Law Firm Management
Holland & Knight Taps New Data-Privacy Partner to Meet ‘Unprecedented’ Demand
NewsHolland & Knight has bolstered its data strategy, security and privacy team with Hilary Lane, a partner who has longtime experience both at law firms and in-house at Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal.
Freshfields Hires NSA Vet Dahl to Boost Firm’s Big Tech Practice
NewsFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is hiring Brock Dahl, a former deputy general counsel at the National Security Agency, as the U.K-founded firm that opened in Silicon Valley last year continues to bolster its technology practice.
Robert A. Johnston, Jr. Joins Lowenstein as Partner in Firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense Practice
NewsLowenstein Sandler has announced that Robert A. Johnston, Jr. has joined the firm as partner in its White Collar Criminal Defense group. He will be based in the New York office.
3 Biglaw Firms Will Give Back $1M in Purdue Pharma Legal Fees in Settlement With Trustee
NewsThree large law firms have agreed to reduce fee applications by $1 million in their bankruptcy representation of Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription pain medication OxyContin, after the U.S. trustee alleged a failure to disclose a common interest agreement.
World’s Largest Law Firm Announces Special Bonuses
NewsDentons — a firm with almost 11,000 lawyers spread across the globe, with most of them situated in the U.S. — announced yesterday that they’d be matching market bonuses for associates.
Biglaw Firm Shares the Wealth, Raises Salaries for All
NewsBiglaw firms across the country continue to hand out special bonuses to associates and counsel as a way to thank them for their dedication during the pandemic — and to keep them around amid an incredibly hot lateral market.
Leading Data Privacy Lawyer Hilary Lane Joins Holland & Knight in Tampa
NewsData privacy attorney Hilary Lane has joined Holland & Knight’s Tampa office as a partner.
Hitting the Merger Market, Schiff Hardin May Find a Crowded Field
NewsSchiff Hardin is stepping into a hot merger market that may put it in competition with other firms feeling pressure to scale up as quickly as possible.
Biglaw Firm Thinks Associates Should Be Happy They Have Jobs, But Gives Out Special Bonuses
NewsThere is limited good news at K&L Gates. Associates that bill a bunch of hours — well over the firm’s typical bonus hour requirement — will get special bonuses in line with the market rates sweeping the industry.
Prestigious Biglaw Firm To Reopen In July Without Work-From-Home Flexibility
NewsSullivan & Cromwell — an agency that introduced in gross income of $1,555,441,000 in 2020, inserting it at No. 18 in the latest Am Law 100 rating — is requiring all workers to return to the workplace in individual on July 6.
Sidley Adds Prominent Restructuring Partner Tom Califano in New York
NewsSidley is is pleased to announce that Tom Califano is joining the firm’s global Restructuring group.
Biglaw Firm Set To Make Layoffs In Departments Hardest Hit By Pandemic Changes
NewsThough Biglaw has largely thrived throughout the pandemic, there’s still been a wave of layoffs throughout the industry, as firms try to tweak their model to respond to industry changes.
Biglaw Firm Shares The Wealth With Associates By Raising Salaries
NewsBack in March, after completing an incredibly successful financial year against all odds in the face of a pandemic, DLA Piper decided it was high time to increase associates’ salaries outside of its major market offices. Slowly but surely, other firms began to follow in DLA’s footsteps: first came Alston & Bird, and then came King & Spalding
Which Firms Top the Am Law 100? And How Much Did Their Revenue Grow?
NewsThe nation’s 100 highest-grossing law firms had an average 6.6% increase in gross revenue last year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Attorney General Now Bills for Biglaw at Nearly $2,300 Per Hour
NewsFormer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is billing at $2,295 as a partner at Covington & Burling, according to a contract that the firm signed with a public university.
Littler Pays Up, Drops Partner from Website After Keeping Docs from Court
NewsLittler Mendelson appears to have parted ways with a shareholder who allegedly misrepresented to a federal court that human resources software company ADP LLC wasn’t complying with a subpoena when in fact it had.
Top 25 Biglaw Firm Shares the Wealth With All U.S. Associates
NewsKing & Spalding announced special bonuses for associates yesterday.
Amazon Legal Chief’s Pay Topped $17M During Busy Year
NewsThe top in-house lawyer at Amazon.com Inc. received a total compensation package of nearly $17.2 million in 2020, according to the company’s annual proxy statement.
Biglaw Firm Give Associates Special Bonus
NewsThe latest firm to announce bonuses is Katten Muchin, a firm that brought in $669,709,000 gross revenue in 2019, placing it at #63 in the most recent Am Law 100 ranking.
A $16 Billion Firm? It’s Coming if Kirkland Repeats Its Decade
NewsIt’s always a big day when Kirkland & Ellis’ year-end financial results are unveiled.