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Withers recruits 11 lawyers from Kelley Drye in Greenwich, Connecticut
The 117-partner, 13-office international practice Withers has recruited five partners and six other lawyers from Kelley Drye & Warren in fields including corporate, commercial litigation and IP.
US lawyers work to avoid 9/11 moment on cyber attacks
A team of lawyers and investigators is working to prevent the equivalent of a 9/11 attack on the internet, according to the top cyber security official at the Department of Justice.
Ex-Hogan Lovells partner fails to prove to court that drive home was work time
The partner, now at Bancroft, had sought to persuade the court that the Hogan Lovell partnership insurance should cover an accident he had on the drive home as he also worked at home and so was commuting between two work locations.
E & Y pays $10m fine to New York State over Lehman Brothers
The accountancy giant agreed to settle the case after 'many years of costly litigation.'
US firms rush to set up drone departments
So many law firms are setting up teams to help drone operators that Akin Gump has said that 'almost every firm has a drone practice'.
Associate salary rises 8pc in US to median of $135,000 for first years
Average salaries for associates in smaller firms are rising faster - 8% - than those in practices which have more than 700 lawyers, who saw their median salary go up 7.4% in the year to April.
Fox Rothschild takes three from Nixon Peabody to open in Chicago
The 600-lawyer Philadelphia-based Fox Rothschild is predicting rapid growth in Chicago - talking of having 10 lawyers in place within six months, growing to as many as 30 by 2018.
EY becomes first and only organisation to pay fine over Lehmans role
Big Four accountant Ernst & Young is to pay US$10m over its role as auditor to Lehman Brothers, the bank which failed in 2008 - and, for the time being at least, it looks likely to remain the only adviser to take a penalty from the regulators.
Merck GC pleads for law firms to reduce number of lateral hires
Speaking at a Harvard Law School day on law firms ethics in a time of economic pressure, Bruce Kuhlik has asked law firms to strengthen their cultures in order to retain lawyers and avoid the pay inflation of lateral hire spirals.
Polsinelli opens two office in two months - leading with healthcare
The 740-lawyer US firm Polsinelli has taken its network to 21 offices by launching in North Carolina and Nashville over the last two months, opening each new office with a healthcare team.
Third lawyer killed in remote US county
The fatal shooting of Oshyn Hinton on Sunday night, with the subsequent arrest of his son on a murder charge, brings to three the number of lawyers killed in York County, South Carolina in recent years - all, allegedly, by loved ones.
Washington State opens door to legal technicians as law firm owners
Legal technicians have been given the right to become owners of law firms in one of the most pro-technician states in the US - although they will not be able to supervise the work of lawyers or direct the professional judgement of lawyers.
Top US firms unwilling to fight gay marriage cases
The traditional enthusiasm of US law firms for defending those in need has not kicked in for marriage equality, says The New York Times.
Microsoft general counsel leads the way on paid annual leave for contractors
Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith has announced that the company will be helping its suppliers address issues over paid leave.
Dershowitz slams accusations as judge throws out sex case against him
Professor Alan Dershowitz, criminal defender of Claus von Bulow, Patty Hearst and many others, will not face underage sex charges, after a Florida judge threw out cases against him and Prince Andrew as being irrelevant to the main case being tried.
US law firms experience record merger activity
The giant Dentons Dachung merger was one of the main contributors to Q1 showing the busiest tie-up activity since consultant Altman Weil began recording such transactions in 2007.
DLA associate murdered after advertising on Craigslist
The 30-year old IP lawyer who worked for DLA Piper and was murdered in a Washington DC hotel last month met the woman alleged to have killed him through an advertisement he placed on the online notice board Craigslist.
Energy lawyers laid off as work contracts in wake of oil price fall
Regional US law firm Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has laid off a total of 32 staff - including 14 lawyers - from its energy teams in six of its US offices.
DLA Piper murder suspect charged
A woman has been charged with the murder of the associate in Washington DC.
Group of GCs urge US government to aid fight back against cyber threat
General counsel and the chief legal officers at NASDAQ, General Electric, Marsh & McLennan and 29 other leading companies have signed a joint letter to the Obama administration and Congress - supporting data-sharing in the battle against hackers.