fresh demand for research assistance has increased, largely from homeowners fighting foreclosures.
6 minute read
October 27, 2010 |

Smaller Firms May Soon See More Laterals, Fewer Young Lawyers

Just as the recession caused more large companies to turn their attentions toward smaller firms, it had a similar effect on lawyers who traditionally might have been thought of as "big firm material."
6 minute read
September 24, 2010 |

BigLaw Partner Admits to Altering Document at Heart of LA Dodgers Owner's Divorce

More than just the future ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers is at stake in the extraordinarily nasty divorce of Frank and Jamie McCourt: The reputation of a respected partner at an Am Law 100 firm is on the line, too.
4 minute read
October 28, 2010 |

You Lose 63 Partners and What Do You Get?: The Story Behind Howrey's Very Bad Year

In late March, at a meeting during Howrey's partner retreat at the luxe Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Florida, a Brussels antitrust partner, Stephen Mavroghenis, lobbed a series of questions at firm management: Why, he asked, had the previous year's financial forecasts been so off? And could management assure him that the 2010 projection would be any more accurate?
5 minute read
February 12, 2007 |

Full Disclosure

Count Apco Worldwide as yet another D.C. firm betting that investigations and oversight will be ramped up this year, now that Democrats are in charge of Congress. Plus more news, notes, quotes, and what to do after dark...
5 minute read
September 30, 2010 |

The Next MegaFirm?: Akin Gump, Orrick Explore Merger

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld confirmed yesterday that they are engaged in talks to combine into what could create a more than 1,800-lawyer firm.
3 minute read
October 26, 2010 |

Sunshine in the Forecast as Managing Partners Say, Finally, Future Is Brighter

For K&L Gates, this is not the time to pinch pennies. Unlike most other managing partners who have been in cutting mode, the law firm's Miami managing partner, Dan Casey, is on a spending spree.
10 minute read
October 01, 2010 |

Judge Re-Indicted in "Cash for Kids" Scandal

A federal grand jury has handed down a superseding indictment against former Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the federal honest services fraud statute, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
5 minute read
September 05, 2008 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

EventsThe Philadelphia affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure , an organization working to cure breast cancer, will hold its next P.I.N. Stripes event from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10 in the Pyramid Club, 1735 Market St., Philadelphia.
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