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Lawyer escapes prosecution by quitting practice
A Louisiana bankruptcy lawyer has plea bargained away a criminal prosecution by giving up his licence to practise.
Mid-sized US firms seeing fragile improvement
The market for mid-size law firm services may be showing some signs of stability and tentative improvement.
The one billion dollar personal injury lawyer
The Forbes 400 list of America's wealthiest people featured 35 people with law degrees.
Jones Day has the fear factor
Jones Day is the firm which clients least like to see on the other side of the table.
In-house lawyer steals nine million dollars from his company
The money was spent on a range of collectibles, from sports memorabilia to first edition books.
Weil Gotshal downsizes New York office space
The firm has just signed a lease for 20 per cent less space in the GM building with plans afoot to use space more efficiently.
Obama provides $9 million for unaccompanied child immigrants
The Obama administration is to pay for immigration lawyers to advise unaccompanied children from Central American and elsewhere who arrive at US borders.
Supreme Court 'has failed throughout American history'
A leading academic has attacked the Supreme Court, saying it needs major reforms.
Lawyers earn respect but not trust, says study
Lawyers are seen as being low in warmth and trustworthiness - even though they are viewed as highly competent and capable, according to academics at Princeton University.
Lawyers under a duty of care to explain simple contract terms
A US court has ruled that a lawyer could be sued for failing to explain to the client unambiguous terms in a contract negotiated by the client.
US architect of record bank fines to stand down
Eric Holder, the man responsible for upping the stakes on the bank fines, is standing down as Attorney General after six years.
White & Case opens services centre in Florida
White & Case is expected to create about 100 new positions through its opening of a services centre in Tampa, Florida.
BP to appeal against latest oil leak setback
BP has been turned down in its attempts to reclaim millions of dollars of what it claims are 'excess' compensation payments made to victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Ex-partner sued over US$2.3m bill for 'non-existent' work
A former partner in a 53-lawyer east coast US law firm has been sued over 'nonexistent work on cases that had already been terminated and/or never existed' over a period of eight years.
Guilty plea made on Simpson Thacher insider trading case
A middle man has pleaded guilty to receiving insider information from an employee of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Freshfields NY bags Fried Frank former senior partner
The law firm has hired Valerie Ford Jacob in a revamp of its US corporate group.
Debt collection is the top legal risk for small business
Debt collection and threats of lawsuits from customers are the two largest legal threats for US small businesses, according to LegalShield.
McCarter & English does second merger in 2014
US law firm McCarter & English will have nine offices and 425 lawyers from October when boutique player SorinRand becomes a part of the practice.
Calls for the US legal profession to de-regulate
Consumers are unable to receive cheap legal advice due to costly regulation of the legal profession, say academics.
Law schools need to re-invent
With applications to law schools declining by more than 37 per cent since 2010, they need to rethink their approach to legal education.