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Top entertainment lawyer 'squashed' negative Cosby coverage
Martin Singer, the 2012 'Entertainment Lawyer of the Year', helped persuade the National Enquirer to drop a 2005 article in which allegations of sexual misconduct were made against actor Bill Cosby.
Crowdfunding site unveiled for lawsuits
A website has been launched to link accredited investors with plaintiffs in commercial suits worth between US$10m and $40m.
Top marks go to 89 firms on LGBT treatment
Akin Gump, Baker & McKenzie, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Dentons US are among the firms receiving perfect scores this year from the US's Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Bankruptcy lawyers are a curious bunch
Bankruptcy lawyers display a higher level of curiosity than other lawyers whilst baby boomers are more extraverted than Gen X.
Chicago firm sued in relation to spoofing probe
Chicago law firm Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona is being sued by the director of a former client for failing to advise him of 'the nature and extent of trading violations' in relation to the commodities market.
Reports of layoffs at Bingham services centre
Some employees at the Bingham McCutchen global services centre in Kentucky are said to be leaving work tomorrow after a report stated that redundancy notices have been handed out.
International concerns loom for US Southeastern companies
International expansion is high on the agenda for companies in the American south.
Jackson Lewis to assess lawyers on efficiency
The 780-lawyer firm Jackson Lewis is to evaluate its 300 associates on the basis of efficiency, client service and other measures rather than for hours billed.
Hours rise in US firms
Both billable and unbillable hours rose in Q3 of 2014, according to a survey by the Law Firm Group of Citi Private Bank.
California State Bar sued by former head
The State Bar of California is fighting back against allegations from its former executive director that he was fired for whistleblowing.
Napoli Bern accused of Ground Zero $36m overcharge
Leading personal injury New York law firm Napoli Bern has appeared before an arbitration panel, accused of overcharging by some US$36m in relation to 9/11.
Firms can lose $800k when partners leave
The cost of losing an experienced lawyer has been estimated at between US$400,000 and $800,000 in a new report, 'Assessing Lawyer Traits & Finding a Fit for Success'.
Klan lead prosecutor dies at age 92
John Doar, head of the US Justice Department's civil rights division in the 1960s, and well-known for a case against a Ku Klux Klan leader, has died at age 92.
Fish & Richardson tops patent litigation table
The annual Corporate Counsel survey of patent litigators has put Fish & Richardson at the top again - handling nearly twice as many patent cases as any other firm.
Record pace set in small law firm mergers
Smaller firms are increasingly the instigators of mergers rather than simply being swallowed up in a desire for growth by larger players, according to a New Jersey search specialist.
Plaintiff lawyers put on alert by RICO settlement
A US$7.3m legal settlement in favour of a company sued over asbestos has demonstrated how the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be used on lawyers.
Summer law school cohort described as less able
The president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners has described the students who sat the July Multistate Bar Exam as being 'less able' than those who sat it in 2013.
Florida airport GC resigns as Bar probe begins
Ginger Rechel, GC at Tampa International Airport, has stood down amid reports that she is under investigation for breach of the state's open government laws.
Texas firm promises to hold back on legal threats
Farney Daniels has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission that it will stop threatening law suits to small businesses when it has no intention of initiating them.
NY firm hit by sex, power and defamation accusations
Paul Napoli, the convalescing co-founder of Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, is fighting two battles from his sick bed - a defamation case from a former employee and lover and a case over the running of the firm with a fellow partner.