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International law firm Dechert LLP wants its lawyers to unlearn some of what they picked up in law school about being an attorney so they can be more creative and innovative to offer better advice and services to their clients.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's firmwide managing partner Scott MacCormack is stepping down after nearly three years at the helm, and the firm is appointing its Seattle office leader as an interim leader to guide the transition, the firm confirmed Wednesday.
A Texas judge has sanctioned a New York lawyer with a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits almost $60,000 for litigation brought over ExxonMobil's proposed $59.5 billion merger with Pioneer Natural Resources, the largest merger announced in 2023.
A personal injury law firm in Texas is seeking $300,000 in damages and court fees from Filevine Inc., alleging in a federal complaint that the company took too long in implementing a case management software platform for the sole practitioner.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP said Wednesday that it is creating a new impact and sustainability partner role to help both the firm and its clients develop business practices centered on "the increasingly regulated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape."
State courts are improving virtual hearings by leveraging new technology, redesigning courtrooms, offering technical training to staff and improving case practices through the National Center for State Courts' Hybrid Hearings Improvement Initiative, according to a report it released this week.
Jackson Walker LLP has hired a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP energy partner, who joins the firm's Dallas office to continue his work with clients who develop and acquire a range of commercial energy projects and assets, the firm announced Tuesday.
As the firm expands beyond its Seattle roots, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has continued a decade-long streak of income growth with a 9% increase in revenue last year.
Husch Blackwell LLP added 111 laterals in 2023 and boosted its revenue 10.2% year over year even as some of the firm's other financial performance metrics declined, results the law firm's chief executive, Jamie Lawless, said are part of a "long-term play."
Baker McKenzie officially launched its artificial intelligence transformation and machine learning group, called BakerML, in 2021, predating most other BigLaw firms that established their AI practices nearly two years later.
Boutique litigation firm Dowd Bennett LLP has expanded to the Lone Star State with the addition of a Dallas trial attorney who previously practiced with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Rather than focusing on landing the general counsel position, David Antczak found motivation and gratification for the past 13 years by giving his all to leading the organizations he managed within Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and its predecessor company.
A former Houston-area county staff attorney claims she was buried in work, targeted with racist harassment and finally fired following her request to work remotely to manage disabling pain after coronavirus precautions were lifted at the courthouse, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas court.
The Judicial Conference of the United States on Tuesday said it has updated a policy on random case assignments to ensure litigants can't shop for the judge of their choice by going to a one-judge division of a district court.
As the legal market adjusted from the post-pandemic hiring surge, law firms across the U.S. scaled back their recruitment efforts for entry-level associates last year, a result of firms realigning talent strategies to better serve clients' demands over the long term, a report Tuesday from the National Association for Law Placement found.
After a law firm announces it's adding 100 or more lawyers via a merger, what does that then look like a year, two years or more later? How many lawyers stay with the merged firm? How many leave?
The number of civil cases filed in the federal courts jumped significantly in fiscal 2023, led by disputes between multiple states' citizens and personal injury suits, after a decrease in civil filings the year before, the federal judiciary said Tuesday.
Former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones — whose failure to disclose a romantic relationship with an ex-Jackson Walker LLP attorney ignited a major judicial ethics scandal — has moved to dismiss a disgruntled investor's suit that claims Jones gave a Jackson Walker client preferential treatment during its Chapter 11 case, citing judicial immunity.
Adams and Reese LLP announced Tuesday that it has fortified its litigation practice group with veteran trial lawyer Jane Haas in Houston, who joined the firm from Hartline Barger LLP.
MoneyGram International Inc. has promoted an in-house attorney who formerly worked for Bank of America to serve as its general counsel and another employee to be its chief regulatory and public affairs officer.
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a request by the lead attorney for Alex Jones' media company to step away from work on its Chapter 11 case following disputes with the debtor's chief restructuring officer, who the lawyer said withheld pay in retaliation for the conflict.
A legal advertising company and an attorney are objecting to a Texas federal judge's recent decision in favor of a woman pressing class claims over legal advertising to Louisiana hurricane victims, arguing that the woman still hasn't shown concrete injury.
Steptoe LLP has added a security and threat analysis expert who previously served as Dentons' global chief security officer as a partner in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
Bracewell LLP has strengthened its tax department in Dallas with the addition of a lawyer with more than three decades of experience who came aboard from Winston & Strawn LLP.
This year Covington & Burling LLP formalized its government litigation practice group, following others in what appears to be a race by large law firms to formalize, market and grow their state attorney general practices as the nature of the office has shifted in recent years.