In its 2013 Lateral Partner Satisfaction Survey, Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA) found that lateral partners are generally satisfied with their move and don't regret it. | 12yrs
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Some law firms are risking their futures by cutting staff and automating processes in order to maintain partner profits, says Mike Barry of Aderant. | 12yrs
National US construction litigation firm Watt Tieder has lost 17 of its lawyers who are setting up a new firm based in San Francisco. | 12yrs
Stein Mitchell Muse and Cipollone LLP (SMMC), a DC firm dedicated to finding potential government fraud lawsuits, has selected Des Doherty of Desmond J Doherty Solicitors to be its European liaison. | 12yrs
An Illinois judge has thrown out the first legal action over the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 after a chorus of criticisms from other lawyers. | 12yrs
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan has given the go-ahead to Chevron Corp to pursue Patton Boggs, the lawyers of its opponent, in relation to a US$9.5b judgment against the oil giant awarded in Ecuador. | 12yrs
Criminal solicitors across England and Wales began a two-day walkout over the legal aid cuts proposed by the Ministry of Justice. | 12yrs
Fasken Martineau has snapped up a raft of lawyers from collapsed law firm Heenan Blaikie. | 12yrs
The Maldives is facing a tussle between the Attorney General and the bar association as the former refuses to issue law licences. | 12yrs
The names of all seven former employees who are expected to give evidence against senior executives have been revealed by a New York judge. | 12yrs
The co-founder of Wachtell Rosen, leading M&A lawyer Martin Lipton, has criticised Carl Icahn and other activist investors for undermining decision-making in US companies. | 12yrs
After three years of co-operation, Eversheds and its Moroccan partner are relaunching the firm's two offices in Casablanca and Tangier as Eversheds CWA Morocco. | 12yrs
Lawyers should assume that the USA's National Security Agency (NSA) is eavesdropping on all their communications, according to communications experts. | 12yrs
Amazon's cloud service has just met the Pentagon's “stringent security and compliance requirements” and will be used by the US Department of Defence. | 12yrs
Revelations that the Irish police, the Garda, have taped calls of client-lawyer conversations made from their stations could fill the criminal and civil courts for years, say lawyers. | 12yrs
Big Four accountancy firm is following on the heels of PwC with plans to build a UK legal presence. | 12yrs
Allen & Overy has avoided being reported to the UK's Attorney General but could find that it is the subject of scrutiny by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). | 12yrs
BlackBerry sued its executive vice president for software Sebastian Marineau-Mes to keep him from switching to Apple, claiming he would be violating his employment contract if he did so. | 12yrs
Skadden Arps is to open a Seoul office staffed by up to four lawyers. | 12yrs
The identity of one of seven former Dewey & LeBoeuf personnel who pleaded guilty to manipulating the fallen firm's financial data has been revealed as that of former finance director Francis Canellas. | 12yrs